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Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment
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Prevention of torture Bill – the forgotten law
Questions about a law to tackle the menace of custodial deaths have been raised five times over three sessions in the Parliament this year; and questions about prison reforms, on the same lines have been asked many more times. The question of assigning punishment for custodial deaths has become all the more pertinent now, in the wake of the shocking encounter of the 4 accused in the Hyderabad vet’s rape and murder case.
The UAPA noose
The phrasing of the act is so wide and sweeping, that it gives a government powers to practically put under arrest and detain anyone it finds inconvenient or an obstacle to its political aims
From newsrooms to courtrooms
When journalists have to face the court, it makes for different news, but recently, it is the courts that seem to have protected the pen
How the Delhi HC gave a fitting reply to criminalisation of dissent and protest
Teesta Setalvad analyses the orders passed by the court while granting bail to Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha
Ratify the convention against custodial torture: SC Adv Nitya Ramakrishnan
On the one-year anniversary of the brutal incident of torture and custodial death in Tamil Nadu, the senior advocate calls for public campaign and speaks about a need to operationalise the right to denounce custodial violence
Remember the teenager named Junaid Khan?
His lynching had sparked the #notinmyname campaign, however, four years later communal lynchings no longer seem to shock the public. A scary sign of the times
Will Twitter fly away from India soon?
Three major legal actions have been initiated in various forms against Twitter India already
Natasha, Devangana, Asif to be released from Tihar, two days after securing bail
In clear contempt of the HC order and the law, the Delhi Police sought time till June 21, before releasing them, citing verification issues
Creative understanding of the UAPA grants freedom from jail for activists: Delhi HC
Judgments of the Delhi High Court in Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha's cases, come as a whiff of fresh air which hopefully the Supreme Court will allow us to breathe.
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The SIR of electoral rolls has come under severe distress following a series of suicides involving Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and marginalised citizens in West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Kerala, families and employee unions allege that the pressure to complete a traditionally lengthy verification process in the name of SIR within two months is causing fatal mental distress
Gender and Sexuality
Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment
Farm and Forest
Draft Seeds Bill must be withdrawn: SKM, AIKS
SKM leaders say the draft seed Bill surrendered the seed sovereignty of India and it is aimed at predatory pricing by corporate monopolies
Politics
Civil society warns, Election Commission is “Undermining Democracy”
An interesting formation of citizens groups and people’s organisations has directly accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) as being responsible for a systemic assault on the Indian democratic framework
Hate Speech
Hate Has No Place in Elections: CJP moves State EC against BJP MP Ashwini Choubey’s communal speech
In Bhagalpur’s Pirpainti, the senior BJP leader urged “Muslim brothers” to reduce their population and referred to “infiltrators,” breaching the Model Code of Conduct and constitutional values
Communalism
Hindutva’s Rajasthan Project: Brahmin-Bania Power, not just Muslim baiting
The RSS’ and Hindutva’s strategy in Rajasthan has systematically pushed the dominance of a Brahmin–Bania synergy that shrewdly ensures that while Muslims are scapegoated, Rajputs are historically and politically side-lined and the real beneficiaries are the Brahmin-Bania elites who monopolise both state power and wealth.
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
When Conservation Becomes Coercion: The silent violence faced by the Tharus of Kheri
Over 4,000 Tharu Adivasis in Lakhimpur Kheri — including a blind man, a chronically ill man, and several elders — have been wrongfully booked. This analysis shows how administrative discretion and recent forest-law amendments are further undermining the protections guaranteed to forest-dwelling communities under the Forest Rights Act, 2006