Law & Justice

On March 2, 2025, a tragic police raid in Raghunath Garh, Alwar, Rajasthan, resulted in the death of one-month-old Alisba. Without information, police officers entered the family’s home at 6 a.m., allegedly abusing them and causing the infant's death by kicking her. After initial inaction, a vociferous protest led to an FIR against the officers. Activists and politicians, including senior CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat, met with the grieving family, demanding justice and the arrest of those responsible

In a crucial intervention, a divisive bench halts Ajabha Khatun’s deportation, directs the Foreigners Tribunal to produce records to examine the procedural validity of the declaration as foreigner, bail prayer kept pending till then

A 73-year-old Assamese woman, wrongfully accused of being a foreigner, secures justice with CJP’s unwavering legal support

Stripped of her rights, detained without proof—Ajabha Khatun’s battle exposes the deep flaws in Assam’s citizenship determination process and the urgent need for judicial intervention.

The story of five years of Delhi riots in short is -- one of the accused, Umar Khalid, has not got bail yet, while another accused (although Delhi Police does not consider him so) Kapil Mishra has become Delhi’s Law and Justice Minister.

Journalist’s bail denied amid growing concerns over UAPA misuse and press freedom crackdown

Ranveer Allahbadia's India's Got Latent controversy recently ignited massive outrage, highlighting selective censorship, digital policing, and the fragile state of free speech in India today

The bill proposes government-nominated members be appointed to Bar Council of India (BCI) and State Bar Councils. This is an unconstitutional violation of the autonomy of the legal profession and a direct threat to judicial independence.

In contrast to the verdict delivered by Justice Hari Shankar, his brother judge hearing the matter, Justice Shakhder’s judgement in the May 2022 case hearing the constitutional challenge to the exception to marital rape provision under Section 375, strikes it down as anti-constitutional. The matter will now go before the Supreme Court where the constitutional challenge lies pending for two years

One judge of a division bench of the Delhi High Court, Justice C. Hari Shankar, hearing a petition on the crucial issue of marital rape, in 2022, upheld the exception of this form under section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a reasoning that is also facing constitutional challenge in the Supreme Court for the past two years