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The Court spoke, the police paraded anyway

The Rajasthan High Court's landmark judgment on public shaming was ignored within the month it was delivered; what have other High Courts said on this depreciable practice?

“Urdu Is Not Alien”: Supreme Court reclaims the language’s place in the Indian Constitutional fabric

By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, debunks politicised language divides, and restores dignity to a shared linguistic heritage

‘No arrest of Kunal Kamra’ Bombay High Court grants interim protection in ‘Gaddar’ remark case

Comedian argues that the FIR is a misuse of state power to silence dissent; Court notes arrest not warranted under BNSS summons, reserves order on plea to quash FIR.

SC to UoI on Waqf Amendment: ‘Are you willing to allow Muslims on Hindu endowment boards?’

Hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, the Supreme Court on Wednesday proposed to pass an interim order on Thursday ensuring that the “Waqf by User” proviso is left unaffected by the amendment and also that only two of the ex-officio members of the Board can be non-Muslim

When Courts Fail Survivors: How patriarchy shapes justice in sexual offence against women cases

The Supreme Court critiques multiple High Court judgments for perpetuating misogynistic notions and trivialising sexual violence and child trafficking through legally flawed and insensitive reasoning

Mumbai Police file FIR against Ram Navami rally organisers over hate speech, target journalist Kunal Purohit’s videos separately

As the police investigate inflammatory slogans at a public rally, independent journalist Kunal Purohit resists efforts to remove his videos, raising concerns over the suppression of journalism and the fight against hate speech

From Protectors to Perpetrators? Police assaulted women, Children, Christian priests in Odisha: Fact-finding report

A team of lawyers and activists has found that sections of the Odisha police assaulted children and priests with lathis even as women were ‘beaten and molested’; all inside the Juba Catholic Church in Gajapati district in Odisha on March 22, 2025; the fact-finding team met some of the girls, women and the priests to bring to light the brutalities faced by them.

Mob violence, police torture justifiable practices feel a significant section of India’s police: Study

Misconceptions and biases against Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis high among police officers surveyed in Gujarat

Amid rumours blaming Muslims, drunk café owner Siddharth Singh arrested for vandalising Veer Tejaji idol in Jaipur

On March 29, 2025, protests erupted in Jaipur’s Sanganer area after idols at Veer Tejaji Mandir were desecrated, sparking unrest among locals and religious groups, the protestors blocked Tonk Road for hours, with tensions escalating, Police swiftly arrested Siddharth Singh, who admitted to vandalising the temple due to financial distress, investigations confirmed Singh’s involvement, and multiple cases were filed against him

A Judgement of Conscience: Bombay High Court orders SIT Probe into alleged fake encounter in Badlapur

In a scathing indictment of State inaction and custodial impunity, the Court affirms the constitutional duty to investigate alleged extrajudicial killings—regardless of the victim’s social standing or the State’s silence

Supreme Court slams UP police for criminalising civil disputes, calls it a ‘complete breakdown of rule of law’

In a scathing order, the top court slams the routine criminalisation of civil disputes in Uttar Pradesh, warns of costs on the state, and stays proceedings in a case reflecting systemic abuse of power

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The Court spoke, the police paraded anyway

The Rajasthan High Court's landmark judgment on public shaming was ignored within the month it was delivered; what have other High Courts said on this depreciable practice?

Thirty years on, justice remains elusive for Dalits in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana

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From a daughter to her mother Indiramma, Kavitha Lankesh writes, “I will miss you. Everyday.”

By the morning of Monday, June 15, 2026, Indira Lankesh (Indiramma as we all knew her), mother of Kavitha and Gauri Lankesh, wife and partner of Parvathi Lankesh and grandmother to her beloved Esha, left peacefully in her sleep. She was 83 years old. Today, on the afternoon of Saturday June 20, about 1/1.30 p.m. her beautiful and loyal daughter, Kavitha Lankesh wrote this tribute to her on Meta/Facebook.