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Anticipatory Bail Denied to Nida Khan in TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court flags “systematic plan” and stresses custodial interrogation

While emphasising gravity and custodial interrogation, Sessions Court order leans heavily on narrative of “organised influence”—raising concerns over evidentiary thresholds, criminalisation of religious interaction, and expansion of bail-stage reasoning

Prof. Saibaba’s health worsening after Covid-19: Wife Vasantha demands his release

Committee for the Defence and Release of Dr. GN Saibaba said denying him his rights, amounted to torture behind bars

K’taka HC likely to issue directions for rehabilitation of Urban Homeless

The court observed that the guidelines under the central scheme, National Urban Livelihoods Mission needed to be implemented

UP: Father of gang-rape survivor dies in alleged accident

Alleging the accident to be a murder, family and members demonstrated on the Kanpur-Sagar highway demanding swift action against the accused.

Anti-CAA protests: Allahabad HC grants bail to student activist

 The Single-judge Bench observed that the State’s counter affidavit against him does not mention any unsocial and unlawful activity

Uttarakhand HC raises concern over “medieval age” condition of prisons, calls for report

The court observed that it was important to wean away undertrials from criminal life and to reform convicts

SC to examine whether gold smuggling is terrorist act under UAPA

Kerala High Court had held in February that gold smuggling with a mere intent of illegal profit cannot be a terrorist act

Gujarat HC suggests the State to prohibit social exclusion of menstruating women

The court has proposed a set of directions that the Government should follow to end menstruation taboo, affecting women’s mental and fundamental rights

Delhi HC slams Centre for ‘unsatisfactory response’ to plea seeking appointing members to NCM

The Court asked the Centre to file another affidavit giving proper timelines for appointment of the Commission that is functioning with a lone member

SC allows States to be impleaded in plea seeking protection of rights of migrant children

The apex court was hearing a plea filed by a lawyer highlighting that during the pandemic, children of migrant workers have been pushed into child labour, and steps need to be taken for their access to education and health care

Delhi Violence: Court grants bail to two accused of being present at crime scene

The district court observed that they lived in the vicinity of the crime scene, and hence their presence was “but natural”

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Anticipatory Bail Denied to Nida Khan in TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court flags “systematic plan” and stresses custodial interrogation

While emphasising gravity and custodial interrogation, Sessions Court order leans heavily on narrative of “organised influence”—raising concerns over evidentiary thresholds, criminalisation of religious interaction, and expansion of bail-stage reasoning

“Reasonable Apprehension of Bias Is Enough”: Telangana High Court orders CBCID probe into SI’s death, reasserts constitutional demand for investigative neutrality

In a sharply reasoned ruling, the Court holds that when police investigate their own, fairness cannot merely exist—it must be demonstrable, credible, and constitutionally defensible

“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void

Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour

Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise

Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions

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When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.

Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 16-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30

Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30