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A Terror Case Without Evidence: Allahabad High Court’s ‘heavy heart’ acquittal After 28 Years

A devastating judicial analysis reveals how a mass-casualty blast, a collapsed investigation, and an inadmissible police confession led to the undoing of a decades-old conviction

Delhi riots: Delhi HC grants bail to cab driver as witnesses did not mention his name

The court observed that the accused was not in the vicinity of the area where the alleged incident took place

DCW questions why Disha Ravi was not provided with lawyer of her choice in court

The Commission has taken suo moto cognizance of the case and has sought copy of FIR and questioned the Delhi cyber crime cell in the way the case is being handled

SC registry: Suo moto contempt against Rajdeep Sardesai erroneously listed

The case was shown to be registered based on a petition filed in September 2020 by Haryana resident Aastha Khurana through Advocate Omprakash Parihar 

Bhima Koregaon case: Chorus demanding release of activists grows

Legal and tech experts shed light on future course of case in wake of Arsenal revelations of planted evidence

Nikita Jacob’s pre arrest bail order reserved, Shantanu Muluk gets transit bail

Both activists approached the Bombay High Court in the Great Thunberg Toolkit case created for the farmers’ protests

Nodeep Kaur gets bail in second case, but remains in jail for now

This is the second of three cases in which she has been granted bail

SC issues notice on plea against WhatsApp’s privacy policy

The CJI also remarked that it may be a 2 to 3 trillion-dollar company, but people’s privacy is paramount

JNU Sedition case: Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others to face trial

The matter relates to alleged 'anti-national' slogans raised at the JNU campus in 2016 to mark the death anniversary of Afzal Guru

Rajasthan Govt amends Prison rules to prohibit religion & caste-based discrimination

The High Court had observed a research paper by CHRI to note the caste/religion-based allocation of labour in jails

Woman directly moves SC due to Patna HC’s high pendency rate

The woman’s case is in connection with sexual harassment and intimidation against some village musclemen

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A Terror Case Without Evidence: Allahabad High Court’s ‘heavy heart’ acquittal After 28 Years

A devastating judicial analysis reveals how a mass-casualty blast, a collapsed investigation, and an inadmissible police confession led to the undoing of a decades-old conviction

A Salute across the skies, from Air Commodore Pervez Akhtar Khan

The tragic death of 37-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, Wing Commander Namansh Syal, who lost his life on Friday, November 21 when a Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Mk-1) crashed during a demonstration at the Dubai air show, brought this moving response from Pakistani Air Commodore Pervez Akhtar Khan from across the border

Clarity Without Cure: The Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of Articles 200 and 201 and the future of federal governance

The opinion restores textual fidelity to Article 200, but its institutional hesitations risk enabling executive obstruction of democratically enacted State legislation

SIR exercise leaves trail of suicide across states as BLOs buckle under pressure and citizens panic over citizenship

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

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

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

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