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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

SC grants 5 days interim bail for Siddique Kappan to meet his ailing mother

However, the top court has imposed strict conditions barring him from interacting with any person except relatives and doctors

Nodeep Kaur’s ‘illegal confinement’: Punjab and Haryana HC take suo motu cognisance

The court directed the matter of the arrest of the Dalit activist to be listed in the urgent list and issued notice of motion to the State

Mumbai court denies bail to POCSO accused, says 5 year old knows good and bad touch

The Court refused bail on grounds that the nature of accusations is serious as the applicant allegedly committed aggravated sexual assault

Delhi HC notes that tattoo on survivor’s arm cannot be forced, rape accused gets bail

While the survivor alleged that the tattoo of the accused’s name was forcefully engraved, the HC said making a tattoo without resistance is not easy

Judge who delivered controversial POCSO verdicts, not made permanent

 Justice Pushpa Ganediwala will continue as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court

Multiple FIRs being used to intimidate Sohrabuddin case witnesses?

Five FIRs registered against Raman Patel since August last year

Two of Munawar Faruqui’s co-accused get ad-interim bail, two more remain in jail

Artists, writers, filmmakers, performers from across the world, stand in solidarity with Munawar Faruqui, demand dismissal of all charges against him and others

Karnal Jail cites Covid-protocol, prevents Nodeep from meeting family 

Lawyers to move Punjab and Haryana High Court for bail next week for the Dalit labour rights activist

SC refuses to compound offences in a custodial death case

However, considering the former police officers’ age, the sentence was reduced and compensation to the deceased’s heirs was increased

Farmer’s death on R Day: Delhi HC seeks status report from Police

While Delhi Police claims that Navreet Singh died in an accident, his grandfather has alleged that Singh died due to bullet injuries

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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