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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

SC issues notice to Twitter for mechanism to check anti-India content

The plea sought directions to the Union Government and Twitter to screen fake news, since it is a threat to national security

Over 11,000 cases registered against Police officers in 2020: Centre to Rajya Sabha

Uttar Pradesh Police tops the list with maximum number of cases registered against it by the NHRC

Intimacies of marriage private, can’t be affected by matters of faith: SC

The court once again upheld the right to marry a person of choice, while holding right to privacy paramount

Mechanism for faster disposal of parole pleas needed: P&H High Court

The court was hearing a petition against inordinate delay in deciding parole plea in a prison in Punjab

Guj HC orders police protection to inter-faith couple wishing to solemnize marriage

In the Habeas corpus petition filed by the man, it was alleged that the woman was being illegally confined and was not permitted to use her cell phone

Delhi Court denies bail to accused in Suleman murder case

Suleman Yusuf was brutally murdered by an alleged riotous mob during the Delhi Riots last year

SC rejects Akhil Gogoi’s bail plea in UAPA case

The peasant activist was arrested in connection with anti-citizenship protests in 2019

UP: Charges filed against cop for custodial rape, after NHRC follows up

Departmental action has also been instituted against the then Additional Superintendent of Police and the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Balrampur 

Rakhbar Khan case: District court refuses to transfer mob lynching trial

The victim’s mother has said that she has no trust in the current trial as the accused openly told her that case will be decided in their favour

Anti CAA protests: Gauhati HC denies bail to two booked under UAPA

The High Court Bench ruled that burning down of railway stations and vandalism constitutes a “terrorist act”

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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

May Day Dramatised

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