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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments

Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections

Hathras case: 11 activists, journalists, academics file an Impleadment Application in SC

Women and queer persons from across the country have come together seeking CBI/SIT probe into the tragic death and cremation of a Dalit girl, also demand protection be provided to the family.

Appoint sitting & retired SC Judges to monitor Hathras probe: petitioner

Sitting and retired judges of the SC should be appointed for an impartial probe into the Hathras crime, says petitioner

BREAKING: A’bad HC summons suspended SP, Hathras on November 2, Victim was Entitled to Dignified Cremation

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad HC has said that the combined decision of the Uttar Pradesh Police and District Magistrate to go ahead with the cremation without the family’s consent has infringed the fundamental right to life to live with dignity and to exist with dignity even after death as well as right to decent burial/cremation, hurting the sentiments of not only the family members but of all persons and relatives assembled on the spot.

MJ Akbar defamation case against Priya Ramani transferred to District and Sessions Judge

Advocate Rebecca John had spent three months arguing the case, the final arguments will now be placed before the new judge

Accused in Payal Tadvi case return to studies; Left organisations question the decision

Members of AIDWA and DYFI express great disappointment at the SC decision to allow the three accused in the Payal Tadvi institutional murder case to continue their education.

Allahabad HC slams ADG, DM for cremation of Hathras victim’s body

Daughter cremated against our wishes, victim’s family tells court. Allahabad HC asks DM if things would have been the same if the victim belonged to an affluent family  

Tablighi Jamaat case: Bandra Court discharges 12 foreign nationals 

Court notes that the Indonesian men didn’t disobey orders or negligently spread Covid1-19

MP HC drops NSA charges, grants bail to 4 Muslim youth

The Indore Bench passes order saying that the government had incorrectly utilised the law for baseless charges.

Hathras FIR goes missing from CBI website!

The CBI had lodged an FIR against 4 men under offences covered by the Indian Penal Code and SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for the alleged rape and murder of a Dalit woman on October 11, 2020, but took it off their official website yesterday.

Witnesses seem to be planted: Delhi HC

Court grants bail to man accused of being involved in the Tahir Hussain case in connection with the Delhi pogrom

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Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections

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

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“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

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

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