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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
Madras High Court directs TN government to consider CCTV protection laws
A PIL demanded that the state government frame CCTV footage protection laws to protect possible evidence for future cases.
Register ‘Zero FIR’ in case of the crime against women: MHA reminds states
Advisory comes in the wake of national outrage over the Hathras case, mentions ‘dying declarations’, and action against police failure
Funeral or destruction of evidence: Why did the UP police light Hathras victim’s pyre?
Footage of cops surrounding the burning pyre shows how the victim's immediate family was shut out of the last rites
SC quashed Guj government’s anti-worker notification
In a victory for the principle of a dignified wage, the Court quashed the Notification that denied humane working conditions and overtime wages, while stating that it was an affront to the workers Right to Life and the right against forced labour.
Jharkhand HC pulls up police for shoddy investigation in Giridih rape and murder case
The Court, shocked at the laxity of investigating officers with no progress even after a lapse of 6 months, has ordered for the constitution of SIT to probe the case
83-year-old human rights defender Father Stan Swamy sent to Taloja Jail!
The Jesuit Priest was arrested by the National Investigation Agency from his from his home in Bagaicha, Ranchi, at night on October 8 on trumped up charges of involvement in the Bhima Koregaon case
Conduct ‘independent and impartial investigation’ into role of police in Delhi violence: European Parliament
Human Rights Subcommittee chair expresses concerns about deteriorating rule of law, excesses by law-enforcement authorities, targeting of minorities and clampdown on dissent
Fr. Stan Swamy’s arrest malicious and spiteful: PUCL
The 83-year-old human rights defender was picked up by the NIA from Ranchi in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case yesterday
Engineers and post-grads in UP jails: Doesn’t education prevent crime?
The NCRB data of 2019 reports that the state's prisons have the maximum number of post-graduates and degree holders in the country.
Tablighi Jamaat case: SC slams Centre for ‘extremely offensive and brazen’ response
Noticing how toxic reportage had vilified the TJ members, SC observed that freedom of speech was perhaps one of the ‘most abused freedoms’
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