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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

Kafeel Khan’s speech does not disclose any effort to promote hatred or violence: Allahabad HC

The court granted his release from detention under NSA while observing that his speech did not incite violence and the detention order came as a response to his bail order

Tablighi Jamaat: Bom HC judge disagrees with colleague’s remark on “indirect warning to Muslims”

Justice Sewlikar has said he does not conform to Justice Nalawade’s views that taking action against Tablighi Jamaat attendees was a warning for Indian Muslims in light of anti-CAA protests

Grateful and humbled by the solidarity and support: Prashant Bhushan

Senior advocate and human rights defender issues statement after Re 1 fine in Twitter related contempt of court case

BREAKING: SC fines Prashant Bhushan Re 1 in tweet related contempt case

The senior advocate and human rights defender had refused to retract or apologise for his tweets against SC and CJI

Rona Wilson worked for release of political prisoners, now a prisoner himself

The state must either prove its grave charges against him conclusively or set him free along with all other political prisoners.

Delhi HC stays broadcast of Suresh Chavhanke’s ‘UPSC Jihad’ show

Notice also issued to the Centre, UPSC, Sudarshan News channel and its Editor-in-Chief Chavhanke

How courts rescued the Tablighi Jamaat from further hatred

Courts are increasingly finding that police acted without application of mind and the Tablighi members were made into scapegoats

Establish independent review of Delhi Police’s role North East Delhi riots: Amnesty

Human rights violations were committed by Delhi Police, alleges Amnesty International India’s investigative report 

The ruling is surprising and disappointing: Brinda Karat on Hate Speech Case Dismissal

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate dismissed the application on the technicality, that prior Govt sanction is needed for prosecution of the respondents, who MPs

Allahabad HC protects septuagenarian lawyer from arrest in anti-CAA protest case

Mohammed Shoaib has been on the state government’s radar since December 2019 and has been engaging all means to keep him behind bars

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