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Bombay HC condemns use of externment to silence political dissent; says opposition to government cannot be treated as a crime

Court quashes the externment of SDPI leader Saeed Ahmad Abdul Wahid Chaudhary holding that peaceful protests against government policies cannot justify banishing a citizen from his

Local court drops Modi’s name from three Guj riots civil suits

Case related to killing of three British nationals in Pranjit taluka of Sabarkantha district

Stop coercing ‘confessional’ statements to manufacture evidence in Delhi Violence cases!

Eminent citizens raise objections to riots’ probe, ask Delhi Police to stop falsely implicating people, and wrongly invoking UAPA to fuel theories of anti-state ‘conspiracy’

Promoting fraternity: Courts to the rescue

Stay on transmission of hate programme of Sudarshan TV

Victim cannot appeal against inadequate sentence: SC

The victim’s right to appeal was enhanced by a 2009 amendment to CrPC, yet it comes with some restrictions

Justice for Namma Gauri

After the Karnataka SIT's stellar investigation in the Gauri Lankesh assassination conspiracy, 17 people were arrested and one is absconding

SC directs 48,000 shanties to be razed along railways track in Delhi

The order was in connection with a petition filed by MC Mehta in 1985 in which the court has been intermittently passing orders in the interest of control of pollution on Delhi

SC: Punjab SHO denied pre-arrest bail in custodial torture case

The petitioner had approached the apex court challenging the Punjab and Haryana HC order denying him anticipatory bail as the SIT found some truth in allegations

Northeast Delhi riots: Crime Branch questions activist Umar Khalid again

The former JNU scholar was last questioned in August under the same investigation, and his phone was seized

Bhushan’s conviction for contempt has chilling effect on freedom of expression: ICJ

The International Commission of Jurists has called for a review of the contempt law in India while juxtaposing it with international standards on freedom of expression of lawyers

Dr Kafeel Khan released at midnight from Mathura Jail

Mother happy to be able to "see, touch and feel" her son, even as Khan remains apprehensive that the Yogi government might frame him in some other case

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Bombay HC condemns use of externment to silence political dissent; says opposition to government cannot be treated as a crime

Court quashes the externment of SDPI leader Saeed Ahmad Abdul Wahid Chaudhary holding that peaceful protests against government policies cannot justify banishing a citizen from his

21 Opposition parties to CJI: SIR process is irregular and illegal, must be suspended

The eight page letter, dated June 28, 2026 but released publicly on July 3, includes signatories Mallikarjun Kharge, President, INC, Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party MP, Mamata Banerjee, TMC, Turchi Silva, DMK and independent MP, Kapil Sibal; the signatures of DMK. AAP assume significance as both parties had distanced themselves from INDIA bloc.

If Stan Swamy, the Martyr, were alive today ….

On the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of the People’s Priest, an associate writes that, if alive Fr Stan Swamy would have been at the forefront of all the ongoing struggles of the Adivasis

Act Now: Citizens delegation approaches Mumbai police to prevent potential intimidation of Christians

A coalition of 25 citizens organisations under the banner of Mumbai for Peace, including Bombay Catholic Sabha, PUCL Maharashtra, and Citizens for Justice and Peace has formally urged the Police Commissioner to intervene against a string of organised attacks on Christian prayer services, citing an immediate threat of communal disruption scheduled for July 5, 2026, in the Santacruz East area; Mumbai police has assured action

Somnath to Ayodhya: Plunder to ‘Chanda Chori’

How do we contrast temple destructions during kingdoms and now under a semi-democratising society turning into elected autocracy?

Politics of Humiliation: Mahua Moitra, mob intimidation and the Calcutta High Court’s warning

The alleged attack on Mahua Moitra came just a day after the Calcutta High Court warned against the growing culture of mob justice, public humiliation and egg pelting in West Bengal

From Outrage to Acquittal: The Raja Singh hate speech case comes to a close

Mass protests, preventive detention, political fallout and four years of criminal proceedings culminated in the acquittal of Telangana MLA T. Raja Singh