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‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune

Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra government to explain recruitment backlog and restore trust; two of three protest sites remain occupied, with Rohit Pawar-led agitation refusing to move

Kerala nun rape case: Court dismisses Bishop Mulakkal’s discharge plea

Mulakkal has been charged with rape, unnatural sex, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation.

Gyanvyapi land dispute case: Allahabad HC stays Varanasi court’s order to commence hearing

HC had imposed interim stay on hearings in October 1998 in case involving Kashi Vishwanath temple and Gyanvyapi mosque that share common premises

Denying Forest Dwellers Rights, Gauhati HC orders removal of Adivasi “encroachers”

Denying forest dwellers rights in the Chariduar Reserved Forest, the Guwahati HC has directed the evacuation of “encroachers

‘Naming & shaming’ instead of rule of law: UP recovery of damage to public & private property ordinance, 2020

The Ordinance is out. On Sunday, March 15, the Uttar Pradesh recovery of damage to public and private property ordinance 2020 was cleared in the cabinet meeting chaired by UP CM Adityanath in Lucknow on Friday.  The ordinance ignores tested jurisprudence and caution from constitutional courts that point to the absence of due process in such a “Name and Shame” policy. Intrinsic to this understanding is the arbitrary, unchecked power such an ordinance gives wings of the state, tilting power away from the people into the hands of the state, its police, without any checks and balances

Delhi HC adjourns all riot related cases till March 20

Court also issues notice in cases of hate speech allegations against Sonia Gandhi, Waris Pathan, Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, and others.

No law to back your actions: SC to UP govt. defending ‘name and shame’ posters

The SC has not put a stay on the Allahabad HC order, but has referred the matter to a larger constitution bench

India Justice Report 2019: Where India stands on police, prisons, judiciary and legal aid

The report shows that while Maharashtra performed well on all parameters, UP and Bihar performed the worst

Protest against indiscriminate arrest of hundreds of Muslims in violence affected NE Delhi

Students and faculty of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)...

“Everyone has been Silenced”: a comprehensive report on UP violence and its aftermath

The report by Citizens Against Hate (CAH), gives detailed account of alleged episodes of police excess, destruction of property and targeted violence in UP

Delhi violence: Allegations of indiscriminate arrests of Muslim men

Over 100 allegedly arrested or detained from Mustafabad, including Muslim man guarding Hindu temple

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‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune

Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra government to explain recruitment backlog and restore trust; two of three protest sites remain occupied, with Rohit Pawar-led agitation refusing to move

Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

Students who marched from Nashik are denied Azad Maidan protest, prevented from leaving Tilak Bhavan and forcefully transported out of the city

Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote

Public assembly demands the scrapping of SIR, accountability of the Election Commission and urgent safeguards against wrongful exclusion from electoral rolls

Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy

Majoritarianism that plagues India and many other democracies is the perversion of Dr. Ambedkar’s idea of democracy. While Dr. Ambedkar’s definition of democracy lays stress on effective and proportionate representation and safeguarding minority rights, majoritarianism is the dominance of a particular religious community, caste group, or racial group over the rest of the population.

From Nashik to Mumbai: Adivasi students’ protest meets police detentions

Weeks of agitation over tribal hostels and schools culminate in alleged detention of protesters ahead of planned Azad Maidan march

‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

Karnataka: SIR Interrogated

A report, The SIR Investigation Report—A Narrative of Betrayal and Tears was released by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee today; the report documents the (mal) implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka

‘Solidarity Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai activists protest alleged police harassment over Palestine event

Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine members gather at Azad Maidan after police search activist Harshada’s home in connection with a kite-flying programme for Palestinian children