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Data is real, true wealth: SC issues notice in yet another plea challenging DPDP Act; highlights privacy concerns

This petition, filed by journalist Geeta Seshu, along with the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) that also challenges the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 will now be heard with other petitions filed in the matter by Reporter’s Collective, Nitin Sethi and Venkatesh Nayak, on March 23

Bombay HC issues summons to Shiv Sena’s Ravindra Waikar on the petition filed by Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Amol Kirtikar challenging the former’s victory from...

Amol Kirtikar, who lost to Waikar by a narrow margin of 48 votes, has alleged several violations of RPA, election rules, and Election Handbook guidelines by the RO as well as discrepancies in 333 Tendered votes

Kolhapur Violence: Citizens’ delegation meets with ADG (Law and Order), Mumbai, call for swift and fair justice

Delegation urges ADG to ensure accountability and prevent future incidents of communal violence, emphasises upon kingpins of this violence not being arrested, attempts to vitiate the atmosphere

SC highlights deplorable conditions in Matia detention Centre of Assam, calls it a “sorry state of affairs”

Supreme Court criticises the lack of adequate water supply, proper sanitation systems, or proper toilets in the detention centres, asks for report on food facilities and medical health within three weeks

Delhi High Court transfers to CBI the case involving Delhi violence victim Faizan who was attacked by the mob in police uniform and forced...

The court came down heavily on the Delhi Police and said that the investigation does not inspire confidence as it has done “too-little” and “too-late”; it further remarked that “custodians of the law…seemed to have been driven by bigoted mindsets”

Supreme Court stays directive of state forcing food sellers along Kanwar Yatra to display names, states authorities cannot usurp power without legal foundation

After issuing notices to the state of UP, Uttarakhand and MP, the Court asked the food sellers to display the kind of food being served as Kanwariyas may have dietary preferences

“Authorities cannot arbitrarily accuse people of being foreigners or initiate an investigation without a substantial basis” states Supreme Court while reinstating citizenship of a...

The bench noted that there had been a serious injustice committed by the authorities since the start of the investigation while overturning the decision of the Foreigner's Tribunal and the judgment of the Gauhati High Court that had declared the appellant to be a foreigner.

Criminalising ‘Conversions’!

On 1 July 2024, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal of...

Modi’s government bypasses SC & Law Commission, no nuanced, strong penal sections on Hate Speech: BNS, 2023

Why did the Modi-led Union Government ignore the Law Commission’s 267 th Report and evolving jurisprudence (judgements of the Supreme Court of India) on crucial suggestions to strengthen laws on Hate Speech?

Another elderly couple rejoice as their citizenship is restored with CJP’s help

The ailing husband and wife were forced to appear before a Tribunal every month on mere suspicion of being foreigners even though they claimed that due process was never followed in declaring them as suspected foreigners. CJP’s assistance finally helps them restore their citizenship.

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader granted bail, as son arrested for alleged case of hit and run

Shiva Sena (Eknath Shinde camp) leader Rajesh Shah’s son Mihir Shah has reportedly crashed his BMW into two people, following which the woman was dragged around the wheel of the car for about 1.5 km. Earlier absconding, Mihir Shah has now been arrested by the Mumbai Police.

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An Adivasi woman once in bonded labour now serves her village as a Sarpanch

As India marks 50 years of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, cases of bonded labour still surface in states like Telangana where many workers in sectors such as agriculture, brick kilns, fishing and construction remain trapped in debt and coercion; here the author reflects on a transformative journey of an Adivasi woman who serves as a Sarpanch.

Abdul Sheikh Citizenship Case: Deportation stayed as Gauhati High Court Hears challenge to ex parte foreigner declaration, state to raise maintainability issue

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Bhagat Singh sent to gallows once again!

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A Law of Identity, Passed Without Listening: Inside the Transgender Amendment Bill, 2026 and the crisis it has triggered

Framed as a measure of protection, the amendment shifts identity from self-determination to State approval, raising fears of exclusion, bureaucratic control, and the erosion of dignity recognised in constitutional jurisprudence

Intrusive and Unconstitutional: CJP’s dissent note on Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Law

Through this detailed critique and legal analysis of the hastily enacted Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 (Maharashtra Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam 2026), CJP shows how it is both a serious intrusion on personal liberty, autonomous choice and religious freedoms but also gives a weapon to state agencies like the police to, along with other actors, become vigilantes into personal lives and behaviour

Telangana: Safeguard lakhs of Hamali workers, set by welfare board, citizens groups

Different sections of citizens in Telangana and organisations too have in a pithy letter to the Telangana Chief Minister urged the constitution of a Hamali Welfare Board to safeguard the interests of lakhs of Hamali Workers across the state, as per law and in consonance with the Congress Party Manifesto

Delhi, Mumbai: Media organisations sharply criticise UNI eviction

The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), the Editors’ Guild of India and the Mumbai Press club have sharply condemned the executive overreach that ordered the Delhi police to violently evict the staff of the UNI on March 20, 2026