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Judgement delivered, paradox prevails: every voter a citizen, but what is the fate of 51.8 million excluded?
The Supreme Court’s May 27, 2026 verdict upholding the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) settles the legal question of constitutional authority but leaves unresolved concerns on absence of due process and independent functioning by the ECI, the arbitrary abuse of process and access: questions of unreasonable and unchecked mass deletions etc.
Bombay HC orders state Social Welfare Department to take steps towards eradicating manual scavenging, encourages greater transparency and accountability
The Bombay High Court issued an order to the Maharashtra government to ensure greater transparency and accountability in its fight against manual scavenging as evidence presented in court contradicted the state's claim of having eradicated the practice, revealing ongoing instances of manual scavenging and associated fatalities.
Rape Horror: two gang-rape survivors die by suicide in UP & Jharkhand
A 16-year-old minor gang-rape survivor has died by suicide, apparently unhappy with the local panchayat’s decision in Jharkhand, in UP’s Ambedkar Nagar, a 21-year-old gang-rape survivor hanged herself after a police sub-inspector allegedly refused to register a case against three men for the crime, family alleged cops forced to change gang-rape FIR
CJP sent two preventive action complaints to Maharashtra Police
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CJP flagged the recent incidents of communal violence in Maharashtra, erupted due to provocative and communal hate speeches by Sakal Hindu Samaj and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti’s leaders
Bareilly court orders action against police officials and complainant in fake conversion case
Additional Sessions Judge Gyanendra Tripathi remarked that the matter is worrying for civilised society and said the real culprits in the case are responsible police officials and complainant
SC: No compromise in POCSO cases, reverses HC verdict
Why are High Courts inclined towards encouraging “compromises” in POCSO cases that undermine the stringency of the 2006 Act? SC pulls up the Calcutta HC over its suggestion to decriminalise consensual sex
Allahabad HC: Religious converter, “Father, Karamkandi or Mulla” assisting in ‘forceful religious conversion’ can be prosecuted under UP anti-conversion law
Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said religious converter by whatever name, bet it Father, Karmkandi, Maulvi or Mulla etc. is liable to be punished under the anti-conversion law if found facilitating ‘forceful conversion’
Maharashtra: Two minor girls sexually assaulted, delay in FIR, failure of accountability, attempts to cover up crime
Protests by locals in Badlapur after Maharashtra police did not file an FIR in the case for over 12 hours after it was brought to their attention-- delaying medical examination by 10 hours—has created a storm in Thane district of Maharashtra; SCPCR accuses school of attempting to cover up the crime instead of assisting the parents in filing a police complaint; Opposition says school was run those with the BJP
Between Bail and Jail, how authorities bypass law and jurisprudence
As the courts emphasise on the principle “bail is rule, jail exception”, authorities find ways to bypass due process of law
In MP, Three Dalit Youths of a Single Family Are Dead. How Has the Police Responded?
A fact-finding report has pointed out the implicit bias that had characterised police action since the family's very first complaint in 2019 against assault, threats and torture by dominant caste groups.
Law Ministry: 5,597 judge vacancies nationwide
The Law Ministry reported 5,597 judicial vacancies nationwide, with 5,238 positions unfilled in district and subordinate courts, 359 vacancies in High Courts, and the Supreme Court operating at full capacity with no vacant posts
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Judgement delivered, paradox prevails: every voter a citizen, but what is the fate of 51.8 million excluded?
The Supreme Court’s May 27, 2026 verdict upholding the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) settles the legal question of constitutional authority but leaves unresolved concerns on absence of due process and independent functioning by the ECI, the arbitrary abuse of process and access: questions of unreasonable and unchecked mass deletions etc.
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