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‘Deportation Cannot Begin without Nationality Verification’: Union’s Rajubala affidavit clarifies legal limits on executive power

In an affidavit filed in the Rajubala Das case, the Union reaffirms that deportation requires nationality verification, travel documents and acceptance by the receiving State, while setting out the legal framework governing detention pending deportation

Supreme Court pulls up Andhra CM for making unsubstantiated public remarks on Tirupati laddu ghee, which led to controversy

Bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan question timing of CM’s statements amid ongoing investigation on the ghee; stress need for prudence in sensitive religious matters

Demolitions: SC orders status quo on Sonapur demolitions, issues notice to Assam Government Uttarakhand, UP, Gujarat also ignore Sept 17 order

Contempt petition accuses Assam authorities of defying the Supreme Court's September 17 order staying demolitions across India; other incidents of local authorities across India bypassing legal safeguards and eroding the rule of law also reported from 5 BJP ruled states

Supreme Court takes action amid outrage following Karnataka Judge’s anti-Muslim and gender-insensitive comments in court

Calls for gender and communal sensitivity training intensify as two viral videos spark outrage over judicial conduct, CJI points to the need to establish basic guidelines

Supreme Court halts nationwide demolitions through interim order, emphasising the ethos of the Constitution

Supreme Court criticized glorification, grandstanding of bulldozer action and directs no demolition anywhere across country without permission

Kin of incarcerated anti-CAA activists question Selective use of ‘Bail is the Rule’ principle

Several of the families of Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi and Athar Khan together questioned their prolonged incarceration despite Supreme Court repeatedly saying that ‘bail is the rule’.

Eviction tragedy in Assam: Two killed during eviction drive as police firing sparks allegations of government bias

Assam officials claim self-defence in the face of violent attacks, but community leaders accuse the state of manipulating the incident, harbouring anti-minority bias and violating legal procedures

Jailed Without Trial: Umar Khalid’s 4-Year Ordeal Ignites Solidarity

Accused in the ‘larger conspiracy’ case about the 2020 Delhi riots, Khalid’s bail pleas have been repeatedly rejected.

Delhi Excise Policy Row: Supreme Court grants bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

While Justice Kant upheld the legality of CBI arrest; Justice Bhuyan in a differing view held that the arrest by the CBI was only to frustrate the bail granted to Kejriwal by ED, underscored that ‘CBI must dispel the notion of being a caged parrot’

Supreme Court warns against ‘bulldozing the rule of law,’ affirms that legal process, not allegations, must govern punitive actions

Supreme Court asserts that family homes cannot be demolished for a relative’s alleged crimes, stressing that such actions bypass due process and threaten the foundation of a nation governed by the rule of law

“Bulldozer barbarism”: Demolition drive in Surat after stones thrown at Ganesh pandal

Surat authorities defy Supreme Court's recent warning against 'bulldozer justice' by demolishing alleged illegal encroachments in Sayedpura area where a Ganesh pandal was allegedly attacked, sparking controversy and concerns about due process and targeted actions

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‘Deportation Cannot Begin without Nationality Verification’: Union’s Rajubala affidavit clarifies legal limits on executive power

In an affidavit filed in the Rajubala Das case, the Union reaffirms that deportation requires nationality verification, travel documents and acceptance by the receiving State, while setting out the legal framework governing detention pending deportation

Brij Bhushan Acquittal: The system vs the wrestlers

Three years after their protest shook Indian sport, Vinesh Phogat and other wrestlers prepare for another legal battle over a verdict they reject

Women Wrestlers & Lawyers’ battle for justice: Feminists, women leaders in support

Recognising the tenacious battle of women wrestlers and their lawyers in the long and tedious battle for justice against serious allegations of sexual harassment at the workplace by Brij Bhushan Singh, former MP (BJP) and then president of the Wrestlers Federation, the statement in support lauds the courage of the women wrestlers against the highly politicised power structures of sports associations in India, where money and muscle power rule the arena.

#STOPKILLINGUS Protest at Jantar Mantar on August 4 against GOI’s “cover-up” of Manual Scavenging deaths

The Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA), a nationwide movement to abolish manual scavenging is organising a demonstration on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest against continued government apathy towards sewer and septic tank deaths across country and its attempts to fudge the actual data.

Violence being normalised, U.P. moving towards police state, say retired cops

The present government under chief minister Ajay Bisht (aka Yogi Adityanath) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making the police uncivilized, says retired IPS officer of U.P. cadre Vibhuti Narain Rai while former DGP Sulkhan Singh points out that the State is normalising violence leading to an environment where society accepts such violent actions as a form of ‘instant justice’