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Waqf Amendment Act 2025: An erosion of rights under the garb of reform
Renaming the legislation "Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development Act" (UMEED Act), in line with the government’s enthusiasm to rename things; a critical examination of the amended provisions reveals that provisions of the 2025 act represent a significant regression, fundamentally undermining the religious autonomy and property rights of the Muslim minority, thereby challenging constitutional safeguards’ some amendments directly weaken legal protections afforded to Waqf properties, raising fears of systematic dispossession
The Advocates Amendment Bill, 2025: A blatant attack on lawyers’ autonomy and democracy
The bill proposes government-nominated members be appointed to Bar Council of India (BCI) and State Bar Councils. This is an unconstitutional violation of the autonomy of the legal profession and a direct threat to judicial independence.
When marriage is tyranny: Justice Shakdher’s judgment reads down the marital rape exception as a constitutional imperative
In contrast to the verdict delivered by Justice Hari Shankar, his brother judge hearing the matter, Justice Shakhder’s judgement in the May 2022 case hearing the constitutional challenge to the exception to marital rape provision under Section 375, strikes it down as anti-constitutional. The matter will now go before the Supreme Court where the constitutional challenge lies pending for two years
How Justice C Harishankar, in upholding the exception to marital rape, delivered a reasoning fir for the dark ages
One judge of a division bench of the Delhi High Court, Justice C. Hari Shankar, hearing a petition on the crucial issue of marital rape, in 2022, upheld the exception of this form under section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a reasoning that is also facing constitutional challenge in the Supreme Court for the past two years
Strengthening the rights of victims: Legal milestones and the path ahead
In Mahabir & Ors. v. State of Haryana, the Supreme Court reinforced principles for striking a balance between victims’ rights and fair trials in India’s legal system by upholding due process, victim participation, and prosecutorial accountability
Bombay High Court Grants Bail to 20-year-old Student in Patricide Case: A balancing act between justice and reformation
Key guidelines were recently issued by the Bombay High Court through a bail order, in a case concerning a young accused
Petitions against Uttarakhand UCC draw attention to Constitutional issues regarding personal autonomy and minority rights
Religious freedom, privacy, and tribal exclusion are among the issues raised by petitions contesting the Uttarakhand UCC, bringing to light constitutional questions about striking a balance between individual laws and a uniform legal framework.
D*ck or fist
This piece, penned in rage and with a broken heart as a young student of the law in Mumbai read of the news of the brazen acquittal of a murderer-rapist husband by the Chhattisgarh High Court. As a collective media silence and violent trivia twirls around our public discourse, Sabrangindia publishes this as tribute (and solidarity with) hundreds of thousands of young and not so young women who have felt deeply betrayed by this verdict as also by the wider silence around it
A Licence to Violate: Chhattisgarh HC’s ruling on marital rape exposes a legal travesty’
By extending the marital rape exception to unnatural sexual offences, dismissing a dying woman’s testimony, and ignoring Supreme Court precedents, the Chhattisgarh High Court has delivered a judgment that strips married women of their right to bodily autonomy
The Debate around Section 498A: Misuse or inappropriate application?
As Section 498A transitions into Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the debate over its misuse and necessity continues - can reforms strike the right balance?
Supreme Court disposes of PIL on cow vigilantism, declines micro-monitoring of state compliance
Despite acknowledging concerns over rising mob lynching incidents, the Court ruled that enforcing compliance with its guidelines should be pursued through High Courts and other legal avenues
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