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Gauhati High Court questions allotment of 3000 Bighas of land to private cement company in Assam

Behind the 3,000-bigha allotment to Mahabal Cement lies a decades-old conflict over customary rights, ecological safeguards, and Sixth Schedule protections

Delhi HC holds Govt’s order cancelling Prof. Ashok Swain’s OCI card ‘Bereft of any reason”

Setting aside the impugned order, the Court has given the Union government three weeks to pass a new order

The battle for Indian Federalism: Government of NCT of Delhi vs. Union of India

The Union government digs its heels in, issued a notification giving primacy to the Lieutenant Governor in transfer and postings of civil servants serving the Delhi Government.

Unveiling the Harsh Truth of Child Marriage in India

The article below explores the untenability of the custom and the urgent need for institutional attention and reform

Allahabad HC: Appalling conditions of the state jails, indifference shown to the plight of prisoners

Hearing a PIL, the bench took serious note of the meagre wage offered to inmates, tremendous overcrowding, murders inside jails, grants one last chance to the state to act firmly

Supreme Court affirms right of forest inhabitants, prevents it from being limited to recognized communities

The Supreme Court of India broadened the ambit of who can be granted the right to forest rights, cites that certain communities may not have had the documents to come under governmental categories.

SC deems caste-based discrimination in higher education system to be a ‘very sensitive matter’

In the PIL filed by mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, bench urges UGC take action, propose steps to facilitate students from the SC/ST backgrounds into the mainstream

Adv. Vrinda Grover appointed as the member of UN Human Rights Council’s Ukraine Commission of Inquiry

Ambassador Václav Bálek of the Czech Republic, president of the Human Rights Council, appointed Advocate Grover

Supreme Court issues notice in contempt charges against Hindutva leader Yati Narsinghanand

Narsinghanand had made insulting remarks against the SC and the Indian Constitution, notice has been issued without returnable date

Undermining independence of the judiciary would compromise rule of law: Justice PS Narasimha, SC

The sitting judge stressed the need for the judiciary to be from all executive influence

Madras HC: Legal bar on ED’s detention, split verdict, PMLA case against Senthil Balaji

Justice Banu holds the ED to have crossed legal limits; is it time to bring the powerful central agency, an alleged tool of the union, under scrutiny?

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