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The Court spoke, the police paraded anyway

The Rajasthan High Court's landmark judgment on public shaming was ignored within the month it was delivered; what have other High Courts said on this depreciable practice?

Bombay High Court rejects State’s adjournment plea in Sangram Patil case; hearing to proceed on February 4

Court refuses to delay hearing, noting continued travel restriction due to Look Out Circular and absence of State’s reply

BK16 Case: Bail for Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor, five years and five months after arrest

Bhima Koregaon Case: Bombay High Court granted bail to Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor With Friday (January 23) order, only lawyer Surendra Gadling would continue to remain in jail in this matter that has incarcerated several with the FIR being filed in early 2018

The Judicial Ouroboros: The Vanashakti Reversal & Crisis of Environmental Finality in India

Much comment was made about the obvious conflicts between two verdicts of the Supreme Court of India –the Vanshakti judgements—between May and November 2025 and as India lives with the consequences, it is essential to situate the dispute within the broader evolution of environmental constitutionalism in India.

CJM who ordered FIR against police for 2024 Sambhal violence case transferred by Allahabad HC, new trend?

CJM Vibhanshu Sudheer was among 14 judicial officers transferred by the Allahabad HC. He had ordered an FIR against then Circle Officer Anuj Chaudhary and SHO in connection with the shooting of a youth during the violence. Drawing widespread criticism from lawyers and students, this move has been compared to similar recent transfers that point unfavourably to lasting judicial independence

Supreme Court brokers interim peace at bhoj shala, allows basant panchami pujas and Friday namaz under strict safeguards

Directing separate enclosures, regulated access, and administrative oversight, the top court appeals for mutual respect while keeping the core dispute over the Dhar complex’s religious character open before the Madhya Pradesh High Court

Bombay HC: Notice to Maharashtra state, police on UK doctor, Sangram Patil’s petition seeking quashing of LOC & FIR

The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notice to the state government and other respondents seeking their response to a plea by UK doctor and YouTuber Sangram Patil; Patil a doctor of repute, and a Maharashtrian expat was detained on his arrival at Mumbai airport on January 10 and later prevented from leaving for the UK on Jan 19

Removed Without Process: The Doyjan Bibi case and the Gauhati High Court’s Retreat from demanding deportation records

In refusing to question the absence of any deportation or handover records after a woman vanished from a holding centre and was reportedly transferred to the BSF, the Gauhati High Court has signalled a dangerous judicial tolerance for undocumented removals carried out in the name of sovereign authority

Manipur gang-rape survivor dies without justice, three years after 2023 ethnic violence

Abducted, brutally assaulted and gang-raped during the Meitei–Kuki conflict, the young Kuki woman succumbed to trauma-linked illness as her case languished without arrests, exposing systemic failure in prosecuting sexual violence in Manipur

When Speech Becomes an Act of Terrorism

Terms like “freedom of speech,” “freedom of expression,” “Article...

After Five Years in Jail, Bail Still Barred for Two: Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in Delhi riots case

Holding that the UAPA’s elevated statutory threshold continues to apply, the Court says Khalid and Imam stand on a “qualitatively different footing”, while granting conditional bail to five co-accused after more than five years of incarceration

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The Court spoke, the police paraded anyway

The Rajasthan High Court's landmark judgment on public shaming was ignored within the month it was delivered; what have other High Courts said on this depreciable practice?

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