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‘We will challenge notices in Court’: IFF’s statement on legal notice over ‘defaming’ RSS
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) details a legal notice issued on behalf of the RSS over its documentation of censorship in India, and the police action that followed, raising concerns over freedom of expression
Muslim youth shot dead by police for alleged intentions of slaughtering a cow
Two Muslim youth were travelling, when they were chased by the police. One of them lost his life after being shot, another is recovering from gunshot wounds in hospital. The police have filed a case, under various charges, against the accused.
Jammu & Kashmir HC: Being a critic of government no ground to detain a person, detaining authorities apply no mind
Detention order against Sajad Dar, a Kashmir-based journalist, quashed based on vague grounds of detention, violation of Article 22 (5) and lack of subjective satisfaction of curtailing liberty under Article 21; Dar has spent 22 months under detention
28 States and UTs have appointed nodal officers to curb hate speech in compliance with 2018 Tehseen Poonawalla verdict :Union Home Ministry to Supreme...
The information was made public through an affidavit of the MHA
RSS organises route marches in TN, SC directs state govt to submit guidelines to regulate marches in future
Tight security was in place as members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) took out route marches and organised public meetings in Tiruchi and neighbouring districts on Sunday, November 19.
Mumbai police’s FIR against individuals at prayer gathering commemorating children killed in Palestine condemned: PUCL
The Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has condemned the lodging of a criminal case by the Mumbai police against 13 persons — all members of the minority community — in connection with a prayer gathering to commemorate children killed in Palestine on the occasion of Children’s Day
Madras HC: Review plea against judgment hailing religious harmony dismissed
Holding that there is no error in the judgement, the High Court dismissed the plea filed by Hindu Munnetra Kazhagam (HMK) president K. Gopinath against the judgment of the HC imposing costs of ₹25,000 on him and dismissing his plea objecting to the construction of a mosque in Chennai
Notorious hate speech offender T Raja Singh has another case filed against him
A new case has been registered against T Raja Singh, BJP’s notorious hate speech offender and third time candidate from Hyderabad’s Goshamahal constituency. Citizens for Justice and Peace has recently lodged 2 complaints on account of him violating Model Codes of Conduct this year. The ECI has responded to the complaints on November 18 and has stated that it is taking the appropriate action required.
Jammu & Kashmir HC: Fahad Shah granted bail after spending 21 months in jail
Charges of “abetting terrorism,” “waging war against the country,” and “promoting enmity” under the UAPA quashed; Shah to continue to face trial under Section 18 of the UAPA and charges of receiving funds against the law under the FCRA
Uneven reason in denial of flow of rights: Part III on Marriage Equality Judgement
In the previous two part of this series – detailed explainers on the recent Marriage Equality Verdict of the Supreme Court in the case of Supriyo Chakraborty vs. Union of India [2023 INSC 920], we have discussed the majority and minority opinion on the Right on the issues of fundamental right to marry and the right to form a civil union.
Lack of compliance with orders of the Supreme Court by UP government in Muzaffarnagar slapping case- a worrisome and “shocking” spectacle
From providing counselling to all children involved to getting the child victim admitted to a school, the orders issued by the Supreme Court bench has been ignored by the state government since the past 3 month
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‘We will challenge notices in Court’: IFF’s statement on legal notice over ‘defaming’ RSS
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) details a legal notice issued on behalf of the RSS over its documentation of censorship in India, and the police action that followed, raising concerns over freedom of expression
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SC: Article 142, Mass Amnesties, and the Panchayatisation of the Rule of Law
Within a month of youth-led protests in Delhi and at least half a dozen other locations, the Supreme Court’s September 1 Order invoked its extraordinary powers under Article 142 to quash criminal cases registered across at least five states. This examines the limitations of this ad hoc jurisprudence, arguing that while protection from abusive state prosecution is welcome, linking it to the cancellation of the September 5 march sets a troubling precedent. Constitutional scrutiny demanded a rigorous examination of alleged executive and police overreach, including blanket prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS and the shutdown of metro stations and internet services. Instead, the alleged excesses of Delhi and other police forces remain unadjudicated.
India
Need for Clarity on the SIR: An Open Letter to the Congress Leaders of Karnataka
While the national leadership of the party, leads and articulates the national campaign for the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, the state leadership of Karnataka, a state governed by the party, gives conflicting statements almost endorsing a process that has disenfranchised close to 10 million there
Environment
From Arunachal to Delhi, anti-dam protesters face state crackdown; detained allege sexual assault
Around 40 protesters from Arunachal Pradesh were detained during a solidarity demonstration, as the crackdown on indigenous resistance to the proposed mega dam intensifies
India
Beyond Appropriation: Vidya Bhushan Rawat’s recovery of Bose’s inclusive nationalism
Rawat’s book emerges from a unique perspective that argues –among other things – that Bose and Nehru must be understood through their competing strategies, and historical circumstances— not recruited retrospectively into opposing political camps; neither does the book place Bose beyond criticism, affirming however his intrinsic secular outlook while stressing on diverse networks that helped sustain the struggle for independence’ not a biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose but a chronicle of Indian National Army as well as India’s freedom Movement.
Minorities
After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal
With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance