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Judgement delivered, paradox prevails: every voter a citizen, but what is the fate of 51.8 million excluded?

The Supreme Court’s May 27, 2026 verdict upholding the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) settles the legal question of constitutional authority but leaves unresolved concerns on absence of due process and independent functioning by the ECI, the arbitrary abuse of process and access: questions of unreasonable and unchecked mass deletions etc.

Bombay HC issues notice seeking response from Maha government on formulation of inter-faith marriage committee

The PIL had been filed by four NGOs, including Citizens for Justice and Peace, contending the said govt. resolution to be discriminatory, promoting divisiveness

Gujarat: HC questions state on public flogging of Muslim men in Kheda

Gujarat HC asks Public Prosecutor to provide the specific law that allows flogging in public view and circulation of video of people in custody

“No harm caused by thirty minutes of Namaz, won’t inconvenience anyone”: Madras HC

HC Bench refuses to direct interim stay on the practice of offering Namaz along a path leading to the Kasi Viswanathar Temple at Thirupparankundram

Young Muslim labourer allegedly dies 30 minutes after release from custody

The victim had been apprehended by local police on suspicion of gambling, died on the way to the hospital, survived by 3 children and an expecting wife

Manipur Violence: SC bench seeks updated status report from State on rehabilitation, law & order situation

Sr. Adv. Colin Gonsalves claimed that the situation in Manipur has worsened, no police action despite open calls for violence made against the Kuki community

Karnataka HC: Petition by Twitter contesting centre’s blocking orders dismissed, Rs. 50 lakh fine imposed

Court held the company's argument to be "devoid of merits," orders payment of fine within 45 days

Tripura decides to release 5 convicts who completed 66% of their sentence

This, despite the prisons not being overcrowded in the state

Jharkhand: Court convicts 10 in mob lynching case, sentence to be pronounced on July 5

Conviction comes 4 years after Tabrez Ansari, a 22-year-old Muslim man, was tied to an electricity pole, assaulted, and made to shout religious slogans

Karnataka HC: Proceedings against Pramod Muthalik for delivering offensive statement quashed

The Bench noted lack of recording of independent eyewitness statements, no data to substantiate that accused made inflammatory statements as reasons

Eid-al-Azha: Jurisprudence on animal sacrifice, maintaining balance between customs & harmony

Even as the Courts have refused to entertain pleas on animal sacrifice, how necessary is it that we inclusively question its relevance in today’s world?

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Judgement delivered, paradox prevails: every voter a citizen, but what is the fate of 51.8 million excluded?

The Supreme Court’s May 27, 2026 verdict upholding the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) settles the legal question of constitutional authority but leaves unresolved concerns on absence of due process and independent functioning by the ECI, the arbitrary abuse of process and access: questions of unreasonable and unchecked mass deletions etc.

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