Law & Justice

Judicial Pushback against Cow Vigilantism: Allahabad HC flags arbitrary FIRs, demands accountability from top officials

The Court exposes the way a regulatory law has become a system of targeted persecution of minorities through arbitrary FIRs under the 1955 law while ignoring the Supreme Court’s binding directives to prohibit group violence

Bom HC issues notice, App-based workers Union files plea; seeks social security for drivers, delivery persons

The Union has demanded that rules be framed by the state government and include them under the Social Security Code

Pawan Khera granted interim bail after being arrested by Assam police over Modi jibe

The Congress leader had made a jibe at PM Modi over his acquaintance with Gautam Adani

In Affidavit to High Court, Kheda SP defends policemen who publicly flogged Muslims: Gujarat

“...it is only with a view to maintain peace and harmony that the suspects were cornered,” the SP's affidavit says.

Who are UP police officials who detained a young couple at midnight without informing Delhi Police, asks Delhi High Court

The Delhi HC has sought copies of the CCTV footage of the ‘operation’ to identify officials, LiveLaw reports

JJ Law makes no distinction between orphan & abandoned child: Bombay HC

The Bombay high court in a judgement pronounced recently reiterated that there is no distinction between orphaned and abandoned children under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

Anti-CAA stir, Assam: SC protects independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi from arrest

Previously, the High Court had authorised the NIA to request the framing of charges against Gogoi in a special court.

UP seer calls for genocide prompts letter petition to Allahabad HC

CJP has sent a letter petition to the High Court’s acting Chief Justice seeking directions to the police to take action against Mahant Bajrang Muni Das

Gauhati HC imposes cost for suspecting citizenship of ex serviceman ‘without application of mind’

The court imposed cost on the Election Commission official for causing undue inconvenience to the retired Army

SC favours conciliation in case of caste based discrimination against Dalit faculty: IIT-Kanpur

The apex court has given directions for “talks” between the Dalit faculty member and his colleagues; the aggrieved complainant Subrahmanyam Saderla had challenged the Allahabad HC’s decision to quash the FIR against his colleagues

No Trial 8 Years After Govind Pansare’s Murder

Maharashtra Special ATS Judge SS Tambe had framed charges against 10 persons in January.

Trending

Related VIDEOS

ALL STORIES

ALL STORIES

CJP seeks action against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and AIMIM’s Tausif Alam for election code violations in Bihar

In twin complaints to the Election Commission, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) alleges Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and AIMIM candidate Tausif Alam of crossing constitutional red lines — one by communalising the campaign with hate-laden rhetoric, the other by threatening brutal violence against a rival, exposing the deep decay of democratic discourse in the Bihar elections

PIL filed in the Patna High Court, claims the MMR Yojana was used to influence voters by making payments after the MCC was in effect

‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana’: A Public Interest Litigation [PIL] filed in the Patna High Court accuses the Bihar government of ‘political bribery,’ it alleges the state brazenly disbursed 2,500 crores in cash grants to 25 lakh women after the Model Code of Conduct for the 2025 Assembly Elections was already in effect

From Campaign Trail to Communal Provocation: CJP files complaint against Bandi Sanjay Kumar for divisive campaigning in Hyderabad by-election

Mocking Islamic practices and appealing to Hindu identity for votes, CJP’s complaint says that the BJP leader’s remarks violate the Model Code of Conduct, the Representation of the People Act, and the spirit of India’s secular Constitution

Say No to ‘Toxic Governance’: Arrest air pollution, not activists and protesters: NACEJ

The Delhi NCR Pollution crisis needs firm, well-implemented policy shifts and institutional action against prime causes of pollution, not citizens: Restore Fundamental Right to Breathe, says a nationwide alliance dedicated to the battle for a cleaner environment and against climate change.

A Conspiracy of Hate: The Aligarh temple graffiti incident

Aligarh Police exposed that the “I Love Muhammad” graffiti on temple walls—first blamed on local Muslims—was a staged act of revenge over a land dispute, emerging amid state-wide crackdowns and communal tension, the case laid bare how personal vendettas can be weaponised to inflame religion and hatred

Judicial Pushback against Cow Vigilantism: Allahabad HC flags arbitrary FIRs, demands accountability from top officials

The Court exposes the way a regulatory law has become a system of targeted persecution of minorities through arbitrary FIRs under the 1955 law while ignoring the Supreme Court’s binding directives to prohibit group violence

‘Faith Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai’s Christians rise against Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion bill

Peaceful Sunday protests across 35 parishes led by the Bombay Catholic Sabha warned that the so-called ‘Freedom of Religion’ Bill threatens Article 25 rights, risks criminalising compassion, and could become a political tool to harass minority communities