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Reaffirming Open Justice: The Supreme Court on speech and contempt

In the case of Wikimedia v. ANI Media Private Limited & Ors. the apex court reaffirmed free speech and restrained a Delhi High Court order that was held, on examination to be disproportionate

Cannot demolish construction by giving 24 hours’ notice: MP high Court

The petitioners alleged that since they have filed a petition against the sitting MLA, this action was being taken against them

SC will hear petitions filed by CJP challenging controversial “anti-conversion” laws

A two-judge bench of CJI Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha is scheduled to hear PILs filed by advocate Vishal Thakre and 'Citizens for Justice and Peace', a civil rights group

Umar Khalid returns to jail after attending sister’s wedding

After serving more than 800 days in prison, he was given a seven-day interim release in exchange for attending his sister's wedding.

2022: A year of the ‘Bulldozer injustice’

What started as Yogi Adityanath being dubbed as “bulldozer baba” caught on as a trend for being a mode of punishment for those accused in criminal offences, the target majorly being people from the minority community

UP: Teacher booked for making students recite “madrassa type prayer”

In the video, students can be heard reciting Mohammad Iqbal’s iconic Urdu poem ‘Lab pe aati hai dua‘.

2022: Looking back at negative rights jurisprudence from Indian courts

A month-by-month review of the numerous court rulings that have a negative impact on rights jurisprudence

Behind one of UP’s biggest ‘anti-conversion’ case; 54 persons booked

While UP Police continues to investigate the case of a church in Fatehpur accused of alleged ‘forceful conversions’, an on ground report shows a different side to the story.

UP: After Gyanvapi, Mathura Court Orders Shahi Idgah Survey; ‘Violation’ of Places of Worship Act, Say Activists

The court officers have been asked to submit a report with site plans and maps before the court by January 20, 2023 when the petition will be taken up next.

2022: Looking back at the best judgments from Indian courts

CJP examines several court decisions that have influenced the legal framework governing human rights.

The death of Fr. Stan Swamy was finalised the day he was arrested: Senior Advocate Mihir Desai

A Press Conference discussing the recent Arsenal report, and the tampering of evidence in Late Fr. Stan Swamy’s Case

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Reaffirming Open Justice: The Supreme Court on speech and contempt

In the case of Wikimedia v. ANI Media Private Limited & Ors. the apex court reaffirmed free speech and restrained a Delhi High Court order that was held, on examination to be disproportionate

Urdu is not the monopoly of mullahs, nor even the Muslim community 

Our self-styled “left liberal” intelligentsia, otherwise loud in denouncing Hindu majoritarianism, suddenly turned mute when confronted with Muslim right-wing pressure

Election Commission seriously risks losing all credibility: senior advocate Sanjay Hegde

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India’s Silent Push-Out: Courts, states, and the deportation of Bengali-Speaking Muslims

From migrant workers vanishing in midnight raids to a Kolkata man driven to suicide by fear, reports across states reveal a disturbing pattern of expulsions without due process — now under scrutiny in India’s courts