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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

On the firing line:  Human rights warriors of 2022

The list includes journalists, activists and other citizens who displayed exemplary courage to stand up against injustice, personal and collective;  in so doing they shine our as beacons of inspiration

Siddique Kappan granted bail in the PMLA case by the Allahabad Court

The ED had filed charges against him for obtaining foreign funding without authority and using them to commit crimes

Christmas reminds us of Fr Stan Swamy, other bravehearts incarcerated ‘illegally’

Christmas is for the bravehearted: those who see and...

Court Inquiry report confirms Dalit labour activist Shiv Kumar’s allegations of custodial torture

In the report it is stated that it appeared that the doctors examining Kumar seemed to have danced to the tunes of  the police officials and also questioned the Magistrate’s role in granting Kumar’s remand.

1.9 lakh POCSO cases pending in Fast Track Courts: Ministry of Women and Child Development

In the ongoing Parliament session, the government provides state-wise details of cases registered, persons arrested, convictions and pending cases over the years

Rescuing people from statelessness: CJP in Assam, a 2022 overview

Coming to the rescue of hapless citizens whose ‘citizenship’ was put to question, formed a major part of CJP’s Assam team’s efforts in 2022.

Anti-Conversion Laws: The trope of forced religious conversions

Even with central “anti-conversion law”, figures show up the claim for “forced religious conversions” for what it is, an exaggeration

Is SC’s Dismissal of Bilkis Bano’s review petition contrary to established law?

Many experts from the legal field have pointed out that the relevant provision under CrPC is unequivocal on jurisdiction; that the government where the trial and convictions take place is the appropriate government to decide on the remission

If Journalism falters, if a Judge loses his Independence, Democracy falls: Justice B.N. Srikrishna

"Two professions have to be necessarily independent, a judge and a journalist. If they falter, democracy suffers."

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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