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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.

SC: Notice issued to 5 states in challenge to ‘love jihad’ laws

Notice was issued on CJP’s earlier petition challenging anti-conversion laws of UP and Uttarakhand, MP & HP in January 2021

Hate speech: SC asks for video of Sakal Hindu Samaj proposed meet in Mumbai on Feb 5

Sakal Hindu Samaj had earlier held a rally on January 29 in Mumbai where calls for social and economic boycott of Muslims were made.

Married woman has the autonomy to choose termination of pregnancy, not medical board: Bombay HC

A recent court case, ABC vs. State of Maharashtra, held that it was the woman and not the medical board who could make this decision under Section 3(2B) of MTP Act.

Directions issued by the SC to prevent Delay in Release of Prisoners

The SC Bench suggested that the court should consider amending bail conditions that are causing delay in release

Siddique Kappan to finally walk out of Jail!

Imprisoned for over two years now, he had gotten bail in charges filed under both UAPA and PMLA

Gujarat policemen who flogged stone pelting accused found guilty in disciplinary inquiry

The inquiry instituted by the IG found that 5 policemen are found to be prima facie guilty for flogging the accused publicly

Protests on attack on JNU students: Mumbai police withdraws case against 36 protesters

Earlier this month, January 2023, the additional chief metropolitan magistrate allowed an application filed on behalf of the state government seeking to withdraw the plea and disposed of the case.

Allahabad HC grants bail to Javed Mohammad, alleged “Mastermind” of Prayagraj violence

Javed Mohammad (alias Javed Pump), leader of Welfare Party of India, was deemed as the “mastermind” behind the violence in Prayagraj and his house was demolished by the administration

K’taka HC says downtrodden still unable to do business like “upper caste”

The Court refused to quash a complaint against a man who threatened, harassed and used catiest slurs to intimidate the victim.

Arguments against capital punishment

People will support its abolition if they are exposed to a rational argument

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Demolitions of homes of Gujjar Bakerwals in Jammu unconstitutional & violation of FRA 2006: AIUFWP

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Rethinking the ‘Rajput State’: The Neemuchana & Tiladi agrarian movements

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Jharkhand’s Biggest Democratic Test Yet: The SIR Challenge

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The ‘Unfit’ Gandhi Siblings – A SoBo boy to Ramchandra Guha

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