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Police action in Odisha’s Rayagada district condemned, Adivasi rights paramount: CCG
The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) in an Open Letter to the President of India has condemned Odisha police’s wrongful dispossession of Adivasi lands in the state and violent action against protesting tribals
How the dissent does not quite deal with insulation of judiciary from executive control: NJAC case
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Five more ‘love jihad’ laws challenged before SC
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The apex court had issued notice when CJP had challenged the anti-conversion laws of UP, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in 2021
UP DP-Prisons forewarned of contempt action in case of any disobeyance of policy for premature release
Dealing with a case on inordinate delay in providing premature release to convicts, SC issues strict directives
‘You want to arrest a college principal for a book found in the library? Are you serious?’: Supreme Court asks MP govt
The state was trying to intervene in anticipatory bail proceedings that are infructuous given that the High Court has granted this
SC questions delay of 5 months in filing FIR in Hindu Yuva Vahini hate speech case
The apex court has sought from Delhi Police details of investigations and the steps taken after filing thee delayed FIR, in a contempt petition filed by Tushar Gandhi
News Channels causing rift in society, says SC while hearing hate speech cases
Supreme Court bench questioned the NBDSA for lack of action and urged regulation of anchors and news channels pushing agenda through hate speech
Indian Courts on Marital Rape, an analysis: fresh petition in SC
As all eyes are on the SC, that issued notice on a latest petition, CJP analyses the current position of courts and parliament on the issue of Marital Rape
Places of Worship Act: Again, Centre seeks more time, SC says Feb-end
The 1991 Places of Worship Act, enacted when the Babri Masjid still stood, mandates that the nature of all places of worship, barring the one at Ayodhya, be maintained as they stood on August 15, 1947
79% of High Court Judges Appointed Between 2018-2022 Upper Castes: Law Ministry
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Supreme Court will soon hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law
The archaic colonial section in Indian criminal law criminalises free speech and dissent; in the pre-Independence era, the provision was used against freedom fighters, including Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi.
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