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‘We will challenge notices in Court’: IFF’s statement on legal notice over ‘defaming’ RSS

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) details a legal notice issued on behalf of the RSS over its documentation of censorship in India, and the police action that followed, raising concerns over freedom of expression

Actor Chetan’s Second Arrest: First as Warning, Second as Strategy?

UPDATE March 24, 2023: Chetan Kumar gets a bailActor and...

No NCRB data on journalist, media personnel arrested under UAPA and other penal laws: IBM

As another Kashmiri journalist gets detained, Centre shrugs off any responsibility of maintaining data on journalists that have been booked over the years

Right to Same Sex Marriages is not a right that can be claimed: Union to SC

The obdurate rejection of this right by the union of India throttles the very concept of constitutional morality in evolving jurisprudence

SC warns judicial officers, prosecuting agencies against violating bail orders; threatens action and re-education

SC also advised the High Court to supervise district courts to ensure that they follow the law of the land

Diversity in the Judiciary: Is due consideration given while appointing judges and judicial officers?

In the ongoing parliament session, data provided shows that minorities and marginalised form a mere 2.63% and 4.5% of the total strength respectively

Custodial deaths highest in Gujarat over 5 years; jails overcrowded

Gujarat has a prison capacity of 13,999 prisoners. There is clear overcrowding, 16,597 prisoners are currently housed in its jails; numbers show that Gujarat's jails are overflowing with 2598 inmates 

‘Victim of Violence, Not Offender’: Sharjeel Imam submits response to Delhi HC in police’s plea against discharge in 2019 Jamia Violence Case

In the written submission, Sharjeel has highlighted lack of admissible evidence against him, contended that his participation in peaceful protest cannot imply role in violence

Courts say, calling a person by caste name is not an offence: Explained

The Courts find that “intention” to insult by caste names “missing”. How such an “intention”, especially one reflected in the use of abusive slur and stigmas, can ever be “established” is not articulated, however

Uttar Pradesh has highest number of cases “closed by the NHRC without reason”: NHRC data

25 cases closed due to refusal by State/Union Governments to comply with NHRC recommendations, 187 cases proof of payment pending over the last 3 years

Plea against Maha GR to monitor inter-faith & inter-caste marriages: Bombay HC

MLA Moves Bombay High Court Challenging Govt Resolution For Panel To Monitor Interfaith Marriages

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‘We will challenge notices in Court’: IFF’s statement on legal notice over ‘defaming’ RSS

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SC: Article 142, Mass Amnesties, and the Panchayatisation of the Rule of Law

Within a month of youth-led protests in Delhi and at least half a dozen other locations, the Supreme Court’s September 1 Order invoked its extraordinary powers under Article 142 to quash criminal cases registered across at least five states. This examines the limitations of this ad hoc jurisprudence, arguing that while protection from abusive state prosecution is welcome, linking it to the cancellation of the September 5 march sets a troubling precedent. Constitutional scrutiny demanded a rigorous examination of alleged executive and police overreach, including blanket prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS and the shutdown of metro stations and internet services. Instead, the alleged excesses of Delhi and other police forces remain unadjudicated.

Need for Clarity on the SIR: An Open Letter to the Congress Leaders of Karnataka

While the national leadership of the party, leads and articulates the national campaign for the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, the state leadership of Karnataka, a state governed by the party, gives conflicting statements almost endorsing a process that has disenfranchised close to 10 million there

From Arunachal to Delhi, anti-dam protesters face state crackdown; detained allege sexual assault

Around 40 protesters from Arunachal Pradesh were detained during a solidarity demonstration, as the crackdown on indigenous resistance to the proposed mega dam intensifies