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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.
Not providing information amounts to smothering the very purpose of RTI: Guj HC
The Court directed the Ahmedabad Police to furnish Rules under the Gujarat Police Act and make available all laws which govern the Police, for public access, on their website
Executive’s attacks on Judiciary’s Independence condemnable, assault signals an authoritarian regime: PUCL
The strong and detailed statement issued by a civil liberties platform that saw its birth during the Emergency points out how during the arguments in the NJAC case, the union government refused to allow a neutral body to oversee appointments
Summoned by cops after he files RTI on RSS, victim approaches Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench recently issued notice...
How the dissent does not quite deal with insulation of judiciary from executive control: NJAC case
The dissent in the case by Justice Chelameswar – an analysis
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
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Jharkhand’s Biggest Democratic Test Yet: The SIR Challenge
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