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The stay of UGC Equity Regulations, 2026: The interim order, the proceedings, and the constitutional questions raised

While flagging vagueness and potential misuse, the Court suspends a caste-equity framework born out of the alleged suicide of Rohit Vemula and Payal Tadvi petition

Those in India must act as per its culture: Supreme Court on PIL against religious conversion

The Court refused to entertain objections raised against the maintainability of a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking steps against forced religious conversion, despite the fact that established law precludes a petitioner who has petitioned courts as many as four times is not entitled to do so, again

When silence is eloquent

The tortuous course of the law

Students cut hair in protest against moral policing in Kerala

Students stated that the protest was held to express solidarity with the students who suffered the moral policing attack

Bulldozer injustice: this will only stop when a police officer is sent to jail, says Patna HC

The court said that it will make sure that the petitioner gets compensation from the perpetrators

Does paying salaries to Imams amount to ‘betraying’ the Hindu community’?

Remarks of Central Information Commissioner (CIC), Mahurkar followed the Delhi Waqf Board submitted data that revealed that the wages of imams and mosque helpers increased four-fold since 2014 after the Kejriwal-lef AAP government came to power in the national capital.

Bilkis Bano approaches Supreme Court to contest premature release of rape convicts

Survivor of Gujarat Riots Gang Rape Demands Justice, files petition against remission granted on August 15

CAA discriminatory against Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka: DMK

The party, which is one of the 200 petitioners before the apex court challenging CAA, has now filed an additional affidavit

Why Judiciary and Executive must heed President Murmu’s serious concerns on prisoners’ rights

Appalled at the government’s talk of building more jails, President Murmu made a strong appeal that the governments and judiciary should work together to tackle problems like poor legal aid, pre-trial detentions and the over-representation of marginalised communities inside jails.

SC, once again, seeks DLSA intervention to ensure that under trials unable to provide surety are released from prison

A failure to provide bail bonds or surety is a common occurrence leading to many under trials languishing in jails, despite securing bail

Is the Centre overreaching itself in returning Collegium recommendations, again?

The Centre has, in the recent past, cherry picked recommendations and has defied the norm of approving reiterated names

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