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When the Rule of the Bulldozer Outpaces the Rule of Law: One year after this landmark judgment

In November 2024, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that no home can be destroyed without notice, hearing, and legal process. Yet across various states, the past year has shown how that standard is often treated as optional

Madras HC directs TN Police to give permission to RSS march on Oct 2

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the...

Batadrava police station burning case: Absconding accused nabbed

Previously, another accused who had been arrested had died while allegedly trying to flee police custody while being transported

8 Mumbai cops charged with murder in Agnelo Valdaris custodial death case

A special POCSO judge has allowed the plea filed by Agnelo Valdaris’ family for prosecuting eight policemen for murder, a charge which was also resisted by CBI which probed the case

HRD Jeganathan allegedly killed for acting against illegal stone quarry, NHRC moved

In the last of several attacks on environmental activists in this part of Tamil Nadu, the environment activist was killed in a road accident that, according to a HRD Forum, was engineered to kill the activist for effectively speaking up against an illegal stone quarry and successfully getting it sealed on Independence Day

Ex-LU VC, Roop Rekha Verma stands as bail surety for journalist, Siddique Kappan

For ten days, getting someone to stand as surety had proven difficult for the family of Kappan

Urgent Medical Attention and bail for student activist, Atiq-ur-Rehman: Citizens

A Statement by Concerned Citizens and Representatives of Civil Liberties’ Organizations

Elgar Parishad case: Bombay court rejects Hany Babu’s bail plea

In his plea, Babu said that while the NIA cited a letter detailing a conspiracy to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi as evidence, the alleged letter did not incriminate him.

Gyanvapi case: Petitioner moves caveat before Allahabad High Court

Rekha Pathak, one of the four Hindu women petitioners in the Shringar Gauri case has asked for the right to oppose application by mosque committee

The Challenge to Places of Worship Special Provisions Act, 1991 is Misconceived

Response to Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay’s petition before the Supreme Court

Gyanvapi: Mosque Panel May Move HC, Hindu Plaintiffs Term Verdict as ‘Foundation Stone’ of Temple

Advocate Akhlaque Ahmad, representing the mosque committee, told reporters that he and his team would review the 2,400-page judgment and then make a decision on future course of action.

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