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Ex-TISS student gets bail as Mumbai Court rejects Maoist link based on ‘suspicion’

Court rejects the prosecution’s attempt to link Abhirup Ashim Paul to Maoist activities, holding that books, slogans and association with a student group could not by themselves establish such a connection

Exclusion of SC/ST/OBC from EWS is valid for keeping balance of equality: SC bench in majority

The Supreme Court in a 3:2 judgement upheld the validity of the constitutional amendment that enables upto 10% reservations for EWS in education and public employment

Arrest of Shiv Sena MP, Sanjay Rautt a ‘Witchunt’ & ‘Illegal’ says PMLA Court granting him bail in Money Laundering case

The court  also rejected  ED’s application to stay the order in the Patra Chawl redevelopment project; HC also refused an urgent hearing for stay

Mangaluru court dismisses 2 interim applications by Juma Masjid (Mosque) authorities

Majoriatrian supremacist groups have created a conflict around this place of worship from April 2022

Supreme Court: Education not business to earn profit, tuition fee must be affordable

SC Upholds lower court’s decision quashing seven-fold increase of tuition fee in private medical colleges

Collegium system & transparency of judicial appointments: a conundrun

Between criticisms of opaque-ness and an absence of transparency to concerns of brazen interference from an Executive that has shown no regard for Constitutional basics even niceties, the Collegium system of appointment of Judges is once again in public debate

Government v/s Supreme Court: a throwback to a tussle for judicial autonomy

Recent statements, particularly strident from India’s minister for Law and Justice, Kiran Rijiju, an Arunachal politician previously groomed under Amit Shah’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) offer a powerful throwback to similar attempts by a previously authroritarian government in the lead-up to the Emergency in the 1970s.

Karnataka HC overturns lower court’s order blocking Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra Twitter accounts

Calling the order as “punitive action”, High Court ordered for the removal of the 45 second music clip of KGF movie used by Congress

Our Constitution does not speak the language of exclusion: minority judgement holds EWS as unconstitutional

Justice Ravindra Bhat and CJI UU Lalit, in the dissenting judgement held that by excluding SC/ST/OBC from EWS reservations, the basic structure of the Constitution as well as the Equality Code is violated

Arrest Warrant issued against Deepak Chaurasia by Special POCSO Court in Gurugram

Case pertains to alleged airing of morphed video of child and family, Court cancels bail for intentionally avoiding appearance

Varanasi: Gyanvapi hearing over ‘Shivling’ worship deferred to Nov 14

After hearing arguments of both the sides, the fast track court had on October 27 reserved its order on the suit for November 8.

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