Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
Supreme Court: UP Gangsters Act ‘stillborn’ for prescribing punishment without creating an offence
In a strongly worded judgment, the Court holds that the 1986 law prescribes punishment without creating a distinct offence and criticises the gang-chart mechanism, but stops short of deciding whether the legislation itself passes constitutional muster
1986 Saka Nakodar Case: Long-awaited justice as Punjab & Haryana HC orders the formation of SIT
The HC order instructing the Punjab Government to investigate the missing report of the Justice Gurnam Sing Commission Report, bringing relief to the families of the four killed in unlawful police firing over three decades ago
We are living in constant fear of State: Kapil Sibal
New Delhi: Former Congress leader and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal...
Gyanvapi Case: Copy-Paste Pattern a la Babri Case – Not Just Legally But Politically, Too?
The Gyanvapi mosque case has triggered serious concerns among legal luminaries, historians, Muslim community and its religious leadership.
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.
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
India
‘Wherever You Go, We are watching’: Second threat letter to Kashmiri Pandits
After the first letter exposed employees’ phone numbers, a second communication reportedly reveals residential addresses, putting the security of returning Kashmiri Pandits under renewed scrutiny
Rule of Law
Supreme Court: UP Gangsters Act ‘stillborn’ for prescribing punishment without creating an offence
In a strongly worded judgment, the Court holds that the 1986 law prescribes punishment without creating a distinct offence and criticises the gang-chart mechanism, but stops short of deciding whether the legislation itself passes constitutional muster
India
“SIR is a Nazi-Fascist Project:” M.G. Devasahayam
Alleging that a staggering one crore persons will be finally excluded from the Karnataka state electoral rolls, MG Devasahayam, a former IAS officer, who was recently interviewed by the Kannada daily Vartabharati stated that opposition political parties had failed the voter while citizens groups had posed a robust challenge to the SIR process
Gender and Sexuality
When Suspicion Becomes Deportation: The case of Sahida Fakir and the dangerous criminalisation of Bengali identity
A woman who left home to buy dinner was detained, taken across state lines and allegedly pushed into Bangladesh despite her family producing a birth certificate, voter ID, school records and land documents
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
The women India continues to ignore
It is 76 years into the adoption of the Indian Constitution. However, the fundamental promises of equality and dignity remain elusive for many communities - none more so than Dalit women. What is even starker is the sheer indifference of institutions towards their plight. This piece aims to highlight how the understanding of “women” does not mechanically encompass Dalit women and accentuate the underlying forces that precludes the empowerment of women from the most downtrodden sections of Indian society.
Politics
The State Wants the Delete Button: India’s new architecture of digital censorship
Nearly 1.95 lakh blocking directions in five months raise urgent questions about transparency, due process and the constitutional limits of government control over online speech
India
Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12
Nearly 1.94 crore (19.4 million) enumeration forms digitised during SIR; over 20 lakh electors categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), Voters whose names are missing from the draft can file claims for inclusion till September 12, even as complaints on social media during the enumeration phase highlighted difficulties faced by electors
Communalism
When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands