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Who owns Mumbai’s streets? The Bombay High Court, street vendors and a decade of regulatory failure
What began as a case about encroachments has become a searching inquiry into the State's failure to implement the Street Vendors Act, the rights of pedestrians and informal workers, and the growing role of identification and verification in urban governance
Stay in Mumbai, No Gathering Visitors at Home, Don’t Contact Co-Accused: Varavara Rao Bail Terms
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The court has asked the octogenarian poet-activist to furnish a fresh bond of Rs 50,000 with two solvent sureties in the like amount.
A very bad precedent has been set: Judge who convicted 11 men in Bilkis Bano case
Rights groups and legal luminaries raise important questions about provisions of remission policy
Free Teesta Setalvad: Noam Chomsky, American academics write to Supreme Court
Indian rights groups continue to hold solidarity meetings, demand Setalvad’s immediate release
Delhi violence case: Court penalises Prosecution for irrelevant witnesses
Court imposed costs worth Rs 5,000 on the Prosecution for disrespecting time of the court and public exchequer’s funds
Bhima Koregaon case: SC directs NIA court to decide on framing charges within three months
Court also directs that the trial of Vernon Gonsalves be segregated from that of other absconding accused
Lakhimpur Kheri: Farmers begin 75-hour protest demanding Ajay Mishra’s sacking
Mishra’s son Ashish, is a key accused in the killings of farmers in October last year; Ashish is out on bail, Mishra is still a Union Minister
Crime against women: Allahabad HC questions delay in registering cases
Court told the state government that sometimes it takes over six months to register a case
Over 6,000 Citizens Urge SC to Revoke Remission of Convicts in Bilkis Bano Case
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We demand that women’s faith in justice be restored, said a statement by grassroot workers, women’s orgnaisations, human rights activists among others.
Bhima Koregaon case: ED to question Surendra Gadling about allegedly funding Maoists
A special NIA court had granted permission to the ED to conduct questioning between Aug 17 and 19
Delhi HC expresses concerns over presence of CSA survivor at the time of POCSO bail hearings
Concerns about the possible impact of such allegedly forced interaction between the survivor and the alleged abuser have been raised by rights groups
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Who owns Mumbai’s streets? The Bombay High Court, street vendors and a decade of regulatory failure
What began as a case about encroachments has become a searching inquiry into the State's failure to implement the Street Vendors Act, the rights of pedestrians and informal workers, and the growing role of identification and verification in urban governance
India
Defectors & Democracy: A critique of the Tenth Schedule of the Indian Constitution
The right of voters to recall representatives who defect—as seen in West Bengal, Maharashtra, Goa and Arunachal Pradesh—and the requirement of intra-party democracy could form part of a broader institutional redesign. Such measures would deepen democratic values and, above all, signal a refusal by citizens to accept the corruption of their mandate. These may be among the reforms that India's Parliament and democracy most urgently need
Gender and Sexuality
A regressive 2026 amendment to rights of Trans persons is under legal challenge even as pride month is celebrated
Unable to stay the statute, High Courts have charted a middle path—protecting petitioners already undergoing hormone therapy while the broader constitutional challenge awaits adjudication by the Supreme Court
India
The what’s & why’s of Data Centres and how are they hijacking the India Story
While countries such as Singapore and Sweden are curbing the environmental costs of data centres through regulation and innovation, India is actively courting these resource-intensive facilities with little regard for their water and energy demands. From Stockholm's waste-heat recovery systems to zero-water cooling technologies, solutions exist. Yet India continues to trade away land, water and public resources with scant consideration for environmental sustainability or local communities.
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Telegram before NEET: When governance fails, censorship takes its place
Invoking exam security to suspend access to a platform used by millions raises serious questions about proportionality, transparency and the growing tendency to restrict communications whenever governance challenges arise
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Yes, Savarkar did file 10 Mercy Petitions before the British, revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh refused to Compromise: Grandnephew tells Pune Court
Savarkar’s grandnephew who had lodged a criminal defamation case against LOP Rahul Gandhi, stated and admitted during his testimony that while there were other freedom fighters who refused to file clemency petitions before the British, his uncle Vinayak Savarkar had filed as many as ten!
Rule of Law
Court recognises mob lynching as aggravating factor, sentences seven to life for 2022 cow-vigilantism killing
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