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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
Gauri Lankesh Assassination Trial: Hearings to resume before KCOCA Court today
The case is being heard in the second week of every month for five days; last time Gauri’s sister Kavitha and a few eye-witnesses had given their testimony and been cross examined
Unless society’s mindset changes, neither law nor society can be changed: Kapil Sibal
The Rajya Sabha Member and Senior Advocate was speaking at a People’s Tribunal in New Delhi
‘Grave Injustice’: People’s Tribunal on SC Judgements in Zakia Jafri, Himanshu Kumar’s Petitions
Speakers, including former judges, at the People’s Tribunal criticised the Supreme Court for putting down those who dared to raise questions over the government’s actions.
It is unfortunate that the petition was dismissed: Tanvir Jafri on Zakia Jafri case
The son of Zakia Jafri and slain Congress MP Ehsaan Jafri also lamented the Supreme Court’s observations about the NGO that helped them seek justice and whistleblower cops
Ahmedabad: Police detain man after meat-filled bags fall off his scooter
FSL confirms meat was not bovine, police say decapitated head was that of a goat
Tamil Nadu: 27 sentenced to life in Dalit triple murder case
Members of dominant community had attacked eight Dalit men, killing three, for getting “first respect” at a temple in 2018
Honouring plurality key to sustenance of democracy: CJI Ramana at OU
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Speaking at the 82nd convocation of Osmania University, Justice Ramana also said it is high time for all institutions to introduce a subject on the basic ideas about the Constitution and governance, irrespective of the stream of learning.
He had no work in Hathras: Allahabad High Court denies bail to journalist Siddique Kappan
Police claim that the accused were travelling to the region to disturb the harmony at the location of the rape of a Dalit woman
Cannot evict persons with “Bulldozer” and leave them shelterless without any notice: Delhi HC
Court says reasonable period has to be given and temporary location to be provided
Kerala HC demands report on incident where female examinees were forced to remove undergarments
Girl students appearing for NEET at a test centre in Kannur reported that they were only allowed to write the exam if they took off their bras
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