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Data is real, true wealth: SC issues notice in yet another plea challenging DPDP Act; highlights privacy concerns
This petition, filed by journalist Geeta Seshu, along with the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) that also challenges the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 will now be heard with other petitions filed in the matter by Reporter’s Collective, Nitin Sethi and Venkatesh Nayak, on March 23
Anand Teltumbde’s bail hearing commences before Bombay HC
Apart from arguing for bail, Dr Anand Telmumbde, a renowned academic, will through his counsel, also be challenging the constitutionality of Section 43(D)(5 of the Unlawful Practices Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967
Hyderabad cops detained me, slapped me, pulled my hair: Sabber Kyaw Min
In this EXCLUSIVE interview to SabrangIndia, the Rohingya refugee community leader reveals how he was treated like a criminal and abused physically and verbally by personnel at the Balapur police station
Was Sanjiv Bhatt made to suffer in vain?
30-years later, complainant in a custodial torture case wants to withdraw complaint even though Bhatt was convicted and jailed for it!
CJP’s Legal Aid petition: Gauhati HC gives State of Assam and UoI one final chance to file affidavits
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CJP’s plea for robust infrastructure to deal with impending deluge of applicants at Foreign Tribunals
Free legal aid does not mean poor legal aid: Justice UU Lalit
The SC judge and the Executive Chairman of NLSA stresses on need to induct talented and committed persons
Masterminds behind ‘S**li Deals’ and ‘B**li Bai’ apps granted bail
Delhi court cites humanitarian grounds such as first-time offence and young age
In rare circumstances woman can acquire caste of husband: K’taka HC
Court was examining a case where a woman married to an ST man was removed from her position in the gram panchayat as the seat was reserved for an ST candidate
Dr. Umar Khalid: A human rights defender, failed by the judiciary
Grounds for denying bail flimsy, constant deferment borders on harassment and institutional violence
No criminality if Hate Speech made with smile: Delhi HC judge
Justice CD Singh made the remark while exonerating BJP leaders who made hateful and inflammatory speeches ahead of the 2020 Delhi riots
Indian judiciary on granting bail: Different strokes for different folks?
How hate offenders are often let off with a mild rap on the wrist, while dissenters continue to languish behind bars as virtual political prisoners
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Abdul Sheikh Citizenship Case: Deportation stayed as Gauhati High Court Hears challenge to ex parte foreigner declaration, state to raise maintainability issue
Court allows preliminary objection while continuing stay on deportation; petitioner explains delay to challenge FT order through prolonged detention, lack of access to the detenue, financial constraints, and absence of legal aid
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Bhagat Singh sent to gallows once again!
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A Law of Identity, Passed Without Listening: Inside the Transgender Amendment Bill, 2026 and the crisis it has triggered
Framed as a measure of protection, the amendment shifts identity from self-determination to State approval, raising fears of exclusion, bureaucratic control, and the erosion of dignity recognised in constitutional jurisprudence
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Intrusive and Unconstitutional: CJP’s dissent note on Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Law
Through this detailed critique and legal analysis of the hastily enacted Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 (Maharashtra Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam 2026), CJP shows how it is both a serious intrusion on personal liberty, autonomous choice and religious freedoms but also gives a weapon to state agencies like the police to, along with other actors, become vigilantes into personal lives and behaviour
Labour
Telangana: Safeguard lakhs of Hamali workers, set by welfare board, citizens groups
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Delhi, Mumbai: Media organisations sharply criticise UNI eviction
The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), the Editors’ Guild of India and the Mumbai Press club have sharply condemned the executive overreach that ordered the Delhi police to violently evict the staff of the UNI on March 20, 2026