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The telegram NEET case and the expansion of platform-level censorship in India

The Court's judgment marks a significant shift in Indian digital rights jurisprudence by accepting that the very design and architecture of a platform may justify extraordinary restrictions affecting millions of lawful users

Karnataka HC refuses to drop rape charges against husband

“If it is punishable to a man, it should be punishable to a man albeit, the man being a husband,” observed the court

Delhi Violence case: Dr. Umar Khalid denied bail in UAPA case surrounding larger conspiracy

After deferring the bail order thrice, Delhi court denies bail to the scholar and socio-political activist

12 people died in police custody in 2021: Assam CM

Over a span of seven months, more than 60 incidents of custodial violence were reported last year

Delhi HC asks for Centre’s opinion on declaring the Child Marriage ‘void ab initio’

Court issues notice to Ministry of Law and Justice and National Commission for Women

UP Police harassing journalist Ashish Dixit?

The local journalist alleged that the police have filed fake FIRs against him due to his work as a journalist in the area

Gujarat HC rules on PASA Act, claims Preventive Detention untenable

In a landmark judgement, the court quashed the order of detention

SC questions Centre about man held in a Detention Centre for 7 years!

The 62-year-old man’s life was left in limbo after Pakistan refused to acknowledge him as its citizen

Gauhati HC stays order to register FIR against Assam CM for inflammatory remarks about eviction drive

Himanta Biswa Sarma had said that the Darrang eviction drive was revenge for the 1983 Assam agitation

Uttarakhand HC recognises difference between Hate Speech and Free Speech

Refusing bail to Jitendra Tyagi alias Waseem Rizvi, the Uttarakhand HC has balanced the right to individual liberty and a community’s right to live with security and dignity

Delhi Violence: Court dismisses Gulfisha Fatima, Tasleem Ahmed’s bail pleas

Ahmed and Fatima, with several other activists, students and lawyers, have been booked under the UAPA, in the infamous FIR 59/2020

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