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Supreme Court and the Rofiqul Hoque Judgment: A new chapter in Assam’s citizenship jurisprudence on discrepancies in documentary evidence

Examining the Supreme Court’s latest ruling and its impact on citizenship claims under the Foreigners Act in Assam, with a detailed analysis of how the Rofiqul Hoque case reshapes judicial scrutiny of documentary evidence

Bombay HC orders state Social Welfare Department to take steps towards eradicating manual scavenging, encourages greater transparency and accountability

The Bombay High Court issued an order to the Maharashtra government to ensure greater transparency and accountability in its fight against manual scavenging as evidence presented in court contradicted the state's claim of having eradicated the practice, revealing ongoing instances of manual scavenging and associated fatalities.

Rape Horror: two gang-rape survivors die by suicide in UP & Jharkhand

A 16-year-old minor gang-rape survivor has died by suicide, apparently unhappy with the local panchayat’s decision in Jharkhand, in UP’s Ambedkar Nagar, a 21-year-old gang-rape survivor hanged herself after a police sub-inspector allegedly refused to register a case against three men for the crime, family alleged cops forced to change gang-rape FIR

CJP sent two preventive action complaints to Maharashtra Police

CJP flagged the recent incidents of communal violence in Maharashtra, erupted due to provocative and communal hate speeches by Sakal Hindu Samaj and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti’s leaders

Bareilly court orders action against police officials and complainant in fake conversion case

Additional Sessions Judge Gyanendra Tripathi remarked that the matter is worrying for civilised society and said the real culprits in the case are responsible police officials and complainant

SC: No compromise in POCSO cases, reverses HC verdict

Why are High Courts inclined towards encouraging “compromises” in POCSO cases that undermine the stringency of the 2006 Act? SC pulls up the Calcutta HC over its suggestion to decriminalise consensual sex

Allahabad HC: Religious converter, “Father, Karamkandi or Mulla” assisting in ‘forceful religious conversion’ can be prosecuted under UP anti-conversion law

Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said religious converter by whatever name, bet it Father, Karmkandi, Maulvi or Mulla etc. is liable to be punished under the anti-conversion law if found facilitating ‘forceful conversion’

Maharashtra: Two minor girls sexually assaulted, delay in FIR, failure of accountability, attempts to cover up crime

Protests by locals in Badlapur after Maharashtra police did not file an FIR in the case for over 12 hours after it was brought to their attention-- delaying medical examination by 10 hours—has created a storm in Thane district of Maharashtra; SCPCR accuses school of attempting to cover up the crime instead of assisting the parents in filing a police complaint; Opposition says school was run those with the BJP

Between Bail and Jail, how authorities bypass law and jurisprudence

As the courts emphasise on the principle “bail is rule, jail exception”, authorities find ways to bypass due process of law

In MP, Three Dalit Youths of a Single Family Are Dead. How Has the Police Responded?

A fact-finding report has pointed out the implicit bias that had characterised police action since the family's very first complaint in 2019 against assault, threats and torture by dominant caste groups.

Law Ministry: 5,597 judge vacancies nationwide

The Law Ministry reported 5,597 judicial vacancies nationwide, with 5,238 positions unfilled in district and subordinate courts, 359 vacancies in High Courts, and the Supreme Court operating at full capacity with no vacant posts

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Assam Border Police cracks down on residents battling citizenship rights without due process, pushes 145 locals over the border?

Between the night of Friday, May 23, and Monday, May 26, Assam police launched a sweeping crackdown across all 33 districts—including Barak Valley, Central, Lower, and North Assam—detaining nearly 300 men and women without notice or legal justification. Families and advocates were given no information about their whereabouts, in clear violation of constitutional and legal norms. While about 150 were reportedly released within days, unconfirmed reports to CJP’s ground team suggest that 145 individuals—still fighting for their citizenship rights—were forcibly pushed across the border, left stranded and vulnerable in the no man’s land between the two countries