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Anticipatory Bail Denied to Nida Khan in TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court flags “systematic plan” and stresses custodial interrogation

While emphasising gravity and custodial interrogation, Sessions Court order leans heavily on narrative of “organised influence”—raising concerns over evidentiary thresholds, criminalisation of religious interaction, and expansion of bail-stage reasoning

Sec 170 of CrPC does not require arrest of accused while filing chargesheet: SC

The court clarified that arrest is not necessary unless it is a heinous crime or where there is a possibility of influencing the witnesses, or accused may abscond

Anti-conversion law will not apply to inter-faith marriages unless there is force, fraud, allurement: Gujarat HC

This interim order has been passed to protect interfaith couples from being unnecessarily harassed

Give autonomy to CBI: Madras HC to GoI

The High Court has issued a slew of directions to increase the number of CBI’s personnel and other infrastructural resources

Dead man declared foreigner, Gauhati HC sets aside order

The petition was filed by the son of the deceased person to get ex-parte order set aside, as the same was passed years after his father’s death

Pegasus Scandal: SC finally issues notice to GoI

The Supreme Court will start hearing the arguments after 10 days, and will also deliberate on the appropriate course of action

The wide terms of the IT Rules 2021 have a chilling effect on freedom of speech: Bom HC

The court stayed the operation of Rule 9 of the 2021 IT Rules deeming it to be manifestly unreasonable and going beyond the IT Act

Gauri Lankesh murder: SC to decide on HC’s order cancelling KCOCA charges against the accused

Kavitha Lankesh and the State have moved SC against the HC order dropping organised crime charges against accused Mohan Nayak

ISRO espionage case: Kerala HC grants pre-arrest bail to former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar, three others

Image Courtesy:keralakaumudi.comThe Kerala High Court has granted anticipatory bail...

Bom HC grants bail to terror accused due to violation of right to speedy trial

The court observed that the accused had already spent more than half of the maximum sentence of 10 years in some offences, while keeping the probable life imprisonment prescribed for other offences he was charged for

Cutting beef at home cannot be ground for detention under NSA: Allahabad HC

The Court stated that the incident can be termed as disturbing law and order, and not public order, and could not be said to stand on the same footing as a situation where a number of cattle have been slaughtered outside in public view and the public transport of their flesh

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Anticipatory Bail Denied to Nida Khan in TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court flags “systematic plan” and stresses custodial interrogation

While emphasising gravity and custodial interrogation, Sessions Court order leans heavily on narrative of “organised influence”—raising concerns over evidentiary thresholds, criminalisation of religious interaction, and expansion of bail-stage reasoning

“Reasonable Apprehension of Bias Is Enough”: Telangana High Court orders CBCID probe into SI’s death, reasserts constitutional demand for investigative neutrality

In a sharply reasoned ruling, the Court holds that when police investigate their own, fairness cannot merely exist—it must be demonstrable, credible, and constitutionally defensible

“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void

Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour

Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise

Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions

May Day Dramatised

When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.

Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 16-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30

Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30