Rule of Law

Questions about a law to tackle the menace of custodial deaths have been raised five times over three sessions in the Parliament this year; and questions about prison reforms, on the same lines have been asked many more times. The question of assigning punishment for custodial deaths has become all the more pertinent now, in the wake of the shocking encounter of the 4 accused in the Hyderabad vet’s rape and murder case.

The phrasing of the act is so wide and sweeping, that it gives a government powers to practically put under arrest and detain anyone it finds inconvenient or an obstacle to its political aims

When journalists have to face the court, it makes for different news, but recently, it is the courts that seem to have protected the pen

Teesta Setalvad analyses the orders passed by the court while granting bail to Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha

On the one-year anniversary of the brutal incident of torture and custodial death in Tamil Nadu, the senior advocate calls for public campaign and speaks about a need to operationalise the right to denounce custodial violence

His lynching had sparked the #notinmyname campaign, however, four years later communal lynchings no longer seem to shock the public. A scary sign of the times

Three major legal actions have been initiated in various forms against Twitter India already

In clear contempt of the HC order and the law, the Delhi Police sought time till June 21, before releasing them, citing verification issues

Judgments of the Delhi High Court in Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha's cases, come as a whiff of fresh air which hopefully the Supreme Court will allow us to breathe.

Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Tanha Iqbal had been accused in the case involving the larger conspiracy behind the Feb 2020 violence and had been in jail for around a year