Rule of Law

Official notifications in Bihar and Assam mark the first implementation of commitments made to protest leaders, even as fresh arrests in West Bengal, allegations of police excesses and questions over protest violence keep the movement alive

Real change demands democratic policing, rigorous training, and accountability that makes officers answerable for brutality, sexual violence, and unlawful crowd control

Police and RAF conduct was brutal, FIRs have been filed despite assurances, protesters arrested, and Muslim families, especially, have faced scrutiny

In the light of the nation’s vibrant 100-citywide protests, the author, a legal researcher questions, why, the right (to protest) that is supposed to speak against power is, at its very threshold, made to genuflect before power (police permission)

Court finds trial judge failed to apply the stringent Section 43D (5) test, but declines to send accused back to prison; imposes sweeping restrictions as NIA's appeal continues

Recent High Court rulings reaffirm that violence, procedural shortcuts and administrative negligence are equally incompatible with the rule of law

The clarification may address the immediate controversy, but years of preventive action against movements have deepened distrust

The Supreme Court of India has orally reiterated that the Election Commission cannot determine citizenship. While hearing a petition about the denial of welfare benefits to those excluded during the SIR in West Bengal, the court clarified that voter list deletions do not result in automatic citizenship loss

Finding the land to be State property, the court directed eviction within 30 days and ordered recovery of ₹6.41 crore for alleged decades-long unauthorised occupation

Upholding the State's power to acquire religious sites for infrastructure, the ruling reshapes the legal contours of the Places of Worship Act