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ECI affidavit says SIR decisions were unanimous, but questions over two commissioners’ objections remain

The Election Commission says SIR decisions were unanimous, and Form 6 was not amended, but its affidavit does not explain why two Election Commissioners recorded objections after key actions had been taken, or fully address concerns over ECINet, voter deletions in Goa and appeals in West Bengal

Relationship with 16-year-old girl not unusual, POCSO accused adult gets bail

The Himachal Pradesh HC noted that it was a consensual relationship, and the girl left her parents house voluntarily

I feel vindicated: Priya Ramani acquitted in MJ Akbar defamation case

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate held that women should be able to take legal recourse even after decades

Bombay HC grants 3 weeks anticipatory bail to Nikita Jacob in toolkit case

She has been charged with sedition, criminal conspiracy and to promote enmity between groups

Toolkit content does not incite violence, not seditious: Former SC Judge Deepak Gupta

Several legal experts also weighed in on the arrest of Disha Ravi in the Greta Thunberg toolkit matter that invoked a slew of serious charges

Sedition cannot be invoked to quieten the disquiet under pretence of muzzling miscreants: Delhi Court

The court granted bail to two accused who were charged with sedition for forwarding a misinformed post on their Facebook accounts

Delhi riots: Delhi HC grants bail to cab driver as witnesses did not mention his name

The court observed that the accused was not in the vicinity of the area where the alleged incident took place

DCW questions why Disha Ravi was not provided with lawyer of her choice in court

The Commission has taken suo moto cognizance of the case and has sought copy of FIR and questioned the Delhi cyber crime cell in the way the case is being handled

SC registry: Suo moto contempt against Rajdeep Sardesai erroneously listed

The case was shown to be registered based on a petition filed in September 2020 by Haryana resident Aastha Khurana through Advocate Omprakash Parihar 

Bhima Koregaon case: Chorus demanding release of activists grows

Legal and tech experts shed light on future course of case in wake of Arsenal revelations of planted evidence

Nikita Jacob’s pre arrest bail order reserved, Shantanu Muluk gets transit bail

Both activists approached the Bombay High Court in the Great Thunberg Toolkit case created for the farmers’ protests

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ECI affidavit says SIR decisions were unanimous, but questions over two commissioners’ objections remain

The Election Commission says SIR decisions were unanimous, and Form 6 was not amended, but its affidavit does not explain why two Election Commissioners recorded objections after key actions had been taken, or fully address concerns over ECINet, voter deletions in Goa and appeals in West Bengal

UP CEO orders voter roll audit after SIR glitches exposed: Can the 2027 election be fair without public scrutiny?

Uttar Pradesh has ordered a complete scrutiny of voter additions, deletions and corrections after SIR, following confirmed irregularities in Pilibhit, close election margins, opposition complaints and disputed entries raise questions about whether an internal review can restore public confidence before 2027 polls; while investigative organisations like Reporters Collective and even opposition political parties had been flagging issues for over eight weeks, it took sustained public exposure for the poll body to act

EXCLUSIVE – SIR: The total disenfranchisement of the Indian Voter is 16 crores, not 13.60 Crores?

An analysis of the figures supplied alleges that SIR exclusions, combined with an estimated shortfall in the opening (base count) of the country’s electorate coupled with what seems like a deliberate failure to account adequately for new (first-time) voters, take the figure of nationwide exclusions to approximately 16 crore electors