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Clarity Without Cure: The Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of Articles 200 and 201 and the future of federal governance
The opinion restores textual fidelity to Article 200, but its institutional hesitations risk enabling executive obstruction of democratically enacted State legislation
Early Christmas miracle: Taloja jail authorities show compassion, give Fr. Stan Swamy sipper, warm clothes!
The 83-year-old can now finally take a proper drink of water as he was previously unable to hold a cup or a glass as his hands shook due to Parkinson's disease
MP High Court puts counselling as bail condition for accused for anti CAA WhatsApp status
The HC directed the petitioner to attend counselling sessions with an advocate-social worker and follow instructions accordingly, failing which his bail could be reconsidered
Lucknow police stop interfaith wedding citing conversion laws!
Days after the UP’s Unlawful Religious Conversion Prohibition Ordinance is passed, right-wing elements begin using the law to prevent peaceful weddings.
Siddique Kappan’s arrest matter of ‘personal liberty’: Kapil Sibal to SC
Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal also offered to implead Kappan’s wife and daughter when the CJI wondered if a third-party organisation can espouse his cause
Delhi Police opposes bail granted to riot accused Jamia student to write exams
The State argued that many people study in jails and that Asif Tanha in the interim can be shifted to a guesthouse near the exam centre
Rakhi for bail order: Petitioners move SC for directions
The petitioners submitted before the SC that such orders may result in normalising and trivialising what is essentially a crime
Dedicated courts set up to address Human Rights cases in Delhi
Very few states in the country have human rights courts as mandated by the law and the ones designated as such, are unclear about their jurisdiction and scope
End Custodial Torture: SC’s new comprehensive directions on CCTVs in police stations
The court has directed strict compliance in this regard while also passing specific directions pertaining to position of CCTVs, storage of recorded data, accessibility to the victim and so on
Delhi Riots accused granted bail: Court asks why constable waited until arrest to name him
Applicant cannot be made to incarcerate in jail for infinity merely other accused are yet to be identified and arrested in the matter, said the court
State Counsel appears to justify the hasty cremation of Hathras Victim: HC
The high court was told by the State that transferring the DM was a mere political issue and that he did nothing wrong in ordering the cremation of the victim
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