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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
Will CCTV cameras and audio video records help curb police brutality?
The intervention application filed by two NGOs in the plea for CCTVs in police stations, highlight some issues the SC is wrongly looking at
Attorney General declines consent for contempt case against Prashant Bhushan
The AG KK Venugopal noted that it would not be in public interest to give consent for a contempt case based on a tweet as there was a following tweet expressing regret
Lawyers send straws and sippers for Father Swamy to Taloja Jail
The group of 42 lawyers wrote to the Superintendent of Taloja Jail to look after other inmates as per Prison Manual as well
Delhi Riots: Jamia student granted parole to sit for exam
The court noted that some leniency must be showed by allowing Asif Iqbal Tanha to pursue higher education
SC takes suo moto cognisance of Rajkot Covid Hospital fire
A fire broke out in the ICU ward of Rajkot’s Uday Shivananda Hospital, killing five and injuring six on November 27, 2020
Sheena Choudhary case: Delhi HC slams Rajasthan Police for ‘completely unjustified’ behaviour
Rajasthan cops have a lot to answer for how they treated a 26-year-old educated woman, forcibly taking her into ‘custody’ because she did not want to get married according to her parents will
J&K HC refuses to stay probe against Deepika Singh Rajawat’s tweet
The Kashmiri Lawyer had tweeted about Navratri highlighting the increasing instances of rape in India
Pandemic or mass disaster cannot override Article 21 protection: Allahabad HC
The HC has come down heavily on the lower court’s decision to not recognise the accused’s rights to default bail on grounds of Covid lockdown
Taloja Jail may soon get a deluge of ‘sippers’, but will they reach Fr Stan Swamy?
The NIA has reportedly told courts it does not have a straw and sipper to give 83-year-old Parkinson's inflicted Stan Swamy, social media users have started ordering online to send to jail authorities
Continued use of unconstitutional section 66A of IT Act in UP
The HC noted that the UP police have been disregarding the Shreya Singhal Judgment and lodging FIRs under an already struck down provision
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