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A Terror Case Without Evidence: Allahabad High Court’s ‘heavy heart’ acquittal After 28 Years
A devastating judicial analysis reveals how a mass-casualty blast, a collapsed investigation, and an inadmissible police confession led to the undoing of a decades-old conviction
Jharkhand HC pulls up police for shoddy investigation in Giridih rape and murder case
The Court, shocked at the laxity of investigating officers with no progress even after a lapse of 6 months, has ordered for the constitution of SIT to probe the case
83-year-old human rights defender Father Stan Swamy sent to Taloja Jail!
The Jesuit Priest was arrested by the National Investigation Agency from his from his home in Bagaicha, Ranchi, at night on October 8 on trumped up charges of involvement in the Bhima Koregaon case
Conduct ‘independent and impartial investigation’ into role of police in Delhi violence: European Parliament
Human Rights Subcommittee chair expresses concerns about deteriorating rule of law, excesses by law-enforcement authorities, targeting of minorities and clampdown on dissent
Fr. Stan Swamy’s arrest malicious and spiteful: PUCL
The 83-year-old human rights defender was picked up by the NIA from Ranchi in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case yesterday
Engineers and post-grads in UP jails: Doesn’t education prevent crime?
The NCRB data of 2019 reports that the state's prisons have the maximum number of post-graduates and degree holders in the country.
Tablighi Jamaat case: SC slams Centre for ‘extremely offensive and brazen’ response
Noticing how toxic reportage had vilified the TJ members, SC observed that freedom of speech was perhaps one of the ‘most abused freedoms’
Hathras victim’s family move Allahabad HC, demand release from illegal detention
Detained in their own home, the Hathras victim’s family moved court asserting their freedom to speech, expression and movement.
Brinda Karat moves Delhi HC, challenges order refusing hate speech FIR against Anurag Thakur, Pravesh Verma
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja had dismissed Karat’s application stating respondents are Members of Parliament, and prior gov't sanction was required under Section 196 CrPC
Right to protest, not an absolute law: SC
The apex court ruling in the Shaheen Bagh case states that public areas cannot be occupied indefinitely
Hathras victim knew rape accused: UP Police start blaming the victim!
Uttar Pradesh police ‘investigation’, finds Dalit teen raped and killed was in ‘constant touch’ with the main accused. Will that impact the investigation?
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A Terror Case Without Evidence: Allahabad High Court’s ‘heavy heart’ acquittal After 28 Years
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A Salute across the skies, from Air Commodore Pervez Akhtar Khan
The tragic death of 37-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, Wing Commander Namansh Syal, who lost his life on Friday, November 21 when a Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Mk-1) crashed during a demonstration at the Dubai air show, brought this moving response from Pakistani Air Commodore Pervez Akhtar Khan from across the border
India
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
India
SIR exercise leaves trail of suicide across states as BLOs buckle under pressure and citizens panic over citizenship
The SIR of electoral rolls has come under severe distress following a series of suicides involving Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and marginalised citizens in West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Kerala, families and employee unions allege that the pressure to complete a traditionally lengthy verification process in the name of SIR within two months is causing fatal mental distress
Gender and Sexuality
Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality
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Politics
Civil society warns, Election Commission is “Undermining Democracy”
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