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From Outrage to Acquittal: The Raja Singh hate speech case comes to a close

Mass protests, preventive detention, political fallout and four years of criminal proceedings culminated in the acquittal of Telangana MLA T. Raja Singh

Death Penalty for corruption suggests Madras HC

The court said that corruption has become a daily norm and is spreading like cancer

Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami arrested in 2018 suicide abetment case

In May 2020, the Maharashtra home minister had announced a fresh CID investigation into the case 

State needs to be tolerant while invoking sedition laws: Punj & Haryana HC

The court cautioned the State against indiscriminate use of sedition and hate speech laws.

Delhi riots: HC cancels Faisal Farooq’s bail granted by Trial Court

The court observed that there was relevant material that pointed to him being present at the riot site.

Furnishing hard copy of Chargesheet to accused mandatory: Delhi court

The court was hearing a matter related to the Delhi violence of February 2020

Gujarat HC upset with state’s poor  track record on protecting forest rights 

The court expressed its anguish as to why there has been no progress since its direction 7 years ago

AG KK Venugopal to SC: HC order nothing but drama

The court was hearing a plea challenging the Madhya Pradesh HC’s “rakhi for bail” order

Religious conversion for marriage, disconcerting: Allahabad HC

The court referred to the Special Marriage Act as a solution to people professing different faiths

State cannot act in misogynistic way: Himachal Pradesh HC

The court held that policy excluding married daughters to seek compassionate appointment is discriminatory

Maternity leave no ground for dismissal: SC

The top court supports Delhi HC’s direction of imposing Rs.50,000 on college for unfair dismissal.

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From Outrage to Acquittal: The Raja Singh hate speech case comes to a close

Mass protests, preventive detention, political fallout and four years of criminal proceedings culminated in the acquittal of Telangana MLA T. Raja Singh

Karnataka HC allows Hindu convention but bars invitee seer from speaking to prevent law-and-order concerns

HC permits the Basavadi Shiva Sharana Bruhat Hindu Samavesha to proceed while imposing stringent conditions, including an unprecedented cap on attendance and an absolute ban on hate speech

How FIFA Colludes in the Genocide of Palestinians

FIFA claiming that ‘Football Unites the World’ is ironic, cruel and twisted. Ask Palestine.

Judging the Judge: The communal backlash against a lynching verdict

A reasoned criminal judgment gave way to an organised campaign of communal abuse, threats and intimidation targeting the judge who delivered it

Karnataka’s new PRC rules are people-friendly, but will the ECI accept them?

While a sustained and rigorous campaign by anti-SIR activists across Karnataka has pushed the opposition Congress government to issue a fresh set of simplified guidelines for the issuance of Permanent Residency Certificates; the experience of West Bengal however shows that no amount of pro-activeness by any state government influences an ECI functioning under a non-transparent and non-accountable diktat

Shared Muharram Heritage: Hindus lead Tazias, Sikhs serve water

Across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Jammu & Kashmir, families and communities came together during Muharram through processions, acts of service and remembrance. Whether by preparing Tazias, organising processions, distributing water or joining commemorations, these local traditions continue to reflect mutual respect and peaceful coexistence among people from different communities.

Karnataka launches SIR with 5.5 crore voters, State Govt voices transparency concerns

As Karnataka's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began on June 30, the State Cabinet called for greater transparency and safeguards against wrongful voter deletions. It sought an extension of the Enumeration Form submission deadline from one month to at least three months, along with the publication of a comprehensive manual detailing categories of "logical discrepancies", the software or algorithm used to identify them, and the standard operating procedures