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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

Against the country’s secular structure: Court denies bail to man accused of damaging Masjid

Considering the gravity of allegations, large-scale involvement of the applicant in the North East Delhi riots, court do not find it to be a fit case for grant of bail

Umar Khalid alleges forced solitary confinement by jail authorities

The activist alleged that his request for adequate security had been distorted to extreme proportions by jail authorities who confined him to a cell

GN Saibaba still denied parole, medicine, books, letters from family: AS Vasantha

Saibaba, is yet to get a letter and news printouts his wife Vasantha sent on Oct 1, but she has convinced him to not go on hunger strike for now a she fears for his health  

Democracy dies when it’s streets fall silent: Activists on the right to protest

Arundhati Roy, Bezwada Wilson, NiveditaMenon, Nadeem Khan, Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav, call for debate on policing, protests, role of mainstream media

Defamation case filed by MJ Akbar to continue before Special MP-MLA Court

The MP had filed a defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani, who was among many accusing him of sexual harassment

NAPM condemn police’s and administration’s handling of the Hathras incident

Nine activists visit Hathras, Uttar Pradesh to document the aggrieved family’s account of the series of events related to the Hathras crime.

Umar Khalid arrest: Court told Delhi Police that no person can be detained without being informed about the grounds of arrest

The court said in its order that Article 22 (1) of the Constitution stipulated that no police official can arrest an individual without informing the grounds of his arrest, and Article 22 of the Constitution guaranteed the fundamental right of protection against the arrest and detention.

My father was lynched on September 6, UP police have no updates: Mohhamad Sabir

Mohhamad Sabir has launched an online support campaign to seek justice for his father Aftab Alam, a taxi driver who was allegedly lynched for not chanting 'Jai Shree Ram'

Uddhav Thackeray withdraws consent; CBI can’t just swoop in any more

Is this an assertion of federal powers as enshrined in the Constitution, or political posturing designed to showcase how the Shiv Sena isn’t going to dance to the BJP’s tunes anymore?

Delhi riots: Prosecutors Association move Delhi HC against 11 Special Public Prosecutors appointment

The Prosecutors Welfare Association moved Delhi HC on October 21 challenging the appointment of SPP’s claiming that it was against the principles of fairness and impartiality, seeking direction to be issued to the Delhi Government to appoint independent Special PPs to conduct cases relating to the riots.

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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