Rule of Law

Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor

Holding that a woman’s choice is paramount under Article 21, the SC affirms that constitutional courts must prioritise dignity, mental health, and bodily autonomy over statutory limits under the MTP framework

Denying Forest Dwellers Rights, Gauhati HC orders removal of Adivasi “encroachers”

Denying forest dwellers rights in the Chariduar Reserved Forest, the Guwahati HC has directed the evacuation of “encroachers

‘Naming & shaming’ instead of rule of law: UP recovery of damage to public & private property ordinance, 2020

The Ordinance is out. On Sunday, March 15, the Uttar Pradesh recovery of damage to public and private property ordinance 2020 was cleared in the cabinet meeting chaired by UP CM Adityanath in Lucknow on Friday.  The ordinance ignores tested jurisprudence and caution from constitutional courts that point to the absence of due process in such a “Name and Shame” policy. Intrinsic to this understanding is the arbitrary, unchecked power such an ordinance gives wings of the state, tilting power away from the people into the hands of the state, its police, without any checks and balances

Delhi HC adjourns all riot related cases till March 20

Court also issues notice in cases of hate speech allegations against Sonia Gandhi, Waris Pathan, Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, and others.

No law to back your actions: SC to UP govt. defending ‘name and shame’ posters

The SC has not put a stay on the Allahabad HC order, but has referred the matter to a larger constitution bench

India Justice Report 2019: Where India stands on police, prisons, judiciary and legal aid

The report shows that while Maharashtra performed well on all parameters, UP and Bihar performed the worst

Protest against indiscriminate arrest of hundreds of Muslims in violence affected NE Delhi

Students and faculty of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)...

“Everyone has been Silenced”: a comprehensive report on UP violence and its aftermath

The report by Citizens Against Hate (CAH), gives detailed account of alleged episodes of police excess, destruction of property and targeted violence in UP

Delhi violence: Allegations of indiscriminate arrests of Muslim men

Over 100 allegedly arrested or detained from Mustafabad, including Muslim man guarding Hindu temple

Chennai court deems Rajnikanth speech against Periyar defamatory, at best

The Chennai district court said the speech did not amount to promoting enmity or intentional insult to disturb peace

Police accuse couple of ‘IS links’, arrest them for ‘instigating anti-CAA protests’

Duo hailing from Kashmir was allegedly in touch with IS members from Khorasan module

Trending

Related VIDEOS

ALL STORIES

ALL STORIES

Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 19-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30

Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30

UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts

At least ten districts of Uttar Pradesh have witnessed widespread women led protests against the hasty, untested installation of pre-paid smart metres that women claim have been programmed to run fast to “inflate” electricity bills

As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly

While the incident reportedly took place on April 26, it took sectional media and social media coverage for the Bareilly police to finally admit that the beating to death of Maulana Tausif Raza Manzari was a targeted attack, not an accident on May 1; his wife provided details of a call to her from the dead cleric where he narrated he was under attack

Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor

Holding that a woman’s choice is paramount under Article 21, the SC affirms that constitutional courts must prioritise dignity, mental health, and bodily autonomy over statutory limits under the MTP framework

Malegaon 2006 Blast Case: Bombay High Court rejects NIA’s ‘alternate narrative’, holds prosecution built on contradictions and inadmissible evidence

Holding that “diagonally opposite” narratives by investigative agencies cannot sustain a trial, the Court finds the NIA’s case rooted in retracted statements, hearsay material, and a legally impermissible reinvestigation—bringing the prosecution to a “dead end”