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When Protest becomes a “Threat”: Inside the Supreme Court hearing on Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA detention
From alleged “Arab Spring inspiration” to missing exculpatory material, the case raises stark questions about preventive detention, free speech, and governance in India’s border regions
Fortuitous week for BJP functionaries as courts protects 3 from punitive action under law
No conviction in assault case, no FIR in hate speech, no violation of election code for BJP MP Ram Shankar, Assam CM Sarma and BJP president JP Nadda respectively
Mumbai: Unprecedented Draconian Crackdown on activists, on “9th August Quit India Day!”
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Freedom Fighter Dr. G G Parikh prevented from reaching the August Kranti Maidan, Tushar Gandhi, taken to Santacruz police station, Teesta Setalvad was stopped from leaving her residence!
‘Ethnic cleansing by State?’ HC stops Haryana’s Nuh & Gurugram demolitions
Taking suo motu notice of the highly publicised demolitions by the Haryana government over the past one week’s of escalated communal tensions at Nuh, and Gurugram earlier, the high court, quotes the Constitution and due process of law
Will a “Uniform Civil Code” abolish the Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and coparcenary rights over ancestral property for Hindu males?
While several aspects of personal laws across the board for all women –Hindu, Muslim and Christian—do require gender just revisions—the current hype around the “Uniform Civil Code: has been silent on whether the privileged and partisan financial privilege of the HUF will be done away with as also the coparcenary rights over ancestral property for Hindu males
Bail not Jail for Bajrang Dal man, Bittu who posted a provocative video on day of Nuh clash
GURGAON: The Bajrang Dal member Raj Kumar alias Bittu...
97-year old left in legal limbo as lawyer abandons case, CJP comes to the rescue
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With hope nearly drained, Basu Bewa felt paralysed by despair and fear as her lawyer remained unresponsive. However, relief came when the CJP intervened to assist her.
Lives lost in Nuh violence, a failure on the part of the Haryana police and government?
A recent investigative report of India Today reveals that the Haryana CID had warned government on high probability of violence at Nuh beforehand, yet local police were not informed
CJP petitions NCM and DGP, Haryana as anti-minority violence spreads takes grip in the state
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Complaint highlights violations of provisions of IPC and Arms Act, provides videos showing members of Bajrang Dal taking out rallies, raising offensive and genocidal slogans while police stands nearby
Arrests: a prudent exception in cases with lesser sentence
On Monday, July 31, the Supreme Court, in the case of Md. Asfak Alam v. State of Jharkhand Criminal Appeal No. 2207 of 2023 and Another, issued a directive to circulate circulars, notifications, and instructions aimed at ensuring strict adherence by police authorities and criminal courts to the arrest guidelines established in the 2014 Arnesh Kumar case.
Assam Citizenship Crisis: Family forced to prove deceased member’s citizenship
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Deceased individual receives suspected foreigner notice; unattended court hearing poses potential legal complications for family
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