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Public Purpose and Places of Worship: Allahabad HC’s Dalmandi verdict

Upholding the State's power to acquire religious sites for infrastructure, the ruling reshapes the legal contours of the Places of Worship Act

Not one Israeli soldier prosecuted for killing over 5,500 Palestinians in the last 15 years

Israeli soldiers are almost never prosecuted for killings in...

Swacch Bharat Abhiyan Invisibilises Caste and Glamourises the Broom: Bezwada Wilson

Photo Credit: hrw.orgSwacch Bharat Abhiyan invisibilises the linkage between...

Mob Violence in Manipur: An Aberration or an Erosion of Syncretism?

Cover Image Credits : E-PAOThe brutal mob lynching of...

It’s A Myth That The British Raj Liberated Indian Women

In the wake of the shocking declaration of the...

Almost All TV Channels are controlled by Mukesh Ambani threatening Independent Journalism: P. Sainath

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Slashes in Education due to Iniquitous WTO-GATS Regime? No, says Modi Government

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Garment Workers Brave Protest Compels Backdown on PF Norms

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Hindutva Goons Torch Library, and the People of Kerala Hit Back – with Books!

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A Vengeful State: JNU Administration Selectively Witholds Student Fellowships

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Public Purpose and Places of Worship: Allahabad HC’s Dalmandi verdict

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The Court held that declarations of foreigner status must follow meaningful notice, proper appreciation of evidence and a reasoned decision, even where proceedings are ex-parte

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