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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

Bhagwat, NaMo contact the Christian Indian diaspora in a damage control exercise

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The End of Impunity: Gujarat 2002

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‘What is happening in India today is similar to the McCarthy era’: Partha Chatterjee

There is something ominously new in the manner in...

Vilification from the apolitical: The Dreyfus Affair and the case against JNU: Joyojeet Pal

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ABVP: In the footsteps of Pakistan’s Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba; ominously so

The unfolding Modi-BJP-RSS-ABVP nexus in India is but a...

The Real Classroom: Outdoor Lectures Dissect Nationalism at JNU

JNU teachers create History with the sit in lectures...

Consolidated Solidarity Statements in Support of JNU

by Sunalini KumarWe are consolidating the statements received in...

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  In Parliament on Thursday Union finance minister, Arun Jaitley...

The Dogs and the Rabbits

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Why Caste is the Crux and Hindutva’s Fall Imminent

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

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Upholding the Tribunal's findings, a recent Gauhati Court judgment reflects the exacting evidentiary demands of Foreigners Tribunal proceedings amid evolving constitutional safeguards

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Brinda Karat seeks review of SC verdict in Thakur-Verma hate speech case

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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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