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Supreme Court: UP Gangsters Act ‘stillborn’ for prescribing punishment without creating an offence
In a strongly worded judgment, the Court holds that the 1986 law prescribes punishment without creating a distinct offence and criticises the gang-chart mechanism, but stops short of deciding whether the legislation itself passes constitutional muster
Manual Scavenging: Eradicate the practice, ensure effective rehabilitation, scholarship, compensation, uphold dignity and liberty says SC
Supreme Court bench issues detailed directions to the Union and state government to implement the provisions of Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, conduct necessary surveys, co-ordinate with Commissions
Manipur High Court: Right to cast vote an integral part of Article 19(1)(a), affirms voters right to know criminal antecedents
As legal status of the right to vote remains ambiguous, a judicial pronouncement of a constitutional court declaring the same as a fundamental right is the need of the hour
“Can have communal overtones’: Delhi High Court turns down permission for “Muslim Mahapanchayat” on Oct 29
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant permission to an organization to hold a public meeting (All India Muslim Mahapanchayat) at the Ramlila Ground on October 29.
Retired civil servants file petition against Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, Supreme Court gives Centre 6 weeks’ time to respond
The plea argues that the amended act is unconstitutional and runs contrary to the existing principles for environmental law in India.
Contrary to what many might think, the FIR is a public document
After a whole day of raids across the country...
Eradicate manual scavenging completely says SC increasing compensation to families of workers who die at work to Rs 30 lakh
‘Each of us owes to this large segment of the population, who have remained unseen, unheard and muted,’ the court said.
SC orders for establishing ICCs at hospitals, nursing homes, sports institutes, stadiums, etc. to deal with incidents of sexual harassment at workplace
The bench also issued a slew of specific directions for better implementation of POSH Act
Delhi HC: ED does not have the power to arrest on their “whims and fancies”
A single judge bench of the HC limited power of arrest that the Enforcement Directorate has under Section 50 of the PMLA and re-iterated the three-fold conditions that the ED has to comply with to exercise their power of arrest
Kheda Flogging case: HC sentences guilty policemen to 14 days simple imprisonment, order stayed for 3 months
Bench quoted Mother Teresa while imposing a fine of Rs. 2000 on each of the convicted police officers
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Rule of Law
Supreme Court: UP Gangsters Act ‘stillborn’ for prescribing punishment without creating an offence
In a strongly worded judgment, the Court holds that the 1986 law prescribes punishment without creating a distinct offence and criticises the gang-chart mechanism, but stops short of deciding whether the legislation itself passes constitutional muster
India
“SIR is a Nazi-Fascist Project:” M.G. Devasahayam
Alleging that a staggering one crore persons will be finally excluded from the Karnataka state electoral rolls, MG Devasahayam, a former IAS officer, who was recently interviewed by the Kannada daily Vartabharati stated that opposition political parties had failed the voter while citizens groups had posed a robust challenge to the SIR process
Gender and Sexuality
When Suspicion Becomes Deportation: The case of Sahida Fakir and the dangerous criminalisation of Bengali identity
A woman who left home to buy dinner was detained, taken across state lines and allegedly pushed into Bangladesh despite her family producing a birth certificate, voter ID, school records and land documents
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
The women India continues to ignore
It is 76 years into the adoption of the Indian Constitution. However, the fundamental promises of equality and dignity remain elusive for many communities - none more so than Dalit women. What is even starker is the sheer indifference of institutions towards their plight. This piece aims to highlight how the understanding of “women” does not mechanically encompass Dalit women and accentuate the underlying forces that precludes the empowerment of women from the most downtrodden sections of Indian society.
Politics
The State Wants the Delete Button: India’s new architecture of digital censorship
Nearly 1.95 lakh blocking directions in five months raise urgent questions about transparency, due process and the constitutional limits of government control over online speech
India
Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12
Nearly 1.94 crore (19.4 million) enumeration forms digitised during SIR; over 20 lakh electors categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), Voters whose names are missing from the draft can file claims for inclusion till September 12, even as complaints on social media during the enumeration phase highlighted difficulties faced by electors
Communalism
When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands
India
Maharashtra SIR: 2.08 crore (20.8 million) voter forms “uncollected” hence may not be listed in August 24 draft electoral roll
More than 1 in 5 voter enumeration forms have remained “uncollected” on the final day of Maharashtra’s SIR exercise, with urban districts accounting for a large share of those bureaucratically “excluded”-- nearly 95 lakh forms were uncollected in Thane, Mumbai and Pune, though voters left out of the draft will get a month to seek inclusion or correction