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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
No toilets for women lawyers in Ooty court complex for the last 25 years!
A total of 39 crores was spent on the construction of a new building complex; however, no provision was made for women's toilets
Allahabad HC points out misuse of cow slaughter law
The court, as it has many times in the past, granted bail to an accused and noted that the law was not applied appropriately in the case
Battling the Indian sports industry: the cries for justice by women
As these protesting wrestlers continue with their fight for justice, will the culture of patriarchy in sports finally give?
EXCLUSIVE: Bulk FIRs targets Assamese Indians through Passport Act cases, new assault on Citizenship rights: Assam
A bulk FIR naming 250 locals in Assam’s Chirang district, many of whom had been falsely accused and declared Indians by Foreigners Tribunals earlier, warn of a fresh form of assault by the state on marginalised sections
Jamia student leader, Masud Ahmed, gets bail in ED case, to remain in jail in Hathras UAPA case
Three years after his arrest,, Masud Ahmed, Jamia Millia...
UP: Four rapes reported in four days
Of the four crimes, three were committed on minor girls
UWW strongly condemns detention of wrestlers, warns of WFI ban if polls not held in time
The body in a statement issued Tuesday May 30, said it has taken due note that the WFI President has been put aside at an early stage and is currently not in charge
No justice for Rakbar Khan: Four convicted for culpable homicide, VHP leader Naval Kishore acquitted of all charges
Judgment receives criticism as only seven years’ imprisonment meted out, Khan’s family says order will be challenged in Rajasthan High Court
Seers in Ayodhya raise demands to amend POCSO Act, deem that it is being “misused”
To show their support in case against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh, the seers will be a part of his public meeting being held in Ayodhya on June 5
Why the K’taka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020 must be repealed: Idrees Pasha murder
This law, like similar laws in several north Indian states like Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat not only prohibit the slaughter of cattle but also their transportation and as has been closely analysed in the Idrees Pasha lynch-murder case, weaponises vigilantes and a complicit police to violence, even murder
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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