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Judgement delivered, paradox prevails: every voter a citizen, but what is the fate of 51.8 million excluded?

The Supreme Court’s May 27, 2026 verdict upholding the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) settles the legal question of constitutional authority but leaves unresolved concerns on absence of due process and independent functioning by the ECI, the arbitrary abuse of process and access: questions of unreasonable and unchecked mass deletions etc.

Why did Delhi Police deny permission for Ram Navami procession in Jahangirpuri?

Ram Navami is going to be celebrated on March 30, however Delhi police wants to avoid a law and order situation in Jahangirpuri, given its ugly past

Lok Sabha Restores Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal’s Membership just ahead of Supreme Court hearing

Though his conviction had been suspended by the court two months and four days ago, this action comes now only when the parliamentarian’s challenge to the Lok Sabha Secretariat is to be heard by the Supreme Court

Triple Jeopardy! CJP wins legal battle for a Muslim daily wager who, after twice having proven his citizenship, received a third FT notice

The CJP assists another Assam resident who had received, for the third time, an FT notice for being a suspected foreigner and wins! The constitutional battle against arbitrary legal malpractice for the marginalised continues

Sealed cover business: Is the Apex court ready to nip this in the bud?

Keeping in view the opinions expressed by present CJI Chandrachud over the past year, it appears that the SC is revising its previous practice, allowing for the sealed cover procedure only exceptional cases. Will this in any way change sealed cover jurisprudence?

‘Be ready with files’, SC warns as it issues notice to GoI, Gujarat govts on Bilkis Bano’s plea against remission of convicts

During the hearing, the bench observed that it would not be overwhelmed by emotions in the case and would only go into all aspects of the facts and law in the case

Illegal mining: Only 6% cases ended up as FIRs in 2022

The data provided for 16 states in the Rajya Sabha indicated that while incidents of illegal mining were substantial, the rate of registration of FIRs was abysmally low

‘Peaceful Protest a Constitutional Right, perpetual invocation of section 144 concerning”: Former CJI UU Lalit

In 2021, over 365 days, section 144 was invoked in Delhi a staggering 6,100 times, and this in perpetuity, use of essential an emergency power granted to the police authorities is unacceptable, the former CJI said in the capital

Bilkis Bano gang rape convict shares stage with BJP MP, MLA: Gujarat

On the day before the Supreme Court of India is set to hear a batch of petitions challenging the premature release of all 11 convicts by the Gujarat government on March 27, an elected representative of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shares a stage with gang rape convict

Law Ministry data shows steady increase in release of Undertrial prisoners over 4 years

The UTRC was a concept formulated by the Supreme Court in a landmark case of 2015 where it took note of high number of undertrials in prisons

‘Press must remain free if a country is to remain a democracy’: CJI DY Chandrachud

A functional and healthy democracy must encourage the development of journalism as an institution that can ask difficult questions to the establishment said the Chief Justice of India delivering his address at the Ramnath Goenka Awards

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Judgement delivered, paradox prevails: every voter a citizen, but what is the fate of 51.8 million excluded?

The Supreme Court’s May 27, 2026 verdict upholding the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) settles the legal question of constitutional authority but leaves unresolved concerns on absence of due process and independent functioning by the ECI, the arbitrary abuse of process and access: questions of unreasonable and unchecked mass deletions etc.

Gauhati High Court treats documentary inconsistencies as fatal, upholds Foreigner Tribunal opinion

Ruling underscores how Foreigners Tribunal cases in Assam continue to operate under a reverse burden framework that places the entire obligation of proving citizenship upon the proceedee

Between Celebration and Suspicion: How Bakri Eid passed across india in 2026

With police deployments, cattle regulations, housing society disputes and political mobilisation surrounding Eid-ul-Adha, the festival reflected the tensions of contemporary India

SC greenlights SIR, upholds ECI’s power to revise electoral rolls

The SC has upheld the ECI’s power to conduct SIR expressly stating that the contested process does not violate either election law nor rules; Court however directs that cases of voter exclusion should be provided routes and methods of adjudication

“₹4 a Kilo for a Crop That Costs ₹20 to Grow”: Nashik’s onion farmers erupt in protest over deepening price crisis

Farmers in the thousands blocked the Mumbai–Agra Highway in Maharashtra’s onion belt, demanding fair procurement prices, compensation for distress sales and relief from export restrictions; the protests were supported by the Opposition Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders who were also detained

Attempts to communalise Mira Road Eid preparations defused by residents and police

Outside fringe mobilisation attempted to turn a long-standing local practice into a communal flashpoint

Himalayan Courts: Young folds & new cracks in environmental jurisprudence

This third part of a careful and exhaustive legal analysis looks at the environmental jurisprudence of the Himalayan High Courts over the last decade that reveals an unsettling paradox: the vocabulary of ecological protection has never been richer, yet the physical landscape has never been more legally vulnerable. The courts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have masterfully preserved the text of environmental law while pronouncing judgements that blunt its teeth.

Bhodu Sekh Case: Union agrees before Supreme Court to repatriate deported Bengali-speaking individuals pending citizenship inquiry

Union tells Court those sent to Bangladesh will be brought back and their citizenship claims examined in India; clarifies decision is confined to the exceptional facts of the case