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Election Commission seriously risks losing all credibility: senior advocate Sanjay Hegde

Senior advocate, Supreme Court Sanjay Hegde on Saturday, September 6, raised concerns over the credibility of the Election Commission of India, cautioning that the institution is increasingly being viewed as partisan, speaking at the annual public lecture on the occasion of Gauri Lankesh’s brutal assassination

UP: Teacher booked for making students recite “madrassa type prayer”

In the video, students can be heard reciting Mohammad Iqbal’s iconic Urdu poem ‘Lab pe aati hai dua‘.

2022: Looking back at negative rights jurisprudence from Indian courts

A month-by-month review of the numerous court rulings that have a negative impact on rights jurisprudence

Behind one of UP’s biggest ‘anti-conversion’ case; 54 persons booked

While UP Police continues to investigate the case of a church in Fatehpur accused of alleged ‘forceful conversions’, an on ground report shows a different side to the story.

UP: After Gyanvapi, Mathura Court Orders Shahi Idgah Survey; ‘Violation’ of Places of Worship Act, Say Activists

The court officers have been asked to submit a report with site plans and maps before the court by January 20, 2023 when the petition will be taken up next.

2022: Looking back at the best judgments from Indian courts

CJP examines several court decisions that have influenced the legal framework governing human rights.

The death of Fr. Stan Swamy was finalised the day he was arrested: Senior Advocate Mihir Desai

A Press Conference discussing the recent Arsenal report, and the tampering of evidence in Late Fr. Stan Swamy’s Case

On the firing line:  Human rights warriors of 2022

The list includes journalists, activists and other citizens who displayed exemplary courage to stand up against injustice, personal and collective;  in so doing they shine our as beacons of inspiration

Siddique Kappan granted bail in the PMLA case by the Allahabad Court

The ED had filed charges against him for obtaining foreign funding without authority and using them to commit crimes

Christmas reminds us of Fr Stan Swamy, other bravehearts incarcerated ‘illegally’

Christmas is for the bravehearted: those who see and...

Court Inquiry report confirms Dalit labour activist Shiv Kumar’s allegations of custodial torture

In the report it is stated that it appeared that the doctors examining Kumar seemed to have danced to the tunes of  the police officials and also questioned the Magistrate’s role in granting Kumar’s remand.

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Storms battered her from outside, but she stood, an unwavering flame: Gauri Lankesh

Shivasundar, a freelance journalist, writer, and longtime associate and dear friend of fiery activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was assassinated on September 5, 2017, by extremists alleged to belong to the dreaded Sanatan Sanstha has penned this heartfelt poem on Gauri. On the eighth anniversary of her dastardly assassination.