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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.
Comments can be distasteful but does not warrant FIR, police officer fined Rs 25,000: Bom HC
The high court reiterated the fundamental right guaranteeing freedom of speech and asked the police to be mindful when registering FIRs
Domestic Violence Act, 2005: SC directs union to hold meetings with various ministries, states/UTs, address hopeless inadequacy of protection officers
In a significant order passed last week, Friday, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta of the Supreme Court directed the Secretary of the union ministry of Women and Child Development to convene a meeting with the various ministries including the ministry of finance, social justice and home affairs, Principal Secretaries of all states and Union Territories to, inter alia, look into the issue of inadequacy of Protection Officers under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
Noida cops suspended for inaction in 2 yr-old hate crime against elderly Muslim man
The man was attacked in July 2021 for his religious identity; he was reportedly stripped while derogatory anti-Muslim slurs were hurled at him by some goons in a car
Urging preventive action against hate offenders, Gandhiji’s grandson, Tushar urges Navi Mumbai police to act
The Mahatma Gandhi Foundation has urged preventive action from the Navi Mumbai Police that has now stated it will vido-graph the event
Citing that ‘research on Caste, Religion is sensitive’, the union govt defends academic Filippo Osella’s 2022 deportation: Delhi HC
Last year, in March 2022 the government had deported the anthropologist as he arrived to participate in a conference in Thiruvananthapuram. The academic challenged the government order in the Delhi high court.
Junaid Nasir murder: Magistrate summons relatives, villagers of victims for breach of peace
The Pahari (Bharatpur) Magistrate has summoned a few relatives of Junaid and Nasir to court for breach of peace and to execute a bond of Rs. 10,000 each
Bom HC issues notice, App-based workers Union files plea; seeks social security for drivers, delivery persons
The Union has demanded that rules be framed by the state government and include them under the Social Security Code
Pawan Khera granted interim bail after being arrested by Assam police over Modi jibe
The Congress leader had made a jibe at PM Modi over his acquaintance with Gautam Adani
In Affidavit to High Court, Kheda SP defends policemen who publicly flogged Muslims: Gujarat
“...it is only with a view to maintain peace and harmony that the suspects were cornered,” the SP's affidavit says.
Who are UP police officials who detained a young couple at midnight without informing Delhi Police, asks Delhi High Court
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Judgement delivered, paradox prevails: every voter a citizen, but what is the fate of 51.8 million excluded?
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