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Due Process Strengthened: Supreme Court mandates written, language-specific grounds for arrest under special laws and general laws

Building on Pankaj Bansal and Prabir Purkayastha judgements, the Court constitutionalised a uniform standard—every arrest, whether under IPC/BNS or special enactments, must be supported by written grounds communicated in the arrestee’s own language, failing which the arrest stands void

SC refuses to stay MP High Court order restraining coercive action under anti-conversion law

The High Court has barred the state government from using coercion against anyone who fails to intimate the DM before conversion

Two cops suspended in Gujarat for beating youth

Surat: Two policemen have been suspended and a departmental inquiry...

Cannot demolish construction by giving 24 hours’ notice: MP high Court

The petitioners alleged that since they have filed a petition against the sitting MLA, this action was being taken against them

SC will hear petitions filed by CJP challenging controversial “anti-conversion” laws

A two-judge bench of CJI Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha is scheduled to hear PILs filed by advocate Vishal Thakre and 'Citizens for Justice and Peace', a civil rights group

Umar Khalid returns to jail after attending sister’s wedding

After serving more than 800 days in prison, he was given a seven-day interim release in exchange for attending his sister's wedding.

2022: A year of the ‘Bulldozer injustice’

What started as Yogi Adityanath being dubbed as “bulldozer baba” caught on as a trend for being a mode of punishment for those accused in criminal offences, the target majorly being people from the minority community

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.

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Due Process Strengthened: Supreme Court mandates written, language-specific grounds for arrest under special laws and general laws

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