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Reaffirming Open Justice: The Supreme Court on speech and contempt

In the case of Wikimedia v. ANI Media Private Limited & Ors. the apex court reaffirmed free speech and restrained a Delhi High Court order that was held, on examination to be disproportionate

Revealing the password of your device to the police amounts to self-incrimination?

A CBI court has recently held that an accused cannot be forced to reveal his password as it would amount to impinging on his constitutional right against self-incrimination

1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: Supreme Court takes SIT on record, sets next date after 2 weeks

“Sham” Trials Conducted In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, submits the petitioner before the SC

Two Men stripped on camera, paraded & whipped for allegedly selling beef

In a flagrant violation of the law in Chhattisgarh, the two “accused” have been arrested and police said over 33 kg of beef was recovered from them, police said.

Prophet remark row: SC transfers all FIRs against Naveen Kumar Jindal to Delhi Police

"All FIRs to be transferred to Delhi Police IFSO Unit. No precipitative action or further FIRs against the accused for eight weeks so he can pursue his appropriate remedy before the Delhi High Court," the bench said.

Considering mere possession of banned literature as an offence runs counter to rights under Article 19: Delhi Court

While dealing with case involving online Spreading of ISIS ideology, the Court cleared charges of one out of nine accused as there was no prima facie charge against him

Prosecution Cannot Force an Accused to Divulge Password of Electronic Device: CBI Court

According to the court, the Supreme Court’s judgment in...

Raids on Wire editors & seizure of electronic devices did not follow law & procedure: PUCL

Editor of the Wire, Siddharth Vardarajan told Sabrangindia that though they had opposed the seizure of these devices without providing any hash value (i.e. numeric value that uniquely identifies data lodged in any device at a particular point of time) the police did not yield

Revolution, Ache Din and many more: New tools to deny bail

The denial of bail to both Jyoti Jagtap and Umar Khalid by the Bombay and Delhi HCs marks a new point in UAPA jurisprudence. Sadly, the new point only expands the grounds on which the bail can be denied, on which there is already extensive enough hurdles, enough jurisprudence.

Patriarchy and Virtue: Why is the outlawed practice of the Two Finger Test still in practice in India?

Supreme Court overturns the Jharkhand HC judgment in a rape conviction, expresses concern over the use of the Two Finger Test as medical evidence

SC Order putting sedition law on hold to continue

A bench consisting of Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi was told by Attorney General R Venkataramani that some more time be granted to the Centre as "something may happen in the winter session of Parliament".

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Reaffirming Open Justice: The Supreme Court on speech and contempt

In the case of Wikimedia v. ANI Media Private Limited & Ors. the apex court reaffirmed free speech and restrained a Delhi High Court order that was held, on examination to be disproportionate

Urdu is not the monopoly of mullahs, nor even the Muslim community 

Our self-styled “left liberal” intelligentsia, otherwise loud in denouncing Hindu majoritarianism, suddenly turned mute when confronted with Muslim right-wing pressure

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

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India’s Silent Push-Out: Courts, states, and the deportation of Bengali-Speaking Muslims

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