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From Protest to Petition: Maharashtra’s Public Safety Act in the dock
After months of state-wide protests, thousands of objections and sustained civil society opposition, Maharashtra's controversial security law now faces a constitutional challenge before the Bombay High Court
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Supreme Court will soon hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law
The archaic colonial section in Indian criminal law criminalises free speech and dissent; in the pre-Independence era, the provision was used against freedom fighters, including Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi.
Uniform laws on marriage, divorce issue for Parliament to decide: Supreme Court
These are matters for Parliament to decide. We cannot make laws. This falls within Parliament’s sovereignty. We cannot tell the Parliament you shall enact a law,” the Supreme Court said on Friday, January 6
“Find a practical solution”, says SC as it stayed order for eviction of 50,000 people
The Uttarakhand High Court’s order, while looking at the legal aspects of the case, failed to look at the human side, as pointed out by the apex court, and did not even hear the affected parties in the case.
MP: Acquitted After 2 Years in a ‘Gang-Rape’ Case, Tribal Man Sues Police, Govt for Mental Agony
Kantilal Bheel alias Kantu has demanded a compensation of Rs 10,000 crore for damages. The court will take up the matter on January 10.
President Draupadi Murmu gives her assent to Gujarat Bill empowering police to criminalise protests
The controversial new law vests powers with the police to register cases against those who protest without informing local courts in writing, which has been the case thus far.
SC stays Uttarakhand HC Order, residents can’t be evicted in seven days
The Supreme Court has stayed a controversial order of...
No criminality in journalist, Mohd Zubair’s tweet says Delhi Police to High Court
In an interesting turnaround, Delhi Police has now, on...
Gauhati HC directs compensation for alleged arson accused whose homes in Batadrava were bulldozed
The court had taken cognizance in a suo moto case and had even reprimanded the police for demolishing homes of those allegedly accused of setting the police station on fire.
Any Minister’s hate speech not the vicarious liability of the govt says SC, Justice Nagarathna dissents
Justice BV Nagarathna held that if such views are consistent with the views of the Government, then the same may be vicariously attributed to the State
Siddique Kappan directed to furnish 2 sureties of Rs 1 lakh each for Bail Proceedings under PMLA
Imprisoned for over two years now, he has been accused by the ED of illegally collecting foreign funding and utilising it to commit crimes, charges firmly denied by him
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