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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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CJP Pleas against ‘love jihad’ laws: SC seeks details on cases before HCs
Since two ordinances became laws after the plea was filed, the bench sought to clarify some facts, will hear the matter in two weeks
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
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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
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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.
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