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Supreme Court: UP Gangsters Act ‘stillborn’ for prescribing punishment without creating an offence
In a strongly worded judgment, the Court holds that the 1986 law prescribes punishment without creating a distinct offence and criticises the gang-chart mechanism, but stops short of deciding whether the legislation itself passes constitutional muster
WFI leadership accused of sexual harassment by Indian women wrestlers, absence of redressal mechanisms the focus
The culture of harassment and impunity within WFI is underlined as Indian women wrestlers demonstrate outside Jantar Mantar
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Bhima Koregaon case: 5 years on, charges not framed despite repeat extensions
The Special NIA Court has said that it will first need to dispose the discharge applications filed by the accused, before deciding on framing of charges
Gauhati HC overturns FT’s order declaring a resident of Assam as Foreigner
While quashing the order, the bench observed that the Tribunal did not appropriately consider the material on record
Not providing information amounts to smothering the very purpose of RTI: Guj HC
The Court directed the Ahmedabad Police to furnish Rules under the Gujarat Police Act and make available all laws which govern the Police, for public access, on their website
Executive’s attacks on Judiciary’s Independence condemnable, assault signals an authoritarian regime: PUCL
The strong and detailed statement issued by a civil liberties platform that saw its birth during the Emergency points out how during the arguments in the NJAC case, the union government refused to allow a neutral body to oversee appointments
Summoned by cops after he files RTI on RSS, victim approaches Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench recently issued notice...
How the dissent does not quite deal with insulation of judiciary from executive control: NJAC case
The dissent in the case by Justice Chelameswar – an analysis
Five more ‘love jihad’ laws challenged before SC
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The apex court had issued notice when CJP had challenged the anti-conversion laws of UP, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in 2021
UP DP-Prisons forewarned of contempt action in case of any disobeyance of policy for premature release
Dealing with a case on inordinate delay in providing premature release to convicts, SC issues strict directives
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Supreme Court: UP Gangsters Act ‘stillborn’ for prescribing punishment without creating an offence
In a strongly worded judgment, the Court holds that the 1986 law prescribes punishment without creating a distinct offence and criticises the gang-chart mechanism, but stops short of deciding whether the legislation itself passes constitutional muster
India
“SIR is a Nazi-Fascist Project:” M.G. Devasahayam
Alleging that a staggering one crore persons will be finally excluded from the Karnataka state electoral rolls, MG Devasahayam, a former IAS officer, who was recently interviewed by the Kannada daily Vartabharati stated that opposition political parties had failed the voter while citizens groups had posed a robust challenge to the SIR process
Gender and Sexuality
When Suspicion Becomes Deportation: The case of Sahida Fakir and the dangerous criminalisation of Bengali identity
A woman who left home to buy dinner was detained, taken across state lines and allegedly pushed into Bangladesh despite her family producing a birth certificate, voter ID, school records and land documents
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
The women India continues to ignore
It is 76 years into the adoption of the Indian Constitution. However, the fundamental promises of equality and dignity remain elusive for many communities - none more so than Dalit women. What is even starker is the sheer indifference of institutions towards their plight. This piece aims to highlight how the understanding of “women” does not mechanically encompass Dalit women and accentuate the underlying forces that precludes the empowerment of women from the most downtrodden sections of Indian society.
Politics
The State Wants the Delete Button: India’s new architecture of digital censorship
Nearly 1.95 lakh blocking directions in five months raise urgent questions about transparency, due process and the constitutional limits of government control over online speech
India
Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12
Nearly 1.94 crore (19.4 million) enumeration forms digitised during SIR; over 20 lakh electors categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), Voters whose names are missing from the draft can file claims for inclusion till September 12, even as complaints on social media during the enumeration phase highlighted difficulties faced by electors
Communalism
When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands
India
Maharashtra SIR: 2.08 crore (20.8 million) voter forms “uncollected” hence may not be listed in August 24 draft electoral roll
More than 1 in 5 voter enumeration forms have remained “uncollected” on the final day of Maharashtra’s SIR exercise, with urban districts accounting for a large share of those bureaucratically “excluded”-- nearly 95 lakh forms were uncollected in Thane, Mumbai and Pune, though voters left out of the draft will get a month to seek inclusion or correction