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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
‘You want to arrest a college principal for a book found in the library? Are you serious?’: Supreme Court asks MP govt
The state was trying to intervene in anticipatory bail proceedings that are infructuous given that the High Court has granted this
SC questions delay of 5 months in filing FIR in Hindu Yuva Vahini hate speech case
The apex court has sought from Delhi Police details of investigations and the steps taken after filing thee delayed FIR, in a contempt petition filed by Tushar Gandhi
News Channels causing rift in society, says SC while hearing hate speech cases
Supreme Court bench questioned the NBDSA for lack of action and urged regulation of anchors and news channels pushing agenda through hate speech
Indian Courts on Marital Rape, an analysis: fresh petition in SC
As all eyes are on the SC, that issued notice on a latest petition, CJP analyses the current position of courts and parliament on the issue of Marital Rape
Places of Worship Act: Again, Centre seeks more time, SC says Feb-end
The 1991 Places of Worship Act, enacted when the Babri Masjid still stood, mandates that the nature of all places of worship, barring the one at Ayodhya, be maintained as they stood on August 15, 1947
79% of High Court Judges Appointed Between 2018-2022 Upper Castes: Law Ministry
The figure comes from a Ministry report aimed at...
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.
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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