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Between Celebration and Suspicion: How Bakri Eid passed across india in 2026
With police deployments, cattle regulations, housing society disputes and political mobilisation surrounding Eid-ul-Adha, the festival reflected the tensions of contemporary India
Uttarakhand: Retd. Muslim Army Officer Faces Ire of ‘Hindutva’ Forces; FIR Filed After 2-Yr Legal Battle
The retired Army officer, also a BJP leader who runs a school in Vikasnagar, had to move the court to get an FIR lodged against the alleged accused. The police is yet to act on it.
“Civil courts can’t run a race with the Supreme Court” says SC Bench while putting a stay on orders for surveys on Places of...
In a significant intervention, the Supreme Court directs trial courts to refrain from registering new suits and passing any effective orders, including surveys, in cases challenging the religious character of places of worship pending the challenge to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act of 1991
Sambhal Mosque, Ajmer Dargah: how deep do we plunge into the abyss?
A misplaced and selective narrative of distorted history is whipping up social tensions and threatening lasting peace
Rising Tensions: Muslim Religious Sites face renewed attacks, demand for survey in Delhi’s Jama Masjid and Hanuman Chalisa
New legal disputes at the behest of Hindu groups and public provocations fuel communal discord, undermining India’s pluralistic fabric and threatening interfaith harmony
Upholding the Madarsa Education Act as constitutional, the SC however restricted the Board’s right to confer degrees
Upholding the law as not infringing fundamental rights or secularism, the Supreme Court however upheld the State’s right to regulate higher education degrees
Sambhal Violence: State crackdown intensifies, thousands accused, and allegations of police misconduct ignite a political and communal crisis in Uttar Pradesh
As families of the 5 dead Muslims mourns its dead, the state government faces criticism over aggressive tactics and arbitrary arrests, communal targeting, victim threatening and political scapegoating
Sambhal’s darkest hour: 5 dead, scores injured in Mosque survey violence as UP police face allegations of excessive force
Amid rising tensions in Sambhal, police deny responsibility for the death of five innocent Muslim youth, pointing to injuries among their own, while videos and eyewitness accounts paint a different picture; internet shutdown, prohibitory orders, and detentions underway
Supreme Court delivers a 4:3 Verdict on parameters to determine the minority status of institutions
A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court recently pronounced a verdict in in case of AMU vs Naresh Agarwal, in a 4:3 majority—overruling the court’s previous judgement in Azeez Baasha vs. Union of India.[1] The Supreme Court, in 1967, had held in Azeez Basha that Aligarh Muslim University did not quality to be minority institution as it was neither established nor administered by the Muslim community.[2]
Muslim bride molested on Delhi-Aligarh train, husband thrashed for defending her
Despite the victim's pleading for help, other passengers remained silent and did nothing to intervene. In a highly questionable move, the GRP police chose to take selective action, arresting the victim's husband instead of accused, later released after relatives staged protest
Indore Muharram Poster Misunderstood: right-wing claims ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ message, despite common tribute
A traditional Shia Muslim poster depicting the battle of Karbala, with Imam Hussain's family watching the aftermath, has ignited a political debate after a BJP leader's son accused it of targeting Hindus. The poster features a famous Arabic inscription, "Man Kunto Maula Fa Haza Aliun Maula," honoring Imam Ali; ACP Chauhan of the locality in Indore however later clarified that the poster in question related to Karbala and was not objectionable in any way
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Gauhati High Court treats documentary inconsistencies as fatal, upholds Foreigner Tribunal opinion
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Between Celebration and Suspicion: How Bakri Eid passed across india in 2026
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Rule of Law
SC greenlights SIR, upholds ECI’s power to revise electoral rolls
The SC has upheld the ECI’s power to conduct SIR expressly stating that the contested process does not violate either election law nor rules; Court however directs that cases of voter exclusion should be provided routes and methods of adjudication
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Attempts to communalise Mira Road Eid preparations defused by residents and police
Outside fringe mobilisation attempted to turn a long-standing local practice into a communal flashpoint
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Himalayan Courts: Young folds & new cracks in environmental jurisprudence
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Bhodu Sekh Case: Union agrees before Supreme Court to repatriate deported Bengali-speaking individuals pending citizenship inquiry
Union tells Court those sent to Bangladesh will be brought back and their citizenship claims examined in India; clarifies decision is confined to the exceptional facts of the case