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Former Judges condemn Amit Shah’s remarks misconstruing Supreme Court’s Salwa Judum Judgment

A prominent group of former Supreme Court and High Court judges, along with senior lawyers, have issued a joint statement condemning Union Home Minister Amit Shah for “misinterpreting” the Supreme Court's 2011 judgment in the Salwa Judum case, which was authored by Justice B Sudershan Reddy, who is the candidate supported by the INDIA bloc parties for the Vice Presidential election.

Demand Independence, ECI should publish figures of each round of polls: Congress President Kharge

In a letter addressed to all the leaders of INDIA parties, regarding the discrepancies in the voting data released by Election Commission of India (ECI) and non-publishing of actual numbers of registered voters, Mallikarujun Kharge, Congress President has raised serious issues on the dysfunctional partisan conduct of the statutory body

‘Was Trained by BJP to Lie’: Amidst Questions Over ‘Sting’ Video, Sandeshkhali Returns to the News

A video shared widely by the TMC purports to show footage taken by a hidden camera in which a Bharatiya Janata Party leader claims that the serious allegations of sexual crimes that had come forth from Sandeshkhali in the last few months were all false.

Mathura records Muslim votes missing, is this the first time?

Reports have come in from Mathura of Muslim voters encountering several difficulties in being able to vote in the country’s second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections on April 26.

Assam’s intellectuals rally for democracy: Condemn chief minister’s conspiracy allegations against Dr. Hiren Gohain

The Sahitya Akademi award winner, 85-year-old Gohain has repeatedly been targeted by the CM for his vocal stance against the ruling BJP government. In January, 2024, the chief minister also directed Gauhati University to take action against a teacher who merely displayed support for Gohain.

Free speech “eroding”: report details 137 incidents of free speech violations in the past 4 months

A report by the Free Speech Collective has warned about losing “last remaining” space for free speech as it notes that a huge number of free speech violations have taken place between January - April 2024.

Manipur: a year on, thousands of lives disrupted but the conflict continues

As Manipur’s ethnic conflict reaches a year since it started last summer, not much has changed in the state, violence rages on as people suffer in relief camps with little medicine, food, or privacy.

April: CJP’s hate watch campaign analyses several hate incidents reported across the country in the last week

From Sakshi Maharaj’s circumlocutory jibe at Muslims producing “40 children” to children asking those who do not chant Jai Shree Ram to leave the country, we track and analyse several such instances in this piece for our Hate Watch campaign.

How safe is my vote? A detailed look back at the EVM-VVPAT controversy in India

The Supreme Court in its latest judgement on April 26 dismissed the petition seeking 100% VVPAT paper trail verification with EVM votes; Court however introduced changes in the existing electoral process to make it more accountable

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Former Judges condemn Amit Shah’s remarks misconstruing Supreme Court’s Salwa Judum Judgment

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