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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments

Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections

Covid-19: Centre fast tracks emergency approvals for foreign produced vaccines

Russian-made Covid vaccine Sputnik V cleared for emergency use by the DCGI on a day that India’s reported over 1,61,736 new cases

Dow Jones removes Adani Ports from index for alleged ‘links with Myanmar military’

Adani group was reportedly paying over Rs 225 crore to the military-backed Myanmar Economic Corporation in ‘land lease fees’ for a port in Yangon.

Retail inflation rises to over 5 percent while factory output decreases: NSO data

Factors such as changing food and fuel prices along with the poor performance of manufacturing and mining sectors play a significant role in these percentage changes.

Babri demolition case judge appointed UP’s deputy Lok Ayukta

In his judgement delivered on September 30, 2020, Surendra Kumar Yadav had acquitted all surviving accused

Dalit trailblazer, Vira Sathidar succumbs to Covid-19

Although renowned for his work as an actor, Sathidar preferred to be known for his activist-work that voiced the plight of the Dalit community

Gujarat’s anti-conversion law reflective of a patriarchal and prejudiced mindset: Fr. Cedric Prakash

Fr. Cedric, in his article in Indian Currents magazine, questions the new provisions of the law, and states that it reveals the mindset of a fascist regime that is afraid that a discerning citizenry will expose their hegemony on the poor

Sitalkuchi killings: This blood won’t wash easy…

SabrangIndia Editorial: Five lives extinguished… Who should be held accountable?

Veteran Human rights lawyer IA Rehman passes away in Lahore

The 90 year old leaves behind a rich legacy for generating awareness about rights and freedoms

Walmart and Adani join hands to build massive warehouse in India

The tie-up signals Adani conglomerate jumping into the three-way battle between Amazon, Walmart and Reliance Industries for India’s online market.

SC judges to work from home after half the court’s staff tests Covid positive

Hearings to be held online as courtrooms get sanitised

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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments

Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections

Anticipatory Bail Denied to Nida Khan in TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court flags “systematic plan” and stresses custodial interrogation

While emphasising gravity and custodial interrogation, Sessions Court order leans heavily on narrative of “organised influence”—raising concerns over evidentiary thresholds, criminalisation of religious interaction, and expansion of bail-stage reasoning

“Reasonable Apprehension of Bias Is Enough”: Telangana High Court orders CBCID probe into SI’s death, reasserts constitutional demand for investigative neutrality

In a sharply reasoned ruling, the Court holds that when police investigate their own, fairness cannot merely exist—it must be demonstrable, credible, and constitutionally defensible

“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void

Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour

Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise

Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions

May Day Dramatised

When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.