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SC: Reasoned & Fair adjudication by Foreigners Tribunals, a must for proving citizenship

The Court held that declarations of foreigner status must follow meaningful notice, proper appreciation of evidence and a reasoned decision, even where proceedings are ex-parte

Who is afraid of Stan Swamy? And why?

Political economist, Parakala Prabhakar delivered the Father Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture, St. Patrick’s High School, Secunderabad July 11, 2026; we reproduce the entire text of the lecture below

Karnataka HC stays FRRO deportation order over disputed citizenship claim

Abdul Rahim, accused of being an undocumented Bangladeshi national, contends he is an Indian citizen by birth and that the proceedings stem from mistaken identity

The Orissa High Court awards them Rs 20 lakh each to two SBI Sweepers

Two daily-wage sweepers had given their “sweat & blood” to the State Bank of India, the Orissa High Court said on June 23

The cost of a wrongful deportation

The return of four West Bengal residents after Supreme Court intervention highlights the constitutional consequences of deporting individuals before verifying their citizenship

Though sewer deaths have crossed the 100 mark this year, government is silent: SKA

With three deaths on the same day in two different incidents in Madhya Pradesh, 101 people have died so far in sewers and septic tanks across the country in 188 days this year, according the data compiled by Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA). NCR Delhi alone accounts for 12 deaths.

Disenfranchisement route to Majoritarian Rule: Political Logic of SIR

The idea of India as a state-nation (in contra-distinction...

SIR 2025-2026: A backdoor exercise to bring in the NRC?

The unholy haste behind the ECI’s moves, pushed by...

SIR 2025-26: Dismantling the very Idea of India?

In this first part of a recent lecture, erudite...

From Punjab ’95 to Satluj: When cinema becomes a battlefield over history, memory and censorship

From demands for 127 cuts to a sudden removal from ZEE5 just days after release, Punjab '95 has become a defining case study of the constitutional promise of free expression

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