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Kerala HC reiterates that every Indian citizen, regardless of their religion, is bound to adhere to the law prohibiting child marriage

After holding that the Child Marriage Act 2006 supersedes the Muslim personal law, Justice P. V. Kunhikrishnan emphasises upon the psychological impact that marriage has on the child, impacting their education, career and lives, making child brides are more vulnerable to domestic violence and abuse; states it’s the duty of every citizen to help eradicate this practice

Class 3 student threatens to kill Muslim classmate in Gujarat

On February 17th in Vadodara, Gujarat, an 8-year-old student studying in class 3 was targeted and reportedly abused by his fellow classmates. Reports suggest that similar incidents of discrimination have happened in the school earlier as well.

Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh: 5 Dalit children beaten with sticks, with hands tied behind their back, for drinking water from a well

Video of the incident shows a group of people standing mute as the man continues to beat the crying children mercilessly

Infant mortality rate: UP records highest rate for SC at 57.8, Chhattisgarh at 41.6 for ST

Union data inaccurate in assessing health inequalities; worrying statistics highlight urgent need for holistic measures to ensure equitable healthcare access

Celebrating Constitutionality!

Rosary School in Vadodara (Baroda) Gujarat is one of...

Horrifying instances of rape in MP and Mahrashtra, accused booked under POCSO

Reports of two minors have been raped have emerged from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain and Mumbai’s Jogeshwari.

No country for Dalits: brutal incidents of violence against Dalits in the last week of August

Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra see four Dalits assaulted, 2 murdered in the last week itself.

Tripta Tyagi and Puru, my son

Reflections from a Hindu Indian parent bringing up his son in a white neighbourhood school in north America where joy and sharing not prejudice and hate greeted kids’ return from a long summer break; a shameful comparison with what is happening in parts of India read Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh

Outrageous, hate corrodes UP classrooms

The video of a Muslim boy being beaten up, slapped and humiliated in front of the entire class in a school in Uttar Pradesh, has only shown how much the hate propaganda against the Muslims in India has reached inside our hearts and minds.

The laws against child marriage exist but are not enough

This legal exploration looks at the evolution of the laws on child marriage in India.

Unveiling the Harsh Truth of Child Marriage in India

The article below explores the untenability of the custom and the urgent need for institutional attention and reform

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Rajasthan HC finds no caste intent in words like ‘Bhangi’, ‘Neech’, ‘Bhikhari’, ‘Mangani’, drops SC/ST Act charges

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Material resources may include private property but with caveats says says SC in 8:1 majority ruling; Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia Dissents

The majority recent decision in Property Owners Association v. State of Maharashtra could limit state power especially in the realms of taking over property of the individual

Building a resilient future for farmers: MVA’s vision for agricultural reform

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‘We are considered servants, not humans’: Women of Jai Bhim Nagar reveal the violence of domestic work

As the first rays of dawn hit the broad, grey-bricked footpaths of Powai’s Hiranandani locality, Darshana begins her day. Inside the blue hues of her current “home”— the tarpaulin-covered dwelling within which she, her family, and hundreds of others rendered homeless by the BMC-led demolition of their houses, have been living for the past five months—she starts her day with work. She washes dishes, cleans the cement side-walk on which rest the mattresses her family and she sleep on, and prepares meals on wood-fired chulas using the limited utensils she was able to salvage before the kitchen in her home was destroyed by bulldozers. By the time the sun shines bright, she has readied her two children, fed them, and sent them to school.

Uphold integrity of civil services, re-impose ban on Govt officials associating with RSS: Open letter to President Draupadi Murmu

In an earnest appeal addressed to the President of India, concerned citizens and leaders from diverse sectors have called for the re-imposition of the ban preventing civil servants and government officials from formally affiliating with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) or any other politically aligned organization. This open letter stresses the vital importance of preserving political neutrality within the civil service to maintain an administration that is fair, unbiased, and aligned with the democratic principles enshrined in the Constitution of India.

10 newborn innocents killed in Jhansi’s medical college, UP govt orders three-tier probe, faces criticism for negligence

System collapse in UP: in a massive fire broke out at a neonatal ward of the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi, 10 newborn innocents’ loose their life; grieving parents of deceased asking only one question “Who will bring back our children?”

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]