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Assam’s Foreigners’ Tribunals bypass constitutional safeguards: Report

Given the possibility of the onset of a nationwide exercise to update the National Register of Citizens, the report, ‘Unmaking Citizens’ by NLSIU & Queen Mary University of London, calls for an urgent, fundamental rethinking of the legal structures governing citizenship in India

Umar Khalid’s speech prima facie not acceptable, obnoxious: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court issues notice on Umar Khalid’s bail appeal

Assam court remands Jignesh Mevani to three days police custody

Mevani had been arrested on Wednesday night and was taken to Assam on Thursday morning; his bail plea rejected at night time proceedings in court

Jignesh Mevani arrested over tweet against PM Modi

The Vadgam MLA was arrested from Banaskantha in Gujarat and will be taken to Assam

75-year-old Dalit widow spared life in detention centre due to CJP’s intervention

The FT recognised that she was part of the refugee stream that came to India in wake of the Bangladesh war

Revolutionary poet activist Varavara Rao’s medical bail extended by 3 months

Bombay HC grants medical bail extension but refuses permanent bail and disallows travel to Hyderabad

Delhi court stays order directing withdrawal of Look Out circular against Aakar Patel

Court asks Patel to seek Court’s permission before leaving the country

Kashmir: Journalist Aasif Sultan jailed under PSA, after getting bail 

He has already been imprisoned for four years; under the PSA an individual can be detained without trial for up to six months

Aakar Patel granted relief, free to travel, CBI ordered to withdraw Look out Circular

A Delhi Court on Thursday granted relief to former...

Bhima Koregaon: Bombay HC castigates prison authorities while hearing Gautam Navlakha’s house arrest plea

After multiple adjournments over the past six months, the High Court finally hears human rights defender and senior journalist Gautam Navlakha’s plea

Kashmiri students charged with Sedition for cheering for Pakistan cricketers get bail

They were arrested on October 27, for allegedly cheering for Pakistani team after it beat India at T20 Cricket World Cup

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