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After years of delay, justice at last for Sukumar Baishya as Foreigners’ Tribunal declares him an Indian citizen

Tribunal accepts documentary evidence citing father’s 1956 registration and pre-1971 records; CJP’s legal team helps secure justice after years of uncertainty

Right Wing media working overtime to discredit farmers?

They are trying to make it appear as if the farmers marching towards Delhi are doing so to make things difficult for the general public

We will stop your march at all cost: Political message to farmers?

State forces Vs farmers: Police set up barricades to stop farmers marching for their rights, shut down key metro stations, amp up security on Haryana, Uttar Pradesh borders

Punjab Haryana HC issues notice to Haryana govt over alleged illegal detention of farmer leaders

The habeas corpus petition has been filed by an advocacy group stating that the farmer leaders’ houses were raided at “unearthly” hours

Kashmiri Pandit hunger strike enter day 4

KPSS members have been fasting to draw the administration’s attention to the community’s plight

Farmers and workers gear up for November 26 protest!

Organisations report that the struggle may intensify and extend to the local village-level in an effort to repeal anti-farmer and anti-workers laws

We need to respect humanity: Bombay HC to ED on Anand Grover

Court asks ED not to insist on appearance of the senior advocate till December 14

Why are Delhi police calling Umar Khalid’s atheism a ‘pretence’?

In the NE Delhi riot chargesheet police alleged that Khalid’s ‘plans’ were ‘based on concept of Ummah, with total decimation of secular, national identities’

Anti CAA protests: Madras HC quashes FIR against two

The court noted that the protests were peaceful and the FIR against them did not disclose any act of violence

Law against ‘Love Jihad’ or controlling our ‘individuality’

Crossing religion and caste barriers is a form of dissent

No coercive action under section 118A of the Kerala Police Act: State gov’t to HC

The Kerala HC recorded the submission of the Government that no adverse action shall be taken based on the new ordinance

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