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The Supreme Court’s Uneasy Middle Path on Protest Policing
The July 28 interim order preserves evidence and contemplates an SIT, but leaves unresolved who should investigate when the police themselves stand accused
When Speech Becomes an Act of Terrorism
Terms like “freedom of speech,” “freedom of expression,” “Article...
Academic, Deepak Pawar to Mumbai Police: Are frivolous cases against us –filed after a peaceful demonstration to save Marathi schools –being dropped because of...
Does the Mumbai police seeks to withdraw cases filed against Deepak Pawar, Marathi Abhyas Kendra and other activists, or not?
Faiz-e-Ilahi Masjid, Turkman Gate: A court-ordered demolition, midnight policing, stone-pelting, arrests, and the ongoing legal battle
While authorities insist the mosque was untouched and only illegal commercial structures were razed, FIRs, arrests, and eyewitness accounts point to a deeper story of mistrust, misinformation, and administrative haste
Sweet Smiles of Freedom: Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haidar, Mohammad Saleem Khan, and Shifa Ur Rehman walk out of jail
These were four were among five under trials who were given bail by the Supreme Court after five years of incarceration earlier this week.
JNU Teacher to her Jailed Students: ‘Be with us again, in freedom, Sharjeel and Umar’
We must never forget, that legions of others, who openly called for violence against other Indians, continue to enjoy their freedoms today, and even occupy public office -- because they have the right names, and have the right political patrons….Can we fault Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Natasha Narwal or Devangana Kalita or Aasif Tanha for dreaming of a better world than the one our generation had left them?
Born in the Shadow of the Indo–Bangladesh Border, Raised as Indian, Questioned as a Foreigner: The citizenship battle of Akurbhan Bibi
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After years of fear and suspicion, a marginalised Muslim woman from Assam’s border district wins her citizenship battle before the Dhubri Foreigners Tribunal—with CJP standing by her side
Gadchiroli, Maharashtra: Pregnant Woman walks 6 km from village for childbirth, dies
Twenty-four-years-old Asha Santosh Kiranga, resident of Aaldandi Tola in Etapalli taluka in Gadchiroli district, was nine months pregnant; Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra Chief Minister is the “guardian minister” for the district
After Five Years in Jail, Bail Still Barred for Two: Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in Delhi riots case
Holding that the UAPA’s elevated statutory threshold continues to apply, the Court says Khalid and Imam stand on a “qualitatively different footing”, while granting conditional bail to five co-accused after more than five years of incarceration
Love-Letters like no other
From India‘s Forgotten Feminist, Savitribai Phule to life partner Jyotiba
Himachal Haryana, racial harassment and attacks on Kashmiri shawl sellers rage on
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The Supreme Court’s Uneasy Middle Path on Protest Policing
The July 28 interim order preserves evidence and contemplates an SIT, but leaves unresolved who should investigate when the police themselves stand accused
