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The Judicial Ouroboros: The Vanashakti Reversal & Crisis of Environmental Finality in India
Much comment was made about the obvious conflicts between two verdicts of the Supreme Court of India –the Vanshakti judgements—between May and November 2025 and as India lives with the consequences, it is essential to situate the dispute within the broader evolution of environmental constitutionalism in India.
Assam Border Police cracks down on residents battling citizenship rights without due process, pushes 145 locals over the border?
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Between the night of Friday, May 23, and Monday, May 26, Assam police launched a sweeping crackdown across all 33 districts—including Barak Valley, Central, Lower, and North Assam—detaining nearly 300 men and women without notice or legal justification. Families and advocates were given no information about their whereabouts, in clear violation of constitutional and legal norms. While about 150 were reportedly released within days, unconfirmed reports to CJP’s ground team suggest that 145 individuals—still fighting for their citizenship rights—were forcibly pushed across the border, left stranded and vulnerable in the no man’s land between the two countries
Supreme Court and the Rofiqul Hoque Judgment: A new chapter in Assam’s citizenship jurisprudence on discrepancies in documentary evidence
Examining the Supreme Court’s latest ruling and its impact on citizenship claims under the Foreigners Act in Assam, with a detailed analysis of how the Rofiqul Hoque case reshapes judicial scrutiny of documentary evidence
Unseasonal Rains: Over 80 Dead, Huge Damage to Crops, Orchards; AIKS Demands Ex-Gratia
Around 55 animals, many of them livestock, reportedly killed by lightning in Maharashtra. Mango orchards in the Lucknow-Unnao belt are also reported to be severely damaged.
Matleb Ali declared Indian by Tribunal, ending a long fight to prove his identity
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With CJP’s intervention, the 10 th Foreigners Tribunal in Dhubri recognised Matleb Ali’s Indian citizenship, restoring his dignity and ending his battle against wrongful suspicion of foreigner status
In Contrast: Nehru’s Take on a Young, Dissenting Irfan Habib and the Modi Govt’s Treatment of Mahmudabad
India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru intervened to get a scholarship for a young Irfan Habib in spite of the fact that he was member of communist party.
SC: Interim bail granted to professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad; SIT to probe posts on Operation Sindoor
During the hearing, the bench led by Justice Kant expressed some disapproval of the petitioner's post.
Singing Faiz’s ‘Hum Dekhenge’ is ‘Sedition’: Nagpur Police Book Organisers of Vira Sathidar Memorial
A group of young cultural activists sang the lyrics of Faiz’s famous poem last week. The police complaint says, 'At a time when the country valiantly fought Pakistani forces, the radical left in Nagpur were busy singing Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poem.'
How high is the price of criticism? Professor Mahmudabad arrested for his criticism of politics of hatred
The targeting of a respected scholar from the minority community, for a critical comment on the politics of hatred during a national security operation underscores the growing erosion of free speech, institutional autonomy, and dissent in contemporary India
Full Text | Ashoka University Professor Ali Mahmudabad’s Posts that Haryana Police Calls ‘Sedition’
This is the full text of Ali Mahmudabad's posts for which he has been arrested under charges that point to sedition.
Pushed Out of Sight: The covert deportation and detention crisis at Assam’s Matia detention centre
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From silent pushbacks to prolonged illegal detentions, India’s handling of Rohingya and other foreign nationals at the Matia detention centre reveals a disturbing erosion of due process, humanitarian obligations, and constitutional safeguards
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