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One Death Every Few Days, Zero Accountability: Sanitation workers protest at Jantar Mantar

From disputed death figures to continuing caste-based labour, the Safai Karmachari Andolan says India's sewer deaths are not accidents but preventable killings enabled by state inaction

113 faulty ventilators provided under PM CARES fund: Bom HC questions Centre

The court also commented on local politicians visiting hospitals and inspecting these ventilators, calling such statements distasteful

K’taka HC raps Commissioner for not registering FIR against people in Amit Shah’s rally

The court had, in one of its earlier hearings, held that prima facie, Covid related regulations were violated

SC stays Allahabad HC order granting bail on apprehension of death due to Covid

The vacation bench of the apex court emphasised that courts should decide such cases on merits of each case, and not grant bail on ground of possibility of contracting Covid alone

Haryana govt agrees to dismiss police cases against 350 farmers

As thousands of farmers gathered in Hisar to condemn the state government, officials agreed to dismiss cases against 350 farmers

Ahmedabad: Castist goons attack Dalit man for ‘sporting moustache’

An FIR was lodged against six named and four unnamed people under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) Prevention of Atrocities Act

Madras HC raises concern over shortage of Covid vaccine, Black Fungus drugs

The court observed that Tamil Nadu and Puducherry had managed the second surge and the cases were now on the decline

Delhi HC directs DCGI inquiry into alleged drugs hoarding by Gautam Gambhir

The court has asked the authority to submit what action can be taken in such cases of hoarding

3 Jhansi junior doctors detained, allegedly manhandled for trying to approach UP CM

The medical professionals wished to hand over a letter listing the demands of the staff at the Maharani Laxmi Bai medical college hospital in Jhansi to CM Yogi Adityanath who was visiting the facility

Forward list of female inmates with children to HPC for consideration of release: Gauhati HC to State

The court had earlier asked for information about female inmates lodged in jails across Assam with children

12 Opposition leaders demand GoI resumes talks with farmers

Political leaders express support for May 26 Farmers Protest that marks six months of the agrarian struggle

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One Death Every Few Days, Zero Accountability: Sanitation workers protest at Jantar Mantar

From disputed death figures to continuing caste-based labour, the Safai Karmachari Andolan says India's sewer deaths are not accidents but preventable killings enabled by state inaction

From Civil Registration to Identity Control: Parliament tightens India’s birth certificate regime without debate

A quiet amendment shifts delayed birth and death registrations from executive officers to judicial magistrates, further hardening India's identity regime while offering little evidence that the new barriers are necessary

‘Deportation Cannot Begin without Nationality Verification’: Union’s Rajubala affidavit clarifies legal limits on executive power

In an affidavit filed in the Rajubala Das case, the Union reaffirms that deportation requires nationality verification, travel documents and acceptance by the receiving State, while setting out the legal framework governing detention pending deportation

Brij Bhushan Acquittal: The system vs the wrestlers

Three years after their protest shook Indian sport, Vinesh Phogat and other wrestlers prepare for another legal battle over a verdict they reject