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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

Shift Siddique Kappan to Delhi for medical treatment: SC to UP Gov’t

Kappan’s wife had alleged that he was being ill treated in the Mathura hospital and was chained to his bed like an animal

No prisoner to be denied vaccination for not registering on COWIN portal: Odisha HC

The court has directed the State to make alternate arrangements to ensure that prisoners are vaccinated against Covid-19

Kumbh Mela: Over 25,000 devotees and 1,000 seers participate in Shahi Snan

Covid-19 rules were also washed away, and even though the numbers of participants were said to have been restricted, the crowds were packed thick

Father Stan Swamy moves Bombay HC for bail

 The Special NIA court had rejected his bail application in March on merits

Nothing remarkable achieved in public health care: Allahabad HC

The court issued several specific directions while refusing to accept the government’s stand that everything was under control

Delhi HC asks govt to “pull up its socks”, points out black marketing and hoarding of oxygen

The court reprimanded the government for passing orders which are out of sync with ground reality

Bengaluru braces for lockdown as BBMP struggles to maintain Covid data

Multiple reports in the state capital call for a more thorough check on data regarding hospital beds and other facilities

Delhi HC takes suo moto notice of Ashoka Hotel rooms assigned for judges and staff

The court stated that no such request was made by the court to the government

Allahabad HC asks SEC to explain deaths of 135 persons on election duty due to Covid

The court has issued a show cause notice to the State Election Commission to explain why it failed in checking non compliance of Covid guidelines

Covid-19: Guj HC does not accept the ‘rosy picture’ painted by state

The Bench, treating the state's affidavit with skepticism, has asked if they have a plan to deal with rising infections

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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