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India to allow return of elderly Pakistani-origin woman wrongfully deported despite decades-long residence in J&K

High Court’s SOS, government’s U-turn, and the ongoing legal battle over rights and sovereignty

Regime’s policies are anti-worker, anti-peasant, pro-corporate: Trade Unions

Various labour rights groups and unions came together on Quit India Day in Gauhati

Award-Winning Poet from Madhya Pradesh Served House Demolition Notice

Mahesh Katare Sugam, who claims to possess all the relevant documents, feels he has been served the notice for raising local issues.

‘Grave Injustice’: People’s Tribunal on SC Judgements in Zakia Jafri, Himanshu Kumar’s Petitions

Speakers, including former judges, at the People’s Tribunal criticised the Supreme Court for putting down those who dared to raise questions over the government’s actions.

It is unfortunate that the petition was dismissed: Tanvir Jafri on Zakia Jafri case

The son of Zakia Jafri and slain Congress MP Ehsaan Jafri also lamented the Supreme Court’s observations about the NGO that helped them seek justice and whistleblower cops

We are with you, Teesta Setalvad: Dozens of letters pour in every week

Well-wishers including fellow activists, students and ordinary citizens are sending postcards

He had no work in Hathras: Allahabad High Court denies bail to journalist Siddique Kappan

Police claim that the accused were travelling to the region to disturb the harmony at the location of the rape of a Dalit woman

Cannot evict persons with “Bulldozer” and leave them shelterless without any notice: Delhi HC

Court says reasonable period has to be given and temporary location to be provided

Right to free speech and expression includes the right to publish and circulate one’s opinions: Delhi HC

Court held that right to free speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) includes the right to comment on content created on social media or on television channels

Campaign against Agnipath scheme from Aug 7: Rakesh Tikait

Tikait also highlighted issues related to acquisition of land, power tariff and pending sugarcane dues among others

Free Teesta Setalvad: Voices of solidarity intensify

As the human rights defender moves Gujarat High Court for bail, protests and meetings continue in different cities

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After 65 lakh names were deleted from the SIR draft roll, the ECI received 74,525 new voter applications—an average of 306 electors per assembly constituency in 13 days, only 0.2% of deletions drew objections with 99.8% unchallenged and zero claims & objection from political parties

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Supreme Court rejects gag order plea in Dharmasthala mass burial case, orders fresh Trial Court review

Terming such restraints “super injunctions” rare in a free country, the Supreme Court refused to curb media coverage of explosive allegations of decades-old murders and secret burials linked to the Dharmasthala temple, even as a Karnataka SIT probes 13 suspected burial sites