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How the Supreme Court built a binding legal framework to protect student mental heath
In a case where the father of a NEET aspirant sought fair investigation into the suspicious death of his daughter, the SC in a pivotal July 2025 ruling, apart from intervening on that question went further: in establishing a comprehensive, binding legal framework to protect student mental health across India. An analysis of the Supreme Court judgment in Sukdeb Saha v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
Allahabad University Students on Fast Unto Death Against ‘Unprecedented’ Fees Hike
The students fear that the decision will rob a large number of students from the disadvantaged socio-economic background of the opportunity to study at AU.
Needs and rights of Muslim girls ignored by administration: PUCL’s interim report on Hijab Ban in Karnataka
The report finds that the local media’s reportage was riddled with stereotypes
Teachers, Govt Employees to Protest Across UP for Restoration of Old Pension Scheme
A massive protest will be held across all the 75 districts of the state on September 20.
UP: Dalit School Teacher Alleges Discrimination by Principal & Upper-caste Teachers
The teacher has alleged that kshatriya caste teachers in the school have formed a separate group and regularly hurl casteist remarks at him. The teacher has complained to the district authorities.
Delhi: JNU Imposing Fines of up to Rs 15,000 Over Earlier Protests: Students
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Among those who have got notices are former JNUSU vice president and PhD scholar Simone Zoya Khan and Kaushik Raj.
Uttar Pradesh: Teacher allegedly breaks Dalit girl’s hand
The alleged abuser is an “upper caste” teacher in a government primary school
Students in Ratiya in Haryana protest against anti-student policies of government
In Ratiya district of Haryana on August 25th a...
When Forest Rights meets Right to Education
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MP: 16-Year-Old Dalit Girl Beaten up for Sitting in the Front Row, Teacher Booked
According to police, the incident occurred over 700 km away from the state capital on August 2 at the Government Higher Secondary Girls School, Baidhan, in the Singrauli district.
Tall Claims Punctured: Rs 9,013 Crore Unspent Under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan in UP Over 3 Years
Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi, while answering a question in Lok Sabha, had said that Rs 6,561 crore were unused by the state government, while the education ministry's project approval board claims that Rs 9,103 crore have not been spent by the Yogi Adityanath-led state government for the SSA scheme.
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Bangladesh Court declares six deported Bengalis as Indian citizens, orders their repatriation
In a dramatic reversal, a Bangladesh court has ruled that two families — including a pregnant woman from West Bengal’s Birbhum district — who were forcibly deported from Delhi as “illegal Bangladeshis” are in fact Indian citizens, citing their Aadhaar and home addresses
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Crimes Uncounted: When Data Becomes the State’s Defence
A delay of two years, unreliable hate-crime statistics, and discarded sedition charges, the NCRB 2023 Report offers us marginal data on crime but plentiful data on social control
Rule of Law
Mere Presence Does Not Imply Guilt: Supreme Court defines clear test for liability under unlawful assembly
In a significant ruling on mob liability, the Court acquitted ten men convicted for a 1988 double murder in Bihar, laying down a definitive test to distinguish innocent bystanders from participants in an unlawful assembly
India
Smoke & Mirrors, 130th Constitution Amendment Bill: Real issue is the trading of MLAs
Not only is the proposed law, not referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) a harmful attempt to change the fundamental nature of Indian criminal law and ratify this harmful change by a constitutional amendment, it also completely side-lines a long overdue and crucial discussion on the unethical topping of popular governments by horse-trading of MLAs
Communalism
September of Fear: Targeted Violence against Christians in Rajasthan exposes pattern of harassment after Anti-Conversion Bill
What began as scattered threats escalated into systematic persecution of Christians in Rajasthan, with right-wing groups and police acting in tandem to enforce religious control
Children
Second Case in a Month: Another minor alleges torture in Gujarat police custody, cop and sanitation worker booked
A viral video showing a sanitation worker pulling out a Muslim minor’s hair as a police constable records and laughs has triggered outrage in Gujarat. This is the second case of alleged custodial torture of a minor in the state within a month, exposing systemic patterns of impunity, cruelty, and disregard for juvenile protection laws
Rule of Law
SC acquits two men accused of rape of a minor; terms the case an example of shabby and lacklustre investigation
Acquitting two accused of gang rape due to a poor prosecutorial case and poor collection of evidence, the outcome in Putai vs. State of Uttar Pradesh means a double tragedy, failure of justice and closure to the minor victim and her family