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Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists

Court finds tweets “sexually coloured,” prima facie intended to outrage modesty; directs police probe into X account and devices

Silence and din define Indian journalism

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Public Sector Banks’ Bad Loans More Than Doubled Over Two Years To 2017

 New Delhi: Indian public sector banks’ (PSB) bad loans soared...

Criminal Law and Hate Speech

Regarding the criminal law provisions, a report points to...

Letter from former civil servants to Chief Secretary, Haryana on intimidation of Muslims offering namaz

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Communicating Truth; Countering ‘Fake News’

On Sunday 13 May, the Catholic Church will observe...

Unofficial Renaming of Akbar Road: Another Attempt at Meddling With the History

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Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists

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From Cow Slaughter to “Public Order”: Allahabad High Court’s expanding use of preventive detention

Through detailed reliance on fear, timing, intelligence inputs, and administrative response, the Court stretches “public order” to justify preventive detention—raising difficult questions about liberty, evidence, and constitutional limits

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Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve

Adivasis and supporting activists have petitioned the authorities against what they term as the ‘forcible re-location” of Chenchu (PVTG) Adivasis in the Amravad Tiger Reserve and urged a ‘co-existence’ model of conservation

Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC

The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.