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10-Jul-2026

Gauhati High Court upholds foreigner declaration, rejects mental illness plea Rules prescription alone cannot explain contradictory testimony; reiterates strict burden of proving citizenship

06-Jul-2026

When uniformed personnel stand accused India’s highest courts have spoken boldly yet acted narrowly India's courts have built a powerful jurisprudence of accountability for crimes by uniformed personnel but the gap between that jurisprudence and actual prosecution has never been wider

30-Jun-2026

A Judge on Trial: How a judicial verdict was communalised After a trial court convicted men for a brutal mob lynching, the judge herself became the target of communal attacks and death threats

16-Jun-2026

Court convicts seven men in 2022 cow-vigilantism lynching case; holds mob lynching proven, awards life imprisonment The judgment examines collective criminal liability, forensic evidence, sentencing in the fatal cow-vigilantism killing of Najir Ahmed

15-Jun-2026

The Supreme Court in 2025: When procedure trumped principle This year’s judgments prioritised technical compliance and institutional deference over substantive justice and rights

27-May-2026

Gauhati HC upholds foreigner declaration, reasserts harsh reverse burden under colonial-era Foreigners Act Court treats documentary gaps and record inconsistencies as fatal, reviving concerns over Assam’s citizenship regime and evidentiary standards under a pre-Constitution law

23-Apr-2026

Anticipating Disorder, Curtailing Liberty: The Allahabad High Court’s expansive turn on preventive detention in cow slaughter cases In two rulings, the Court treats communal sensitivity and anticipated reaction as grounds for detention—blurring the line between criminal law and preventive power

28-Mar-2026

अब्दुल शेख नागरिकता केस: गौहाटी हाईकोर्ट में सुनवाई के दौरान निर्वासन पर रोक, राज्य मेंटेनबिलिटी पर आपत्ति उठाएगा कोर्ट ने आपत्ति स्वीकार करते हुए निर्वासन पर रोक बढ़ाई; देरी का कारण हिरासत, पहुंच की कमी, आर्थिक बाधाएं और कानूनी सहायता का अभाव बताया गया।

24-Mar-2026

Abdul Sheikh Citizenship Case: Gauhati High Court extends protection from deportation, state to raise maintainability Court admits objection, extends stay on deportation; delay justified by detention, limited access, costs, and no legal aid

04-Feb-2026

Hate Speech and the Supreme Court: From constitutional alarm to institutional closure Six years of litigation—from “Corona Jihad” and media trials to Dharam Sansads and preventive policing—ends with the SC reserving orders and closing most hate-speech cases

30-Dec-2025

2025 की ज़मीनी सच्चाई : क़ानून से पहले बुलडोज़र सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने तोड़फोड़ से पहले उचित प्रक्रिया का आदेश दिया है फिर भी राज्यों में, घरों को अभी भी ऐसे गिराया जा रहा है जैसे कि कानून वैकल्पिक हो।

23-Dec-2025

2025: On the ground, the bulldozer still arrives before the rule of law Supreme Court mandates due process before demolitions—yet across states, homes are still razed as if the law were optional

16-Dec-2025

इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट ने यूपी धर्मांतरण विरोधी कानून के दुरुपयोग पर जताई चिंता, FIR रद्द और ‘मिमियोग्राफ’ शिकायतों पर फटकार एक मोटिवेटेड FIR को रद्द करने के अलावा, हाई कोर्ट ने प्रतापगढ़ पुलिस के बर्ताव को लेकर राज्य से व्यक्तिगत जवाबदेही की मांग की।

16-Dec-2025

Allahabad HC flags misuse of UP Anti-Conversion Law, quashes FIR and rebukes ‘mimeographed’ complaints Beyond quashing a motivated FIR, the HC demanded personal accountability from the State over Pratapgarh police conduct

12-Dec-2025

When Morality Meets Surveillance: The court’s push toward state-regulated digital content As the Court urges tighter controls, Aadhaar-based age checks could usher in a new era of State gatekeeping online

11-Dec-2025

गुजरात उच्च न्यायालय ने धारा 144 के लगातार इस्तेमाल की कड़ी आलोचना की, ‘आपातकालीन शक्तियां नियमित प्रशासन का साधन नहीं बन सकतीं’ अदालत ने लगातार जारी प्रतिबंधात्मक आदेशों को रद्द कर दिया, भविष्य में जारी नोटिसों के ऑनलाइन प्रकाशन की आवश्यकता तय की और असहमति व्यक्त करने के अधिकार की पुष्टि की।

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