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21-Oct-2024

Free Speech Upheld: Bombay HC strikes down IT (Amendment) Rules, 2023 as unconstitutional On September 26, 2024, a pivotal decision of the Bombay High Court declared that the Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression could not be curtailed by the government as arbiter of “true and accurate information”

20-Jun-2024

Slurs out, “Hamare Baraah” allowed release after Rs 5 lakh fine paid for objectionable trailer Controversial film reaches screens June 21 after courts suspend release; slur-free version emerges following fine

15-May-2024

Gautam Navlakha granted bail by Supreme Court in Bhima Koregaon case; orders him to pay 20 lakhs for the expenses incurred during his house arrest Noting that trial may take years to complete, SC bench of Justices MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti refused to extend the stay on Navlakha’s bail

16-Apr-2024

Calcutta & Bombay High Courts allow Ram Navami processions, direct organisers, police to ensure no display of arms or DJs, no breach of law and order Bombay HC also expressed its displeasure over the hate speech delivered by Nitesh Rane in January

07-Mar-2024

GN Saibaba released from Nagpur central jail after acquittal by Bombay HC Freedom at last as Saibaba and 5 others cleared of alleged Maoist links

24-Feb-2024

BJP MLA Raja Singh granted permission for Mira Road rally on Feb 25, subject to anti-hate speech conditions Following court order, CJP lodges follow up complaint with Maharashtra police, urging necessary action

06-Feb-2024

One step forward, two steps back: SC on Abortion rights A mother's struggle for abortion rights sparks Supreme Court drama, CJP looks at the October 2023 case

30-Aug-2023

From Judgments to Handbook: India’s Transformative Journey towards LGBTQIA+ Equality Exploring recent court rulings and the SC handbook's impact on queer and transgender rights

24-Jul-2023

Bombay HC advocates sensitisation of Maharashtra Police for handling couples in family conflict The court was hearing missing person complaint against same-sex couple by family

02-May-2023

CJP, other rights groups challenge Maharashtra Govt GR setting up a Committee to “monitor inter-faith marriages” The PIL challenges the December 15 GR on the ground that it is based on false assumptions of the real cause of intimate partner violence and argues that the right to privacy, the danger of state surveillance and executive overreach demand that this GR be first stayed, then quashed

03-Feb-2023

Bombay HC rules that married women may terminate pregnancies because of foetal health conditions A recent court case, ABC vs. State of Maharashtra, held that it was the woman and not the medical board who could make this decision under Section 3(2B) of MTP Act.

24-Dec-2022

The Best decisions from Indian courts: 2022 CJP examines key court rulings that have helped to advance human rights

23-Nov-2022

Bombay HC: Material does not inspire confidence that Teltumbde indulged in terrorist acts He has spent more than 2.5 years in prison under the stringent UAPA

12-Nov-2022

ज्योती जगताप और उमर खालिद जमानती याचिकाओं पर फैसले: बुनियादी बातों पर नहीं गया ध्यान

03-Nov-2022

How political slogans are used to deny bail by high courts The denial of bail in the both the Jyoti Jagtap and Umar Khalid cases marks an all time low in UAPA jurisprudence

28-Sep-2022

Petitions challenging stringent provisions of UAPA to be heard by the SC The most recent challenge to the draconian counter-terror law will be heard, along with other previous challenges on October 18

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