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20-Jan-2025

Supreme Court frowns upon the absolutely inadequate functioning of the RTI machinery Upholding accountability, resisting the erosion of justice by the powerful

15-Jan-2025

Breaking the cruel cycle of oppression: one more judgment against manual scavenging in India A judgment attempting, again, to end manual scavenging, and restoring justice for the most marginalised

13-Jan-2025

Revolutionising Juvenile Justice: Landmark case of Om Prakash v. State of Uttarakhand and its legacy The Supreme Court goes beyond procedural rigidities ensuring juvenile’s their rights

08-Jan-2025

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): Urgent need for structural reform India's apex human rights body faces a credibility test as GANHRI defers its accreditation, with a decision due in March 2025

07-Jan-2025

Police custody under CrPC & BNSS: A paradigm shift in balancing liberty and investigation The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), India's new Criminal Procedure Code, must not enable unchecked state power or custodial torture

07-Jan-2025

Religious Freedom v/s Neutrality in matters of Faith: An overview Religious neutrality in public spaces: India's courts repeatedly balance religious freedom with the state's duty to uphold secularism

06-Dec-2024

The judiciary’s commitment to protecting rights: notable Supreme Court judgments of 2024 Defending Justice: Landmark rulings that upheld equality and India's constitutional values

13-Nov-2024

Public officials must face accountability for unlawful demolition actions, rule of law to be upheld: Supreme Court Bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan establishes clear guidelines to ensure due process in demolition actions, mandates accountability for public officials, and safeguards citizens' fundamental rights, including the right to shelter

07-Nov-2024

Supreme Court upholds Section 6A of Citizenship Act in landmark 4:1 ruling; Justice Pardiwala dissents

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”

19-Oct-2024

Bulldozer Justice: How Unlawful Demolitions are Targeting India’s Marginalised Communities Watch our detailed video on bulldozer justice and court interventions

08-Oct-2024

Caste-based prison work is authoritarian, colonial said SC striking down discriminatory State Prison Manuals Issuing directions to states to end caste discriminatory provisions in their prisons, the Supreme Court on October 3, 2024 passed a detailed judgement declaring the provisions in Prison Manuals that allow caste-based discrimination as unconstitutional. A correspondent with The Wire, journalist Sukanya Shantha’s petition is pathbreaking

21-Sep-2024

How Free Are Indians to Protest? | Article 19 Explained Is dissent still a fundamental right in India?

03-Sep-2024

How free are all Indians to exercise their right to peacefully protest under Article 19? A fundamental right overshadowed by government retaliation

06-Aug-2024

Supreme Court paves way for Scheduled Castes Sub-Classifications, makes regressive comments on creamy layer In a pivotal decision, the 7-judge bench overrules the E.V. Chinnaiah judgment and permits state-specific sub-classifications within Scheduled Castes, but stirs debate with unsolicited remarks on the creamy layer.

06-Aug-2024

Understanding the Maharashtra Special Public Security (MSPS) Bill, 2024 | Threat to Civil Liberties? Discover the implications of the Maharashtra Special Public Security (MSPS) Bill, 2024.

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