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.
21-Jul-2024 Advocate Vijay Hiremath on New Criminal Laws: More Draconian Than British Era? Vijay Hiremath brings to light the potential repercussions of these laws
19-Jul-2024 Telecommunications Act 2023: Modernization or Government Overreach? Learn how the Telecommunications act affects your digital privacy
15-Jul-2024 Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill: Bogey of “urban naxals” invoked to legitimise clamping down of dissent? CJP dissects the MSPS Bill: Assessing its impact and risks amid existing laws
12-Jul-2024 Supreme Court: “Authorities cannot randomly accuse people of being foreigners, initiate investigation without material basis” Overturning the judgment of the Gauhati High Court and order of the Foreigner’s Tribunal declaring the appellant as foreigner, the bench highlighted that there was grave miscarriage of justice by the authorities since the inception of the investigation