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23-Sep-2025

The Shubha Case — recognising gendered realities in criminal justice The Supreme Court’s ruling in Shubha reflects a shift towards reformative justice that considers the social and psychological pressures affecting women offenders; while upholding the woman’s conviction for murder, the Court directed that she should be allowed to apply for pardon

18-Sep-2025

The Conspiracy of Silence: HC denies bail to Delhi riots accused Five years of pre-trial incarceration reveal how FIR 59 turns suspicion into proof and the UAPA transforms dissent into terrorism

12-Sep-2025

CCTV in Police Stations: From judicial directives to constitutional accountability The Court’s suo motu action highlights how weak compliance with its 2020 CCTV directions has left detainees vulnerable and accountability elusive.

10-Sep-2025

Not Proscribed, Not Prima Facie: The labyrinth of bail under UAPA By distinguishing “association” from proscribed membership, the Court reaffirmed that the constitutional guarantee of a speedy trial overrides Section 43D (5)

04-Sep-2025

The Ghost of Shreya Singhal: Re-litigating digital free speech X Corp's petition against the government’s new content-blocking regime reveals how the IT Act’s safe harbour framework is being weaponised as a parallel censorship mechanism.

18-Aug-2025

Liberty under Siege: Reclaiming the right to speedy trial from the grip of special laws Speedy trial is recognised as protection against indefinite detention, but if it comes only after years of confinement, it is no protection at all

22-Jul-2025

“Custodial Torture that shocks the Conscience”: Supreme Court orders CBI probe, arrests, and ₹50 Lakh compensation for custodial torture of J&K constable SC slams Kupwara JIC for torturing a serving constable—calling it one of the gravest violations of human dignity under Article 21

21-Jul-2025

Free Speech in the Digital Age: A doctrinal analysis of four recent Supreme Court cases on Article 19(1) (a) In a series of rulings, the Apex Court emphasises that the right to free speech must co-exist with dignity, secularism, and the collective conscience of a diverse society; this legal resource examines this trend where the apex court is increasingly foregrounding Article 21 (right to dignity) as a counterweight to Article 19(1) (a), especially in contexts where speech targets marginalised groups

08-Jul-2025

ECI: Moving from transparency to opacity, the decision to ‘destroy’ CCTV footage after 45 days The ECI’s order to destroy CCTV footage after 45 days is a colourable exercise of power—violating both legal boundaries and constitutional norms

01-Jul-2025

Delhi Riots 2020: Stalled justice & the architecture of indefinite detention, FIR 59/2020 in perspective Five years without bail: FIR 59/2020 and the Delhi Riots cases expose a pattern of procedural lapses and prolonged incarceration of student activists and a politician

27-Jun-2025

“The law is a shield, not a weapon”: Orissa HC terms demolition without due process a civic wrong, orders 10 lakh compensation HC slams State for razing public centre despite court orders; warns against rise of “bulldozer justice”

20-Jun-2025

How the Rajubala case in the Supreme Court, its genesis and context has now become the ground for ‘state expulsion” A citizenship case challenging her husband’s prolonged detention — is now being used, despite contradictory state affidavits, to justify a sweeping post-May 2025 deportation drive

19-Jun-2025

The Immigrant Expulsion from Assam Act, 1950: Re-evaluating executive powers in light of judicial pronouncements and due process SC: IEAA & Foreigners Act must align with Citizenship Act Sec 6A — ID is just first step; deportation needs due process

16-Jun-2025

The Sentinel and the Shift: Free speech in the Supreme Court An emerging jurisprudence of contradiction: the Supreme Court and the precarious state of free expression

13-Jun-2025

From Policy to Practice: Recent Supreme Court Judgments on Disability Rights Lapses Several Supreme Court judgements in 2025 and before that have placed renewed focus on the state’s failure on implementing Disability Rights

11-Jun-2025

Seeking sanctuary, facing scrutiny: Why India must revisit its approach to the displaced 75 years since the Constitution, India still lacks a refugee law aligned with international standards—and hasn’t ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention

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