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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

06-Jun-2025

India: A deep dive into the legal obligations before “deportation” Deportation drives shrouded in secrecy, defying both domestic and international law

04-Jun-2025

Evolving legal protections for survivors of sexual assault: Anonymity, privacy, and media regulation How Indian courts have responded to gendered violence and, over the years ensured that the privacy and anonymity of the survivor, or victim is protected

27-May-2025

Supreme Court and the Rofiqul Hoque Judgment: Evolving jurisprudence on documentary evidence in Assam citizenship cases Rofiqul Hoque v. Union of India rejects precedents that allowed minor documentary discrepancies, setting a more exacting standard for proving citizenship in Assam

21-May-2025

Custody, Camaraderie, and Cover-Up: Supreme Court transfers custodial death probe to CBI, slams MP police for “shielding their own” In a scathing judgment, the Court denounces State inaction, delays, and intimidation of the sole eyewitness, reinforcing the constitutional demand for impartial investigation and institutional accountability

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