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
10-Jul-2024 BNS 2023 does nothing to bring in a nuanced effective understanding of Hate Speech, making its prosecution even more difficult Why were crucial suggestions to strengthen laws on Hate Speech ignored?
10-Jul-2024 New Criminal Laws: Adv. Vrinda Grover’s Powerful Critique Do the new Criminal Laws jeopardize our liberty and justice?
06-Jul-2024 New Criminal Laws: Reform or Repression? Insights from Legal Experts Explore the nuances of India's new Criminal Laws
05-Jul-2024 Counting of votes and post-counting remedies to the victim candidates of a tainted election process The free and fair election is a basic structure of the Constitution and the will of the people must prevail, it is on the shoulders of the Returning Officer to ensure that the counting of votes is not marred by any interference and tampering or manipulation.
05-Jul-2024 Debating India’s New Criminal Laws: Moving Away from Colonization or Towards Authoritarianism? New Sedition Law vs. Old | A Critical Analysis
04-Jul-2024 Allahabad HC rejects bail plea in alleged conversion case; stating Article 25 does not provide right to convert religion Judge Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said if this practice is not stopped, the “majority population of this country would be in minority one day”