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18-Jun-2025

Liberty, interrupted: How 27 Adjournments by the High Court led the Supreme Court to grant bail SC grants bail to a man whose bail plea was adjourned 27 times in the Allahabad HC

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

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

17-Apr-2025

“Anti-conversion laws being weaponised”: CJP seeks interim relief against misuse of anti-conversion laws Citizens for Justice and Peace urges interim relief to curb weaponisation of anti-conversion laws, challenges 2024 UP amendment enabling third-party complaints and harsher penalties

16-Apr-2025

Upholding Linguistic Pluralism: Supreme Court backs Urdu on Municipal signboard By upholding Urdu on a Maharashtra signboard, the Supreme Court reaffirms India's plural ethos and counters divisive language politics

03-Apr-2025

SC Ruling in Imran Pratapgarhi Case: Understanding police powers under section 173(3) BNS SC judgment curbs misuse of laws to criminalize political and artistic expression

25-Feb-2025

SC’s bail denial to journalist Rupesh Singh highlights inconsistent approach to UAPA cases Journalist’s bail denied amid growing concerns over UAPA misuse and press freedom crackdown

18-Feb-2025

Factsheet: Victimology The evolution of victimology in India with legal reforms and landmark judgments

10-Feb-2025

Supreme Court bans manual scavenging in metro cities Judicial action intensifies, but manual scavenging persists due to weak enforcement and systemic neglect

06-Feb-2025

Supreme Court pushes for domestic workers’ rights Ensuring fair wages, social security, and dignity for India’s domestic workforce

29-Jan-2025

Looking back at 2024: Constitutional Court rulings that undermine justice and accountability From a reluctance to protect life and liberty of individual citizens, especially political dissenters limiting transparency in electoral funding to dismissing serious allegations of corporate misconduct, key judgments and dismissals from the year raise concerns over the erosion of fundamental rights and the weakening of legal protections

21-Sep-2024

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

22-Aug-2024

Supreme Court stands firm on POCSO cases, overturns high court decision Why do High Courts lean towards “compromises” in POCSO cases? SC reprimands Calcutta HC for suggesting decriminalisation of consensual sex

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.

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?

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