07-Mar-2024 GN Saibaba released from Nagpur central jail after acquittal by Bombay HC Freedom at last as Saibaba and 5 others cleared of alleged Maoist links
18-Dec-2023 Bail not Jail, India’s constitutional courts’ bumpy ride towards personal liberty A retrospective glance at 2023: Have courts effectively safeguarded the diminishing right to liberty for Indian citizens?
16-Sep-2023 How difficult is it to obtain Bail under the UAPA? Teesta Setalvad explains the nuances of this draconian act
27-Jul-2023 केंद्र और राज्य सरकार को असीमित शक्ति देने वाले क़ानूनों की एक फ़ैक्टशीट राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा और अन्य संबंधित मामलों के नाम पर बने ऐसे कई क़ानून है जो सरकार और उसकी एजेंसियों को व्यापक शक्तियाँ प्रदान करते हैं
24-Jul-2023 Factsheet: State and central Laws that give unbridled powers to the Govt Multiple laws grant extensive powers to the government and its agencies in dealing with national security and other related matters
22-Jun-2023 Who are the acclaimed ‘BK-16’? Five years have passed, and human rights defenders (HRDs) and their families continue to await justice
23-Nov-2022 Bombay HC: Material does not inspire confidence that Teltumbde indulged in terrorist acts He has spent more than 2.5 years in prison under the stringent UAPA
16-Nov-2022 What CJI Chandrachud’s 2-year tenure looks like Hijab ban case, challenges to UAPA, CAA, anti-conversation laws could all be adjudicated during his tenure
03-Nov-2022 How political slogans are used to deny bail by high courts The denial of bail in the both the Jyoti Jagtap and Umar Khalid cases marks an all time low in UAPA jurisprudence
26-Oct-2022 Political functionaries spew hate against minority: Assam Targeting Bengali speaking Muslims who have donned the epithet ‘Miya Muslim’ as their own, a museum opened by them is sealed
18-Oct-2022 UAPA: Delhi HC denies bail, Umar Khalid’s Incarceration to Continue The court finds “prima facie case” against Khalid, observes bail appeal to be meritless
14-Oct-2022 Section 43D UAPA: A continuing anomaly of state-sanctioned infringement of rights of the accused While refusing bail to two UAPA accused, the Delhi High Court held that the prosecution is not required to disclose the report to the accused
07-Oct-2022 Hate speech, state inaction enabled targeted violence in Delhi A Citizens Inquiry Committee of retired judges and civil servants releases its report
28-Sep-2022 Petitions challenging stringent provisions of UAPA to be heard by the SC The most recent challenge to the draconian counter-terror law will be heard, along with other previous challenges on October 18
14-Jul-2022 One needn’t be member of a Terrorist Organisation to be prosecuted for a ‘Terrorist Act’: Karnataka High Court Analysing the judgment in case where court denied bail to two members of PFI accused of killing an RSS worker