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Killed in Poonch shelling, Qari Iqbal was branded a terrorist. Four months on, his family continues the legal struggle to reclaim dignity
'School Principal Bench'
'School Principal Bench'
Raju Z Moray
1 min read
A Kashmiri family’s Sisyphean legal battle for reparations: A weekly round-up on Constitution First
‘The time has come to decriminalise defamation law’, mulls Justice Sundresh while hearing The Wire’s plea
Delhi riots larger conspiracy case: SC issues notice to Delhi Police on bail pleas of Umar, Sharjeel, Gulfisha and two others
Heart and Soul
Heart and Soul
Abiha Zaidi
5 min read
‘We are secular, State can’t distinguish’: Supreme Court dismisses plea against Karnataka govt.’s invite to Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate Dasara Festival
At NUJS Kolkata, student exasperation with Vice Chancellor accused of sexual harassment reaches a crescendo
How the Social Justice Ministry’s retrospective rules jeopardise PhD fellowships of Scheduled Caste students
Why India needs to fill the legal vacuum on social media shadow banning
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Supreme Court to hear plea against Karnataka government inviting Booker Prize Winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the Dasara Festival
‘Farmers are important, we eat because of them. But the environment, too, has to be protected,’ SC presses for punitive measures against stubble burning
Supreme Court transfers petitions before HCs challenging “anti-conversion” laws to itself, seeks response from Centre, seven states
The many difficulties with legal AI chatbots
Supreme Court refuses to stay Waqf (Amendment) Act in entirety; puts on hold key provisions, including five year practising Muslim requirement to create Waqf
Bihar electoral rolls: Supreme Court declines to modify order allowing Aadhaar as identity proof in Bihar SIR
Supreme Court to pronounce interim order on Waqf (Amendment) Act on September 15
In Odisha’s courts, bail conditions reek of caste discrimination
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“If citizens living in Delhi-NCR are entitled to pollution-free air, why not in the rest of the country?”: CJI Gavai
'Stop Snapping!'
'Stop Snapping!'
Raju Z Moray
1 min read
Delhi riots larger conspiracy case: SC to hear on September 19 pleas of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Gulfisha Fatima for bail
The National Fellowship for Scheduled Castes has been warped in ‘bureaucratic casteism’. The Supreme Court-formed-NTF must take note.
Presidential Reference | Supreme Court cannot sit idle if an organ does not discharge its function, asserts CJI Gavai
Karnataka’s new Devadasi Bill ushers an era of legal precarity for the gender diverse Jogappa community
Presidential Reference | Supreme Court refers to happenings in Nepal; Centre opposes timelines for President, Governors on Bills
What will it take for India to finally innovate a legal regime for its heat-stressed outdoor workers?
“Vimukta children continue to be criminalised, face barriers to education access”, notes Justice Anjana Prakash at CPA Project’s lecture
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