Supreme Court’s judgment setting aside NGT order for reopening Thoothukundi Sterlite copper plant is significant
ON February 18, 2019, the Supreme Court set aside the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order for re-opening Thoothukundi Sterlite copper...
No to social boycott, Orissa High Court’s ruling against socioeconomic ostracism
ON January 28, 2019, the Orissa High Court directed the State government to take immediate steps to curb the practice...
Student leader Veewon Thokchom’s arrest for ‘sedition’ over Facebook post on Citizenship Amendment Bill: Delhi High Court dismisses plea against transit remand
ON February 15, 2019, at around 05:30 pm, a combined special team of Delhi and Manipur Police arrested Veewon Thokchom, a former...
Booking 14 Aligarh Muslim University students for sedition shows how the State misuses an obsolete, unconstitutional law
THE blatant misuse of sedition law has once again come to fore, with 14 students from the prominent Aligarh Muslim...
Madras High Court holding over 50% deduction of Tamil Nadu prisoners’ wages as unconstitutional paves way for more prison reforms
THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court by its judgment dated February 1, 2019, held that "Rule 481 of...
Coastal Regulation Zone notification 2018: A grave assault on India’s coastlines
AT a time when the impacts of climate change are being felt on our coasts with increasing severity and frequency,...
Supreme Court reserves order on whether or not to admit Sabarimala review petitions | Read argument round-up
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court after hearing the Sabarimala review petitions today, February 6, 2019, reserved its...
Bombay High Court settling that an extramarital consensual gay relationship is not a criminal offence is a milestone
IN the first case of its kind, the Bombay High Court released a man who was booked on charges of...
Sedition and State Sanction: Why the Metropolitan Magistrate refused to accept charge-sheet by Delhi Police against JNU scholars Kanhaiya, Umar, Anirban
ON January 14, 2019, the Delhi Police filed a 1,200-page charge-sheet before the Patiala House Court against 10 people, including...
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