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If there is one common thread that runs through the six-month tenure of Chief Justice B.R. Gavai – which ends today – it is that he treated his Chief Justiceship as a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ story. If there was some long-standing precedent that he did not like, he used his powers as the master of the roster to overturn it…
‘A New Silence: SC’s Turn Toward Non-Interference in Hate Speech Cases’: The Court’s refusal to monitor rising hate-speech incidents marks a decisive shift from its earlier activist stance. Also: ‘Former Judges and Advocates Urge CJI to Uphold Rohingya Rights’.
Over the past decade, a series of ‘terrorism’ cases have crumbled. The ‘terror innocents’ who walk free only face a life of unfreedom.
From beautiful bride, to victim of marital rape, this is the story of Shanti, a 19-year-old Pakistani woman whose husband has been charged under the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act of 2013 (Pakistan).
The former Supreme Court judge says that the Supreme Court has erred and cannot be proud of its Kashmir judgement, in which it upheld the Union government’s move to read down Article 370.
A long look at 2023 and how the courts let India down.
In upholding the removal of J&K’s special status and its downgrading, the SC has imperilled the rights of States and weakened the limits on the Union’s power; Also: ‘The Last Pillar of Indian Democracy Has Fallen’; and: ‘The Supreme Court’s Article 370 Judgment Is Injustice Writ Large’.
‘The Supreme Court Never Fails to Disappoint’: For all its comments favouring the petitioners, it does not go against the government in its orders. ‘SC “Appears to Foster” Culture of Secrecy, Does Not Seek Electoral Bond Details from SBI’; ‘Decaying Institutions and Diminishing Democracy of the Indian Republic’.
Home Minister Amit Shah promised that the bills would overhaul our criminal justice system. However, the proposed reforms may be colonial in spirit too.
Dr Umar Khalid, who has been languishing in prison for his alleged seditious speech during the Delhi riots, completed 1,000 days in prison yesterday. A report from an event held to mark the day.
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