Recent Highlights
All Stories for Fundamental Rights
By failing to curb Tushar Mehta's remarks against 'prophets of doom' who flagged migrant crisis, SC displays fallibility
Prarthana • 5 years agoMehta questioned the patriotism and credentials of those who attempted to draw attention to one of the most tragic humanitarian crises in post-Independent India and referred to them as "prophets of doom"
Nalini Balakumar's 'Free Kashmir' placard not an act of sedition; archaic law has no place in 21st Century India
Prarthana • 5 years agoFuture of Citizenship Amendment Act should be decided in Supreme Court; stoking violent unrest will take India down dark path to perdition
Suhit K Sen • 5 years agoAt a time, when violence is rocking the country and global stock of India as a liberal democracy is plummeting, it would appear that rather than incite trouble, the BJP should use conciliation as the way forward, and let the Supreme Court determine the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Act.
CAB protests in Assam: Authorities relax curfew in Guwahati from 9 am to 4 pm but offices remain shut
• 5 years agoThe curfew, imposed in Guwahati amid protests against the amended Citizenship Act, was relaxed on Saturday from 9 am to 4pm, police said
Citizenship Amendment Act protests: Internet ban in parts of North East tantamount to muzzling voices of dissent
Snehil Kunwar Singh • 5 years agoThe Citizenship Amendment Act seeks to amend, among other things, the criteria for illegal immigrants
Sabarimala temple row: SC to hear Kerala woman's plea next week; activist Bindu Ammini had earlier said she was stopped from entering shrine
• 5 years agoThe Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear next week the plea of a Kerala woman who was allegedly prevented from visiting the Sabarimala temple despite the apex court's verdict allowing entry of women of all age groups into the shrine
SC to hear next week plea of woman barred from entering Sabarimala temple despite apex court's nod allowing women of all age groups to visit shrine
• 5 years agoRecently a woman activist, Bindu Ammini, and one Fathima have been prevented from entering Sabarimala temple even after five-judge Constitution bench, by majority of four is to one, in its verdict delivered in September last year, had allowed girls, women of all age groups to visit Sabarimala in Kerala
GUJCOCA makes confessions to cops, intercepted conversations admissible in court; threatens checks and balances against government interference
Bhaskar Kumar • 5 years agoThe police should remember that confession may not always be a short cut to a solution.
SC seeks Centre's response on pleas challenging constitutional validity of Section 35, 36 of UAPA Act
• 6 years agoFormer Jammu and Kashmir interlocutor vouches for third party intervention in Valley, wants Centre to fulfil aspirations of people forthwith
Mm Ansari • 6 years agoThe government is however prepared for the long haul and would not relax its grip until a peaceful situation prevails, which is unlikely in the foreseeable future owing largely to lack of political engagement with mainstream political parties.