The Allahabad High Court has ruled that glorifying caste is against the spirit of the Constitution and can even be seen as anti-national. Justice Vinod Diwakar, while giving the decision, said that real patriotism comes from respecting the Constitution and its values, not from boasting about caste or family background. The Court noted that in…
By Kenneth Tiven The Donald Trump administration has just ratcheted up a multi-faceted attack on America’s mainstream media using the assassination of his right-wing supporter Charlie Kirk as the rationale. First, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, appearing on a right-wing podcast, personally threatened ABC Television with drastic actions over a remark by talk…
The Delhi High Court was informed by Yasin Malik that six successive governments,ranging from that of V. P. Singh to Manmohan Singh, engaged him to play a role in seeking a settlement of the Kashmir issue. He also asserted that in 2006, at the behest of the then-Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau, V. K….
The Supreme Court of India, in its recent order, has declined to consider the plea filed by P. Varavara Rao, an 85-year-old poet and activist facing prosecution under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the Bhima Koregaon case, seeking modification of one of the conditions imposed upon his medical bail. The condition in question mandates…
A tribunal constituted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, presided over by Justice Sachin Datta of the Delhi High Court, has upheld the Central Government’s notification declaring the Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeem (JKIM) as an “unlawful association.” The government notification, issued on March 11, 2025, under Section 3(1) of the Act, was subjected…
The Supreme Court has again delayed hearing the bail applications of former JNU students Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, along with three other accused, in the case connected to the alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. On Friday, the matter came up before a bench consisting of Justices Aravind Kumar and Manmohan. However,…
The Supreme Court of India recently declined to stay the Madras High Court’s judgment that quashed a Tamil Nadu government order permitting the construction of marriage halls using funds from five temples. The original government order had authorized the use of surplus temple funds for building marriage halls, but the High Court held that this…
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai has addressed the controversy surrounding remarks he made during the hearing of a petition concerning the restoration of a damaged idol of Lord Vishnu in the Javari Temple at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh. The petition had sought directions from the Supreme Court to restore and reinstall the beheaded idol, which…
A Delhi court has overturned a gag order that had restrained journalists Ravi Nair, Abir Dasgupta, Ayaskant Das, and Ayush Joshi from publishing allegedly defamatory content about Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL). The order, issued by a sessions court, was challenged on the grounds that it was passed without granting the journalists an opportunity to be…
The Kerala High Court recently dealt with a public interest litigation questioning the legality of the cover of Arundhati Roy’s book Mother Mary Comes to Me, which features the author smoking a bidi. The petitioner contended that the depiction amounted to a violation of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation…