The Delhi High Court bail order for Asif Tanha, Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita, in which the court said crimes that could be dealt w...
- The Delhi High Court bail order for Asif Tanha, Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita, in which the court said crimes that could be dealt with ordinary criminal laws cannot be brought under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, is a welcome effort to prevent civil liberties from being swallowed up by the black hole of state power, writes Pratap Bhanu Mehta in Indian Express.
- Given the march of law — both international and domestic — in the direction of expanding human rights, jurisprudence necessarily means that the provision of marriage rights to same-sex and queer couples is only a matter of time. Any further delay in doing so would fall foul of our constitutional guarantees, says Manuraj Shunmugasundaram in The Hindu.
- On the face of it, the two Union territories of Kashmir and Lakshadweep face different issues. But beneath the surface they may have more in common than the people of the two regions realise. What is happening in Lakshadweep with new draft laws introduced by its administrator appears to resemble what has been happening in Jammu and Kashmir at least since 2019, argues Tarushi Aswani in The Wire.
- Significant sections of voters do not see the removal of Narendra Modi or the defeat of Hindutva to “save the Republic” as...