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Shaoni Das
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act And a Long Way to Justice
09 May 2022
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 [UAPA] on September 14, 2020 as an alleged conspirator of the 2020 Delhi riots.
Ankitha Putchala
Should India Reform its System of Imposing Fines for Offences?
07 Mar 2022
A fine is a financial penalty charged by authorities, mainly by the courts, for various kinds of offences.
Delhi Riots: Court Seeks Report on Umar Khalid Being Produced in Handcuffs
18 Feb 2022
According to law, an accused cannot be put in handcuffs without a specific order in this regard.
Paras Nath Singh
Marital Rape Exception Allows Absurdity to Prevail, Argues Amicus Curiae, Rebecca John, Before Delhi HC
20 Jan 2022
John thus submitted that the underlying immunity in Exception 1 is the consent and so is the case with Exception 2 as well.
Paras Nath Singh
Challenge to Exception to Marital Rape: Burden is on the Centre to Explain its Rationale, Amicus Curiae Tells Delhi HC
19 Jan 2022
The Domestic Violence Act will also apply in such cases and the husband does not get immunity.
Paras Nath Singh
Marital Rape Exception: Foundation of Consent is Right to Bodily Integrity, Argues Amicus Curiae Before Delhi HC
18 Jan 2022
The object of the act is to criminalise a sexual act done by a man against the will of the woman.
Gauri Anand, Hinduja Verma
Bulli Bai and Cyber Violence: a Symptom of Power Imbalance
06 Jan 2022
In all instances, outspoken women from mostly Muslim backgrounds have been listed, and their pictures morphed.
The Leaflet
SC Stays FIRs Filed by Tripura Police Against HW News Network and its Journalists
09 Dec 2021
The journalists were called again on December 2 for interrogation.
V. Venkatesan
Normalising Extrajudicial Killings in UP: How Absence of FIRs Against the Police Resulted in Destruction of Evidence
02 Nov 2021
People’s Watch (PW), one of India’s leading human rights organisations, seeks to hold the State accountable for human rights violations and advance a human rights culture in society
Tushar Gandhi
Sedition Law: an Imperial Legacy, and a Weapon of Intimidation and Subjugation by the Regime
04 Oct 2021
Recalling Gandhi’s defence during his 1992 sedition trial