Supreme Court Split: Bailing Tahir Hussain

The recent split verdict by the Supreme Court of India regarding former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor and current AIMIM MLA-hopeful Tahir Hussain’s plea for interim bail has drawn significant attention, particularly in the context of the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. Hussain, who is currently facing serious charges related to the 2020 Delhi riots, including…

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Anna University Sexual Assault Case: Botched Investigations and Political Connections

On December 23, 2024, a 19-year-old engineering student was allegedly assaulted on the Anna University campus in Chennai. The victim reported that she and her male friend were attacked by Gnanasekaran, a 37-year-old roadside vendor with a history of criminal offences, who threatened them and subsequently assaulted her. The case has sparked widespread outrage, leading…

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Umar Khalid’s Conditional Interim Bail

After languishing in prison for over four years, first with delayed chargesheet filing, then delayed trials, and in the interim multiple denied bails, Umar Khalid, the former student leader from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has been granted a seven-day interim bail by a Delhi court to attend a family wedding, marking a significant moment in…

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Above the Law(rence)

Lawrence Bishnoi, the notorious gangster currently incarcerated in Sabarmati Central Jail, is perhaps the most responsible man in India, taking responsibility for various high-profile killings and threats, both within the country, and across. Bishnoi has been on and off the public consciousness with recently resurfacing in the news following the murder of former Maharashtra minister…

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Supreme Court turns Sadhguru’s Saviour

India has had convoluted experiences with godmen. They enjoy devotions of large swathes of people in hinterlands and cities alike. Some of the infamous ones have been convicted leading to some scepticism about them while others tend to be significant vote swayers. Somewhere along these categories lie ‘Sadhguru’ Jaggi Vasudev. The recent developments surrounding the…

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Cow ‘Vigilantism’: Meat, Murders, and Muslims

The last weeks of August have been marred by an uptick in cases of cow vigilantism-related murders and assaults across India. Cow vigilantism has been a significant and contentious issue, particularly in recent years, marked by a notable increase in violent incidents involving self-proclaimed cow protectors. These groups, often linked to right-wing Hindu nationalist organisations,…

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