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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Sparring in the Sansad: Assault or Diversion?

The Indian Parliament, the temple of the world’s largest democracy, is no stranger to the exchange of blows and jabs. Albeit one would expect these blows to be those of arguments and counterarguments and not the literal ones. The recent scuffle in the Indian Parliament involving Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and members of the Bharatiya…

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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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