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Under the guise of transparency, the proposed bill introduces “automatic cessation” and a “Designated Authority” to permanently confiscate schools, hospitals, and land built by minority organizations to serve marginalized communities.
By replacing jail sentences with financial penalties, the state officially concedes that for giant conglomerates, breaking the law is simply another line item on the balance sheet.
India’s new law replaces the constitutional right to self-identification with a medical board’s verdict, turning personhood into a permit.
By demanding the resignation of officials who treat worship as an inherent threat, the Allahabad High Court has exposed the deepening rot of selective administrative intimidation.
A landmark decision allowing the withdrawal of life support for a man in a 13-year vegetative state is a triumph of compassion—but it exposes the paralyzing absence of federal action.
By ruling that parental income alone cannot exclude OBC candidates, the Supreme Court has corrected decades of hostile discrimination within India’s reservation framework.
A chapter on judicial corruption in an NCERT school book provoked a blanket ban, contempt notices, and a constitutional confrontation that tells us more about institutional insecurity than about protecting children.
The NCCI’s PIL challenges anti-conversion laws in 12 Indian states, arguing they criminalize voluntary faith. The Supreme Court’s response could reshape religious freedom in India.