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Civil liberties

  • Sonam Wangchuk case: Criticism of government does not threaten national security, activist tells SC

    Jan 29, 2026 · 04:39 pm
  • Bail is a right, but national security cases need scrutiny: Ex-CJI Chandrachud on Umar Khalid’s plea

    Jan 19, 2026 · 04:13 pm
  • HC questions UP Police for illegally detaining Hindu-Muslim couple due to ‘social pressure’

    Oct 19, 2025 · 12:17 pm
  • After raids, CBI files FIR against activist Harsh Mander for alleged FCRA violations

    Feb 02, 2024 · 09:44 am
  • How the Goondas Act in Uttar Pradesh is designed to crush dissent

    Oct 15, 2023 · 06:30 am
  • Preventive detention law can’t be invoked at ‘the drop of a hat’, SC tells Telangana government

    Sep 05, 2023 · 01:55 pm
  • Preventive detention laws are a colonial legacy, can give government arbitrary powers: Supreme Court

    Apr 11, 2023 · 04:44 pm
  • ‘Guilt by association’: How Supreme Court made it easy to jail people under UAPA

    Apr 07, 2023 · 06:30 am
  • No matter what you think of Arnab Goswami, ‘bail not jail’ should be the norm

    Nov 08, 2020 · 06:30 am
  • Adivasi rights activist Stan Swamy’s life and work demonstrate why the powerful want him silenced

    Oct 21, 2020 · 07:30 am
  • How Robert F Kennedy became an improbable liberal hero

    Jun 06, 2018 · 11:30 pm
  • Trump’s Muslim ban doesn't cover India, but Indians need to be concerned

    Feb 13, 2017 · 06:30 pm