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Decoding Places of Worship Act; Why is SC hesitant to uphold it?

By NAYAB GAUHAR / Maktoob Media In his autobiography ‘My Country, My Life’, L.K Advani wrote “an exhilarating period of my life” while describing the...

‘Religious conversion in Goa should stop or people will take law in hands’

By P N Sree Harsha / Siasat Panaji: Goa’s Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar said on Thursday that people will take law in their own hands if...

At RSS Meet, Uttarakhand CM Says State to Formulate Uniform Civil Code Soon

New Delhi: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said at a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh event recently that the state’s cabinet has approved the formation of a...

By Keeping Article 370 Matter Pending Indefinitely, the Supreme Court Is Embarrassing Itself

By Saaket Jain / The Wire While issuing notice last week to the Union government on a petition challenging the Delimitation Commission’s recommendations for Jammu...

Karnataka’s New Anti-Conversion Law Will Further Embolden Hindu Extremists Against Minorities

By ARVIND NARRAIN / Article14 Bengaluru: Karnataka’s new law against conversions criminalises key dimensions of what it is to be human—the impulse to charity, the...

Is Adityanath attempting a Modi-esque image makeover?

By Arunabh Saikia / Scroll In April, as protracted Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti celebrations marked by massive Hindutva groups-led processions triggered communal violence across the...

Modern-day incarnations of the infamous Rowlatt Act

By Aakar Patel / National Herald India The Supreme Court has put a stay on the sedition law, and the Union government has also said...

Hold The Celebrations: Supreme Court’s ‘Hopes & Expects’ Order Misses Opportunity To Judicially Review Sedition

Delhi: Over the last week, the country witnessed four sets of views that have a bearing on the future of sedition: the attorney general,...

Explainer: How the Sedition Law Has Been Used in the Modi Era

By Abhishek Hari / The Wire New Delhi: The law of sedition was created by the British government as a tool to deal with any harsh...