News
Why India Needs Advocates, Not Just Lawyers
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (696+ words) India is producing lawyers at a remarkable pace. New law colleges continue to emerge, enrolments remain strong, and legal education is increasingly seen as a pathway to professional success. Yet beneath this expansion lies a troubling question: if the country…...
Families of Tiger-Attack Victims are Uniting for their Rights: Field Notes from the Sundarbans
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (616+ words) [Gita Mridha, Secretary, SBS at a legal awareness camp in Jharkhali, 12. 10. 2023] [Tiger victim families with applications before the Sundarban Tiger Reserve Office, Canning, 08. 01. 2024] [L-R: Saraswati Auliya, Sarojini Mondal and Gita Mridha at WB Commission for Women office, Kolkata, 02. 11. 2024) [West Bengal…...
Prison Population Explosion: How India's Justice System Criminalises Poverty
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1047+ words) Across India's prisons, hundreds of thousands of people wake up each morning not as convicts, but as undertrials. They have not been found guilty of the crimes they are accused of. Many have not even had their day in court....
NGT Takes Cognisance Of Alleged Illegal Encroachment Of Forest Land By Wonderla Water Park In Odisha
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (633+ words) Bhubaneswar, Odisha: The Hon'ble National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata has taken cognizance of serious allegations of illegal encroachment of forest land, unauthorized construction, tree felling and environmental violations by Wonderla Holidays Limited in Khordha district of Odisha....
Girijana Sangham of Srikakulam condemns the attack on tribal peasants of Billamaada village by land-grabbers backed by the State machinery
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (950+ words) Condemn the illegal, unconstitutional and criminal attack on the tribal poor of Billamada village, destruction of their agricultural lands by the revenue officials, police officers and land grabbers of Seethampet Mandal on 21-05-2026! In the case of these lands, Vegesna Venkatapathi…...
Hindutva Hoax of Vegetarian Hinduism
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1460+ words) [Allahabad High Court judegment delivered on May 15, 2026] [The New Indian Express, May 21, 2026] Of course, these zealots continue consuming curd as vegetarian dish despite the fact that latter is fundamentally a non-veg food! Only vegetarian menu of the banquet hosted by…...
The Empire Indicts Raul Castro, Foe of the Empire
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1736+ words) The Empire has indicted Former Cuban President Raul Castro. What is the charge against Raul Castro? Murder. Western news agencies including Reuters and new outlets including CNN report: The indictment by the Empire against Raul Castro, "returned in federal court…...
Lawyers Report Injuries, Sexual Humiliation and Severe Violence Against Abducted Gaza Flotilla Activists
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1590+ words) Occupied Palestine (QNN)- Hundreds of abducted Gaza flotilla participants reported extreme violence, sexual humiliation, and serious injuries after Israeli forces raided their boats, according to the legal rights group Adalah. Adalah lawyers said they visited Ashdod Port on Wednesday evening…...
Lawyers and Rights Groups Urge Supreme Court to Reaffirm Constitutional Environmental Protections
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1168+ words) To The Hon'ble Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi Sub: An appeal to withdraw unfair observations against environmental activists and grassroots communities and re-affirm constitutional values, in light of the recent Pipavav Port proceedings. As law…...
Supreme Court's highly welcome self-correction on bail helps the cause of democracy and justice
1+ week, 3+ day ago (443+ words) Beyond its immediate implications for raising hopes of justice for several under-trial prisoners, the self-correction by the learned judges raises hope for democracy as self-corrective capacities of democracies have been on the decline lately even in mature democracies of the…...