A Young Girl’s Brutal Murder, And An 18-Year Perseverance For Justice
About two decades ago, a couple from Kodagu in Karnataka, mired in poverty, sent their teenage daughter to work as a babysitter; unimaginable tragedy…
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How The High Courts in India Have Acted on Marital Rape Cases
In May 2024, the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that consent of the wife is immaterial; In March 2022, the Karnataka High Court ruled…
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‘Speak Up; Shut Down’
A few cops idled near the crime scene, when we arrived at Pappanad village, around 25 km from Thanjavur town, on August 24. It…
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NCRB Report Shows Surge In UAPA Cases; Pendency Of Investigation And Trial Point To Process Being Made The Punishment
The pendency in the investigation, the delay in filing charge sheets, and stringent bail conditions have resulted in many being unjustly held in prisons…
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Botched Prosecutions
A judgment for acquittal in the death of two Dalit sisters in Kerala highlights the state’s refusal to acknowledge its child abuse problem n…
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Attack on an Actor
The sexual assault on a South Indian star brings out the darker side of the Malayalam film industry On FEBRUARY 17TH, an actor in…
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A First for the Death Row
Two policemen in Kerala are sentenced to death for a custodial killing Policemen rolling a heavy iron rod over someone is an image that…
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Silencing The Media: The Alarming Trend Of UAPA Being Used Against Journalist
How draconian laws like the UAPA are being used to curtail free speech, writes Shahina K K, our senior editor, who is one among…
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The Promise To Repeal Sedition Nothing But Liberal Rhetoric
Repealing section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) does not guarantee the decriminalisation of dissent as other similar provisions continue to exist…
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Lives put on hold, UAPA accused in Kerala stare into the abyss
Forty-six-year-old Swapnesh Babu, a construction worker in Kerala’s Ernakulam, cannot go to work all days of the week. There are days when he is…
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