Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal announces a ₹1 crore legal aid fund for students booked during the NEET protest movement, urging lawyers nationwide to provide legal assistance as CJP launches a support platform.
Read Full ArticleCentre cites new Nandan Nilekani-led task force on NTA reform as Supreme Court folds NEET CBT transition plea into pending structural-reform petitions. Supreme Court defers RJD MP Sudhakar Singh's plea on shifting NEET to computer-based testing, clubbing it with NTA reform petitions listed for Monday.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has observed that the right to peaceful protest is constitutionally guaranteed and that "mere agitation" cannot be a ground for police excesses or lathi-charges. While hearing petitions against the crackdown on student protesters, the Supreme Court emphasized the need for "self-evolved discipline" in a democracy and proposed the formulation of a uniformed nationwide protocol to handle public demonstrations across India.
The Centre has constituted a high-powered task force headed by Nandan Nilekani to recommend reforms to the national examination system following the NEET controversy.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on July 25, 2026, the first resignation under public pressure in Narendra Modi's entire prime ministership, submitting his letter to PM Modi at 2:18 PM after 53 days of CJP protests, citing the need to prevent "anti-national forces" from exploiting national disunity.
Delhi HC disposes PIL against CJP protesters, says SC-mandated mechanism exists, directs plea to concerned authorities. Court declines to order criminal action over July 20 Jantar Mantar violence, ask...
The Union Cabinet has approved a bill to strengthen the anti-paper leak law by raising fines to ₹10 crore, enhancing minimum jail terms, expanding coverage to state exams, and introducing fast-track...
PM Modi announces fast-track courts for NEET paper leak cases as Parliament prepares to debate the ongoing controversy and student protests.
On July 21, Mallikarjun Kharge's 84th birthday,, Congress leaders marched from Kharge's residence to PM Modi's home at Lok Kalyan Marg over the NEET row. Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and Akhilesh Ya...
The Supreme Court Bar Association has passed a formal resolution on July 22, 2026 strongly condemning what it describes as a brutal and disproportionate lathi charge on peaceful student protesters, no...
CJI Surya Kant declined to view video evidence at the mentioning stage of a plea on CJP protest police action. Here's what "urgent listing" actually means in law.
Delhi HC to hear PILs on alleged police brutality at Jantar Mantar's CJP protest. A look at the proportionality doctrine, key precedents, and the limits of "just following orders."
US Embassy issued a demonstration alert for New Delhi ahead of July 20-21 protests. Here's what the advisory said and why it sparked debate.
The Delhi High Court has ordered Sonam Wangchuk's immediate transfer from Safdarjung to Medanta Hospital, holding that the right to choose one's hospital is protected under Article 21. His phone had b...
Parliament's Monsoon Session opened amid protests, lathi charges, detentions, metro closures, and political turmoil. Here's the complete timeline.
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