Student protests over understaffed French lycées have spread nationwide since mid-September, with over 5,000 arrests, 87% minors, hundreds injured and 24 schools burned. PM Lecornu held a crisis meeting as the unrest, now in its fourth week, continues.
Read Full ArticleSupreme Court holds that cognizance was taken when the trial court found a prima facie case and issued process, not when it accepted a protest petition, and that the accused must be heard first under Section 223 BNSS.
The Allahabad High Court quashed the NSA detention of law student Akriti Chaudhary, holding that her continued incarceration violated Article 21 and ordering ₹5 lakh compensation recoverable from responsible officers.
Allahabad High Court grants bail to Himanshu Thakur in two Noida workers’ protest cases, citing absence of a specific role in mob violence and parity with a co-accused.
Bihar government tells Supreme Court an AK-47 was fired only into the air during July 25 NEET protests, with no protesters injured by those shots, while three others suffered pistol injuries elsewhere.
The Supreme Court clarified that states may withdraw FIRs against NEET protest students through the legal process and said 'criminal antecedents' refers only to grave and heinous offences.
India's Embassy in Washington rebuked the New York Times for using "Pakistani Kashmir" on July 29, the same day at least 30 people were killed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as security forces fired on ...
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. Whil...
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 2:1...
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...
BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra alleges anti-national elements have infiltrated recent student protests to destabilize India, urging intellectuals, lawyers and educators to guide students towards peac...
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...
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."
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