Delhi Police has denotified Jantar Mantar as the capital’s designated protest site, naming Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground and CBD Ground as replacements. The October 11 order follows weeks of CJP protests and precedes a Delhi High Court hearing challenging the move.
Read Full ArticleThe Delhi High Court Bar Association has asked its members to wear black ribbons while appearing in court on October 12, 2026, in solidarity with lawyers allegedly manhandled during a protest on October 10. The Association condemned the alleged illegal detention of lawyers and what it described as excessive and disproportionate police force.
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.
Supreme 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...
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