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Islamabad, April 4 – Human rights lawyers and advocates have sharply criticised the recent ruling by Pakistan's Federal Constitutional Court, which upheld the marriage of a minor Christian girl, Maria Shahbaz, to a Muslim man accused of kidnapping her, while rejecting a habeas corpus petition...

New Delhi, March 27 The Delhi High Court has stayed the eviction of the Delhi Race Club and the Indian Polo Association from their historic premises.Justice Mini Pushkarna, in two separate orders passed on March 25, restrained the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs from taking...

Ranchi, March 26 – The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday expressed serious concern over the 437 deaths reported in judicial and police custody across the state since 2018, highlighting major gaps in mandatory judicial investigations.This figure was disclosed in an affidavit filed by Vandana...

Islamabad, March 20 – The Human Rights Council (HRC) of Pakistan strongly condemned the recent actions taken by the country's National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) against senior Pakistani journalist Nadir Khan, describing it as a direct attack on press freedom and an attempt to...

Washington, March 17 – The US Republican party has advanced two bills focused on immigration that would tighten deportation rules for fraud and for crimes involving harm to law enforcement animals, strengthening enforcement measures and expanding grounds for removal.The House Rules Committee...

Washington, March 8 – A series of federal court rulings across the United States this week have ordered the release or bond hearings for at least 15 Indian nationals held in immigration detention, with judges finding that authorities violated constitutional due process protections by detaining...

Dhaka: As Bangladesh seeks to return to normalcy following the Muhammad Yunus era, thousands of students associated with the Bangladesh Students’ League who have been expelled without due process are waiting to return to their universities.Education should not be a casualty of political...

Washington, February 27 – This week, federal courts across the United States have ordered bond hearings or immediate release for several Indian nationals held in immigration detention.The rulings came from district courts in California, Michigan, New York, and Oklahoma. Judges said that...

Panaji, February 26 The Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Thursday expressed concern over what it termed as policy inconsistency and uncertainty in administrative decisions in the state, warning that any rollback of legally granted approvals could adversely impact investor...

Washington, February 26 – The Trump administration's effort to expedite deportations to third countries hit a legal snag after a US appeals court refused to suspend a lower court order blocking the policy.The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston on Wednesday (local time) denied...

Islamabad, February 24 – Pakistan's history demonstrates that political imprisonment is a recurring tool of power used by both civilians and dictators, and is often justified in the name of accountability or national security. While the names of Pakistani leaders who have been imprisoned have...

Quetta, February 22 – The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a human rights body, has strongly condemned the alarming surge in extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and staged "fake encounters" across Balochistan during February.In its latest report, the BYC confirmed that 19...

Jodhpur, February 21 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Saturday that "the law cannot remain a fortress erected to protect society from arbitrary actions," and called on young lawyers to make it a "forum" where differences are debated, rights are articulated, and power is reasoned with...

A senior official from the Maharashtra government has been removed after his name was linked to the alleged hasty granting of minority status to 75 educational institutions following the death of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, according to a Government Resolution dated February 17, 2026. The...