The upper house of India’s Parliament gears up to welcome four respected nominees. Following a formal notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs, President...
The Supreme Court has ordered the immediate release of a Madhya Pradesh law student detained under the National Security Act (NSA), declaring the detention “wholly untenable.” The court found that the preventive detention lacked valid grounds under the NSA and involved serious procedural lapses, including the failure to forward the student’s representation to the state government. Despite having secured bail in all criminal cases against him, the student remained in custody solely under the NSA until the SC’s intervention.
The Supreme Court's decision to stay social media activist Wajahat Khan’s arrest in multiple FIRs despite acknowledging his hate-filled posts has triggered a debate on judicial consistency, especially when compared to the earlier arrest of influencer-law student Sharmistha Panoli. Both were accused of similar offences, yet while Panoli was arrested without pre-arrest relief or Supreme Court intervention, Khan received sweeping protection. The contrasting treatment has raised serious questions about double standards in the Indian judiciary.