Supreme Court compounds a Kerala High Court error by refusing to apply workplace sexual harassment law (POSH) to political parties—leaving women in politics without legal protection to “any woman” at “any workplace”, writes Surbhi Karwa 🧵 1/6 article-14.com/post/-any-wo...

Courts often cite risk of “misuse” in women’s rights laws, but without data. An unsuccessful complaint ≠ a false one. Law addresses malicious cases—yet the #SupremeCourt has denied women in politics its protections, writes Surbhi Karwa article-14.com/post/-any-wo...

India’s workplace sexual-harassment law POSH defines ‘employee’ broadly, covering volunteers, interns & unpaid staff. Political parties employ researchers, media & office staff. Yet courts ruled that law does not apply to them, writes Surbhi Karwa article-14.com/post/-any-wo...

By refusing to overturn a Kerala HC ruling, #SupremeCourt has excluded political parties from India’s workplace sexual harassment law. Women in party offices don’t get protection guaranteed to “any woman” at “any workplace”, writes Surbhi Karwa article-14.com/post/-any-wo...

Political representation of women in India among lowest globally—15% in Parliament & <10% in many state assemblies. Excluding political parties from workplace sexual harassment law (POSH) weakens safeguards for women in politics, writes Surbhi Karwa article-14.com/post/-any-wo...

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Fraudulent additions of bogus electors, targeted deletions of legitimate ones, intimidation on polling day & manipulation of counts—3 broad forms of “vote chori” alleged across #India in recent years, calling into question India’s electoral integrity, writes Aniket Aga article-14.com/post/bihar-s...

Bihar’s surge of half a million voters in Sept 2025 is the latest doubt cast over #India’s electoral integrity. From bogus additions to deletions, intimidation to manipulated counts, evidence grows of systematic vulnerabilities, writes Aniket Aga 🧵 1/6 article-14.com/post/bihar-s...

After The Reporters' Collective revealed repeated attempts to wrongfully delete about 80,000 #Muslim voters in Bihar’s Dhaka constituency—where #BJP won in 2020 by 10,114 votes—ECI took no action. Aniket Aga on growing threats to #India’s electoral integrity article-14.com/post/bihar-s...

Between 1 & 30 Sept 2025, nearly half a million new voters were added in #Bihar to a list declared “final.” With no explanation from @ECISVEEP, the surge raises concerns of manipulation in a state where electoral margins are often razor thin, writes Aniket Aga article-14.com/post/bihar-s...

With mounting evidence of fraudulent additions, deletions & thwarted investigations, the foundation of Indian democracy—the principle of one person, one vote—is under question, as elections loom in 5 states over next 7 months, writes Aniket Aga #ECI article-14.com/post/bihar-s...

Beyond the now-routine horrors—a lynching here, a verbal/psychological assault there—recent events show Islamophobia in India is no longer just violent or discriminatory. It's starting to resemble apartheid. @betwasharma.bsky.social writes Subscribe to read our edit article-14.com/subscribe

In India, the new stated aim is to separate Hindus from Muslims, with the latter meant to be consigned to a twilight zone of second-class citizenship. @betwasharma.bsky.social writes that Islamophobia in India is starting to resemble apartheid. To read, subscribe article-14.com/subscribe

Islamophobia in India is no longer just violent or discriminatory. With rising economic & social boycotts of Muslims, state silence, police often victimising victims, it's starting to resemble apartheid @betwasharma.bsky.social writes Subscribe to read our edit note article-14.com/subscribe

“Completely boycott Muslims” “Those who support a jihadi mindset go back.” Slogans in an Indore garment market as #Islamophobia in MP reaches #apartheid-like levels. Purge of #Muslim traders violates 4 Constitutional provisions, reports Kashif Kakvi article-14.com/post/as-isla...

“It’s like the sky has fallen upon us" "No notice, no warning, just gone" "We have no place to go and complain" A campaign to expel #Muslim traders in Indore shows how unchecked #Islamophobia in MP has reached apartheid-like levels. Kashif Kakvi reports article-14.com/post/as-isla...

Aklavya Gaur, #BJP Indore VP, known for targeting Muslims—from comedian Munawar Faruqui in 2021 to now enforcing a Muslim boycott in the city's garment market—faces no action from MP police, as #Islamophobia reaches apartheid-like levels. Kashif Kakvi reports article-14.com/post/as-isla...

"He is a good man. He was crying when we were vacating" Amid an #Islamophobic campaign to purge Muslims from Indore’s garment market, a #Muslim trader recalls how his #Hindu landlord wept as he was forced to evict him & his Hindu business partner. Kashif Kakvi reports article-14.com/post/as-isla...

"I chose eviction over betrayal" Amid a hate campaign to purge Muslims from Indore’s garment market, a Hindu trader was evicted for refusing to abandon his Muslim partner. Despite loans, EMIs & salaries, they’re rebuilding together. Kashif Kakvi reports article-14.com/post/as-isla...

"Restore what was taken—not by failure, but by hate" A #Hindu trader’s prayer to Durga this #Navratri after Hindu extremists forced his eviction for working with a #Muslim, amid a campaign to purge Muslims from Indore’s garment market Kashif Kakvi reports article-14.com/post/as-isla...

“What does the govt want? That our kids become trash collectors?” Mohammad Arif, a #Rohingya refugee in #Jammu, was denied admission for his son & daughter. Authorities said he needs #Aadhaar card, other documents. Basharat Amin reports article-14.com/post/despite...

The #RightToEducation Act, 2009 & Article 21A guarantee schooling for all aged 6–14. #SupremeCourt says refugee children can’t be kept out of school. For #Rohingya children of families who fled to Jammu 20 yrs ago, these protections are only on paper. article-14.com/post/despite...

Much like half of the world’s 14.8 million refugee children who are out of school, in #Jammu, #Rohingya children are refused admission to schools despite a #SupremeCourt order forbidding such discrimination, legal & Constitutional provisions, reports Basharat Amin article-14.com/post/despite...

In Feb 2025, #SupremeCourt said no discrimination or citizenship requirement in school admissions, but school authorities in #Jammu demand #Aadhaar, other documents to keep thousands of #Rohingya children out of class, reports Basharat Amin article-14.com/post/despite...

In Narwal, #Jammu, nearly 3,000 #Rohingya children spend their days collecting scrap or working in shops, barred from classrooms despite India’s Right to Education Act, #SupremeCourt orders & Constitutional guarantees. Basharat Amin reports article-14.com/post/despite...

In The Lallantop interview last week, ex-CJI D Y Chandrachud contested @betwasharma.bsky.social’s reporting on #UmarKhalid’s bail denial—without explaining why judges ignore legal precedent & favour govt in a case with scant evidence article-14.com/post/calling...

Contesting @betwasharma.bsky.social's reporting on Umar Khalid’s 5 years in jail without bail/trial, ex-CJI DY Chandrachud deflected again—dodging why judges ignored civil liberties precedents in a weak case meant to criminalise dissent & keep Muslim activists jailed article-14.com/post/calling...

“Times are tough. I don’t want any unnecessary attention” In Snigdhendu Bhattacharya’s #fieldNotes, fear of citizenship checks grips W Bengal’s border districts. Requests for personal details/photo/documents are met with silence, suspicion or outright refusal article14.substack.com/p/field-note...

Contesting @betwasharma.bsky.social's reporting on denial of bail for Umar Khalid this week, former CJI obfuscated and dodged the main issue: judges blatantly ignore legal precedent to serve a govt stance that criminalises free speech, dissent To read, subscribe article-14.com/subscribe

The #SupremeCourt’s recent Waqf judgement reveals a pattern of deference & its mechanism: it will police the clear-cut mechanics of the Constitution, but it is no longer in the business of second-guessing the will of the govt, write Deepanshu Mohan & Aman Chain article-14.com/post/how-the...

The #SupremeCourt’s recent #Waqf judgement is similar to its refusal to stay #India’s new criminal codes & the law giving govt control over appt of CEC reveal a pattern—procedure is questioned, executive power prevails, write Deepanshu Mohan & Aman Chain article-14.com/post/how-the...

By refereeing procedures & refusing to question legislative intent, the #SupremeCourt’s Waqf order cements a doctrine where legislative narratives are unchallenged, only procedures face scrutiny & courts defer to govt, write Deepanshu Mohan & Aman Chain article-14.com/post/how-the...

Courts across India have rebuked the #EnforcementDirectorate for illegal arrests, coercive interrogations, political bias, violations of basic rights, exceeding legal authority Saurav Das’ review of 20 cases over 3 yrs revealed👇 1/n article-14.com/post/-crossi...

Our review of courts’ remarks/orders in 20 ED cases in last 3 yrs shows a pattern: illegal arrests, coercive interrogations & political bias, violations of basic rights, exceeding legal authority. Last month, the CJ warned the agency it was “crossing all limits” article-14.com/post/-crossi...

From illegal arrests to weaponised investigations, judges over 4 yrs have rebuked the Enforcement Directorate. As the SC reconsiders its own 2022 ruling that gave the supposedly independent agency sweeping powers, Saurav Das’ review of 20 cases article-14.com/post/-crossi...

-Violating the right to sleep -Politically skewed probes -Coercive interrogations -Exceeding legal authority Saurav Das’ review of 20 cases since 2021 shows why courts say the #EnforcementDirectorate is—as Chief Justice B R Gavai put it—“crossing all limits” article-14.com/post/-crossi...

Across #WestBengal’s border districts, anxious residents—the majority Muslim—are racing to fix errors on voter IDs, Aadhaar & birth certificates, as migrant crackdowns & voter roll revisions threaten to strip them of rights & citizenship Full Story Here: article-14.com/post/west-be...

The #SupremeCourt ordered ECI to accept #Aadhaar for voter checks. But in 8 #WestBengal border districts, thousands of anxious residents queue for birth certificates & land papers, unsure if that order will hold, reports Snigdhendu Bhattacharya article-14.com/post/west-be...

Thousands, particularly panicked #Muslims, in Bengal’s border regions queue for affidavits & document corrections, as #Modi govt policies & coming revision of voter rolls make errors less forgivable—and daily survival more insecure, Snigdhendu Bhattacharya reports article-14.com/post/west-be...

“Who knew, a dead person’s voter ID card would be so important one day?” Shopkeeper Md. Safiullah Ansari from a #WestBengal border village, as thousands rush to trace old papers to avoid losing voting rights, citizenship or getting detained. Full Story Here: article-14.com/post/west-be...

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In 8 #WestBengal border districts, #Muslims fear that even a small mismatch in paperwork could mean detention or loss of citizenship. Govt offices are overwhelmed, as stories of forced deportation & rejected birth certificates spread, reports Snigdhendu Bhattacharya article-14.com/post/west-be...

After chaos over revision of voter rolls in #Bihar, a glimpse of what is in store for #India is unfolding in #WestBengal, where thousands are digging up old papers, lining up for corrections or new papers at overwhelmed govt offices, reports Snigdhendu Bhattacharya article-14.com/post/west-be...

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When #UmarKhalid returns to the #SupremeCourt tomorrow for bail, his plea will be decided by the very judge whose 2024 “jail, not bail” ruling under #India’s anti-terror law, UAPA, shaped his denial in the Delhi High Court. @betwasharma.bsky.social reports article-14.com/post/supreme...

“Bail is the exception & jail the rule” Justice Aravind Kumar’s 2024 interpretation of #India’s anti-terror law now takes centre stage in #Umar Khalid’s bail appeal tomorrow. What happens could set precedent for many UAPA cases, reports @betwasharma.bsky.social article-14.com/post/supreme...

Umar Khalid's bail plea is before the SC judge who ruled “jail, not bail” in terror cases, even with long detention & trial delays. This view shaped Delhi HC’s denial of bail, breaking from precedents that upheld life & liberty, reports @betwasharma.bsky.social article-14.com/post/supreme...

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On 9 Sept, Assam govt approved a new plan, using a 75-yr-old law, to allow district officials to identify, detain & expel suspected ‘illegal migrants’ overnight. Angshuman Choudhury writes on extrajudicial model of mass disenfranchisement that could go national 1/6 article-14.com/post/assam-s...

Assam’s new plan to let officials expel “illegal migrants” in 24 hrs signals a rejection of India’s judicial norms. Citizenship will be decided not in courts but by DCs, a dangerous precedent being set for the entire country, writes Angshuman Choudhury article-14.com/post/assam-s...