Simran Kaur

A recent central government report finds, abysmally, that registration of cases under the Protection of Civil Rights Act fell down to only 13 in 2022, as several states said they had ‘NIL’ information of the law’s implementation.

The petition filed by journalists including Saurav Das and Kunal Purohit sought to access reasoning that it performs quasi judicial functions, and its public scrutiny by the public was crucial.

A recent report has suggested that the SC stopped short of an in-house inquiry against Justice Yadav after the Rajya Sabha Secretariat claimed exclusive jurisdiction. A progressive lawyer’s body has now revived a long-stalled push to initiate enquiry and demand unconditional apology from the Allahabad HC judge.

Justice Chandurkar took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court on May 30. His momentous judgements range from the Kunal Kamra (2024) decision which ruled against government Fact-Checking Units, and a ruling on appointment of consumer forum members which upheld the separation of powers, to a controversial ruling on the Hijab ban.