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Courts Must Quash Cases Filed To Silence Dissent, Not Tell Citizens What To Say: Former Supreme Court Judge

A former Supreme Court judge has said that constitutional courts must quash criminal cases filed merely to silence dissent and protect citizens' fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression.

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Is privacy a fundamental right? Nine judges. One unanimous answer.

In 2012, Justice K.S. Puttaswamy — a 91-year-old retired High Court judge — challenged Aadhaar: could the state collect every citizen's fingerprints and iris scans without a constitutional right to privacy standing guard? The government's reply in court: no such right exists.

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Two girls. One Facebook post. One law struck off the books.

Mumbai, 2012. After Bal Thackeray's death shut the city down, 21-year-old Shaheen posted a question about the shutdown — her friend Rinu simply 'liked' it. Both were arrested under Section 66A of the IT Act. A young law student, Shreya Singhal, took the law itself to the Supreme Court.

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The acquittal so shocking, it forced Parliament to rewrite India's r*pe law.

1972, Maharashtra. Mathura, a young tribal girl, was called to a police station at night and assaulted by two policemen inside it. The sessions court acquitted them. The High Court convicted. Then the Supreme Court acquitted them again.

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‘No Coercive Steps’ Means No Arrest, Not A Stay On Investigation: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has clarified that an interim order directing "no coercive steps" only protects an accused from arrest and does not prevent the investigating agency from continuing its investigation.

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Police refusing to register your FIR? This case made that illegal.

Uttar Pradesh, 2008. A father walked into a police station to report his minor daughter missing. The police delayed registering the FIR — and in a kidnapping, every lost hour matters. His petition reached a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court.

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Police CAN arrest you — but that doesn't mean they MAY.

Ghaziabad, 1994. Joginder Kumar, a 28-year-old lawyer, was called to the SSP's office 'for inquiries.' He was held for five days. No case, no magistrate, no word to his family. His brothers filed a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court to find him.

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The love-triangle murder that ended jury trials in India.

Bombay, 1959. Naval Commander K.M. Nanavati learned his wife Sylvia was having an affair with businessman Prem Ahuja. He drove to Ahuja's flat, confronted him, and shot him dead — then walked into a police station and surrendered.

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Why police MUST follow a checklist every single time they arrest you.

1986. D.K. Basu, a legal aid worker in West Bengal, read one custody-death report too many. He wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India asking a simple question: who protects a person once the lock-up door closes? The Court turned his letter into a case.

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