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"Suspension of all norms of justice and gross violation of human and civil rights represents a state of undeclared emergency in India," the statement reads.

When India's judges are impatient with any degree of confrontation with the state, even in the most ordered form that entails petitions before superior courts, how would they react to citizens demanding higher accountability and transparency, from institutions through political demonstrations on the streets?

The court's order also said that the police must seek prior permission of the court to produce an undertrial in handcuffs, failing which the officers who did so will be liable to face action.

As India recalled the 1975 June day when Indira Gandhi's police hauled dozens of Opposition politicians and journalists to jail, in a stark reminder, on the same day, India again saw state power bearing down on an individual citizen.

Among South Asian countries, only Pakistan had performed worse than India on protecting 'quality of life' rights.

Right-wing supporters of Nupur Sharma defend her right to free speech, but even now, they know that the world has taken note of growing Islamophobia in India, and this might deepen India's diplomatic crisis. So how much is too much today?

Your weekly dose of all the insanity that passes off as news on TV.

Asaduddin Owaisi slammed Yogi Adityanath after the government demolished the homes of the accused in Prayagraj clashes that had erupted against the remarks made by Nupur Sharma.

The taglines of these shows ‘gave an impression that the accused had already been declared guilty,’ the NBDSA said.

Other headlines: Rahul Gandhi was summoned by the ED again on Friday, and Mumbai recorded the highest daily coronavirus cases in nearly five months.