Bharatiya Janata Party president J. P. Nadda has defended police action against protesters, arguing that maintaining law and order is a fundamental responsibility of any government and that enforcement measures should not automatically be viewed as an attack on democratic rights. Nadda’s remarks came amid a wider political debate over the handling of recent protests...
The Bombay High Court has raised significant questions over the legality of an externment order issued against an individual accused of shouting slogans against Union Home Minister Amit Shah. During the hearing, the court expressed concern over whether such allegations alone could legally justify the drastic administrative measure of externment, emphasizing the need for authorities...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday commemorated the anniversary of the Emergency imposed in India in 1975, describing the 21-month period as one of the darkest chapters in the nation’s democratic history. Recalling the events that unfolded between June 1975 and March 1977, the Prime Minister said the Emergency represented a direct assault on the...