MYSTERIOUS: Bilkis bano | Mind Blowing Facts

What happened in the Kolkata rape case that triggered doctors’ protests?

Doctors and activists demand the safeguarding of women and medical professionals after a trainee medic was murdered.

Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2024

Kharge targets Centre over unemployment, inflation and attempts to end reservation

PM should have condemned it when Bilkis Bano’s attackers were welcomed with garlands and sweets, Kharge adds

The Hindu · Feb 2, 2024

Reflecting on Bilkis Bano’s resilient pursuit of justice

The convicts in the Bilkis Bano case paint a disconcerting picture of India’s legal and penal systems, highlighting their inadequacies

The Hindu · Jan 26, 2024

Supreme Court to hear pleas by Bilkis Bano case convicts for more time to surrender

The Supreme Court agreed to hear pleas by three of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case seeking more time to surrender.

The Hindu · Jan 18, 2024

The laws around remission policy | Explained

An explainer by The Hindu on the Supreme Court judgment in the Bilkis Bano case and how remission laws work

The Hindu · Jan 10, 2024

Justice for Bilkis Bano, questions on remission

A blanket denial of remission for crime categories, rather than ensuring effective compliance with remission conditions, takes us towards a punishment framework that is retributive

The Hindu · Jan 9, 2024

Pushpa Amarnath stakes claim for Congress ticket from Chamarajanagar

State Mahila Congress chief Pushpa Amarnath has staked a claim for the party’s ticket from Chamarajanagar reserved Lok Sabha constituency during the coming elections.

The Hindu · Jan 9, 2024

Bilkis and the Buddha: What the BJP will never get past

She’s a saint, she’s a victim, she’s everything we need to know about hate wrapped up in one name, and she’s everything we need to learn about courage. All of this is us, hyperbole-hungry Indians, fattening ourselves on one or the other discourse. 

Newslaundry · Jan 9, 2024

PM has solved all problems from Kashmir to Kanyakumari: Kishan Reddy

PM has solved all problems from Kashmir to Kanyakumari: Kishan Reddy

The Hindu · Jan 9, 2024

Isn’t dissent the safety valve of democracy? A response to Siddhartha Dave

I’m a lay citizen who has never set foot in the Supreme Court, but has closely followed the judgements of all the courts, from the trial courts to the apex court, for three decades. I’m someone who has witnessed the transactions of courts played out in lawyers’ offices on a…

Newslaundry · Jan 9, 2024