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At a time when myriad questions are being raised regarding the deteriorating law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh, fresh clashes have resulted in the death of one person and injuring several after Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati’s public meeting in Saharanpur district’s Shabbirpur village. A total of 24 people have been reportedly injured in what victims say has been caused largely by “Rajputs” or upper caste Hindus in the region. While it is not clear if all of the 24 injured belong to the Dalit community, The Indian Express reports that 13 injured in the fresh clashes were from the minority community, with at least one from the Muslim community. The spiralling caste-based violence in the region has increased due to high “political undercurrents” and inaction by police, despit...

On 8 December, the Allahabad High Court used strong words against the practice of triple talaq, describing it as “unconstitutional” and a violation of the rights of Muslim women, but such strong words do not mean anything practically and certainly do not settle the issue in law. More on that later, but first the court's observation should be welcomed because it is significant insofar as it strengthens women's rights movement in the country; sends a strong warning to Islamic clerics that time for them to change is now; denotes a pro-liberty shift in the higher judiciary's thinking, and offers a bright ray of hope to Muslim women who are rendered destitute overnight by triple talaq. The court observed: “The instant divorce (triple talaq) though has been deprecated and not followed by all se...

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1 killed, 24 injured after Mayawati’s rally in Saharanpur

Triple Talaq violates Fundamental Right: which is why Supreme Court should rule against it