Context: On October 15, the Supreme Court held that the right to access and use the internet is a fundamental right of every individual, including children, irrespective of age.Key Principle: The Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Chandran emp...

Context: Actor Imran Khan, a U.S. citizen and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder, was directed to leave India after participating in a protest against the Chief Election Commissioner in Mumbai on October 10, 2025.The case raises concerns abou...

Context: In Jaskaran Jeet Singh Deol v. State of Punjab (September 2026), the Supreme Court held that an investigating agency seeking to re-arrest an accused whose earlier arrest was declared illegal for failure to provide written grounds of arrest m...

Context: Restrictions imposed in Delhi amid protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar have reignited debate over the right to peaceful assembly, preventive policing, prohibitory orders, detentions and proportiona...

Context: The Delhi Police detained over 5,000 protesters seeking the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner and rollback of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. On October 11, 2026, the Supreme Court directed the Centre an...

Context: A reported dispute within the Election Commission of India (ECI) over electoral-roll changes, voter additions/deletions and centralised data access has renewed debate over whether the right to vote should be elevated from a statutory to a fu...