Topic: Justice

Many Muslim women artists across the country are using their platforms calling out the repression that the government is committed to pursue. Safoora Zargar, an M.Phil student from Jamia Millia Islamia and 21 weeks pregnant has been behind bars for five months, that too amidst a pandemic

The Order passed on Thursday by a District and Sessions Judge at Patiala House, New Delhi, denying bail to Safoora Zargar, an accused in what has colloquially come to be known as the “Delhi riots case”, is a deeply disturbing one.

The case also reveals another heinous attempt and ruthlessness of Delhi Police where they arrayed innocent Muslims as accused in the cases registered on behalf of violence against Muslims.

"Justice being even sat at the court at 1 am regarding the medical support to the relief areas should be addressed as the epitome of people's judge," she told Maktoob.

When I walked into Supreme Court on 9thNovember 2019, as a young Muslim lawyer to witness the judgment of Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid Case, I very well knew that the judgement would be in favour of Hindu parties, but the factor that shocked me was the absence of a dissenting opinion in the judgment.

This article endeavor to discuss the fundamental question whether the ‘The Manipur Protection from Mob Violence Act, 2018’,(Hereinafter ‘Act’)is model for the effective legal tool against the increasing mob violence in India.