Friday, April 19, 2024

Topic: Terror laws

(Re)visiting the origins of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act

In his essay “Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty,” the German political theorist Carl Schmitt elaborates on the concept of a...

UP: Two Muslim men arrested over “al-Qaeda module” gets bail after 597 days

Allahabad High Court Thursday has granted bail to two Muslim men, Mohd Mustaqeem and Mohammad Shakeel, who were arrested in connection with a pressure cooker bomb case in Lucknow. They had been held in custody for 597 days prior to being granted bail.

Today, I have no faith in judiciary: Veteran lawyer Kamini Jaiswal

Jaiswal is a member of the Committee on Judicial Accountability which is a group of eminent lawyers of India who work to improve the accountability of judges. In July, the veteran lawyer spoke with Maktoob's Shaheen Abdulla about the depleting trust among law fraternity to access justice.