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The Uttar Pradesh government has barred caste-based political rallies and public displays of caste-based signage, saying that they threaten public order and undermine constitutional values. The notice directed authorities to take action against those inciting divisions through such activities.

This came days after an Allahabad High Court order prohibited the declaration of caste in police documents and other records.

The state government’s directive said that the the names of both parents should be recorded on police documents instead. Exceptions can be made only when the law requires mentioning caste identities, such as crimes registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, it added.

Besides, vehicles with caste slogans or stickers will be penalised, the directive said. Read on.

The Supreme Court described as “unfortunate” media reports that insinuated that an error by a pilot may have caused the plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12 that killed 275 persons. The court issued notices seeking responses from the Centre, the director general of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and the head of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

The court was hearing a petition by an NGO seeking an independent and impartial investigation into the crash.

The petition criticised the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau for releasing an incomplete preliminary report, claiming that it omitted critical information such as the full digital flight data recorder output, complete cockpit voice recorder transcripts with timestamps and the electronic aircraft fault recording data.

It argued that the report prematurely absolved the aircraft manufacturer of responsibility. Read on.

The Supreme Court has issued notice seeking the Delhi Police’s stand on petitions filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima and Shifa Ur Rehman, who have been accused of being part of a “larger conspiracy” behind the 2020 Delhi riots. The matter will be heard next on October 7.

The petitioners’ counsel told the court that they have been in jail for over five years.

The petitioners have challenged the Delhi High Court’s September 2 judgment dismissing their bail applications.

The violence in 2020 had left 53 dead and hundreds injured. Most of those killed were Muslims.

The Delhi Police have claimed that the violence was part of a larger conspiracy to defame Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Read on.

The Supreme Court has verbally observed that the time has come to decriminalise defamation. The court made the comment while hearing a petition against summons issued to The Wire in a defamation case filed by Amita Singh, a former professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

The petition was filed by the Foundation for Independent Journalism, which owns The Wire.

Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita criminalises defamation, which replaced the earlier provision on the offence under Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code.

In India, the provision has been used by politicians, individuals and businesses against journalists, rivals and media companies. Most democratic countries provide for civil remedy against the offence. Read more.

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