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Clearing the air on right to bail

The top court’s thrust on the importance of bail even under anti-terror laws has the potential to effect a structural shift in judicial doctrine that privileges the right to a fair trial over prolonged pretrial detention. (HT Archive)
Published on May 19, 2026, 8:37 PM IST

Testing times for social amity

The 1991 Places of Worship Act — which locks the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on August 15, 1947, except the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site — is as good as dead. (PTI)
Updated on May 17, 2026, 9:14 PM IST