Anil

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Q. Why is CEC Gyanesh Kumar the only Indian with lifelong blanket legal immunity?

A. Because PM Modi uses him to steal elections.

[cheena garg @cheenagarg2]

Md. Rafi and Kishore Kumar singing bane chahe dushman zamana hamara

[Bar and Bench @barandbench]

Lawyers’ Association for Constitution writes to CJI Surya Kant raising concerns over the “out-of-turn” listing of a plea arising from strictures against the Noida District Magistrate and the muting of live proceedings during its hearing

The letter flags that the petitioner, a public servant, is the daughter of the Chief Election Commissioner of India and alleges that the matter was specially assigned to a particular Bench despite the prevailing roster

@MedhaRoopam #SupremeCourt

[the reporters' collective @reporters_co]

Are you aware that voters are being bracketed into ‘general’ and ‘VIP’ voters in the Delhi SIR?

Our investigation cracked the BLOApp’s code to find that ECI has switched on a feature called “Mark VIP” which treats VIPs differently than ordinary citizens.
https://t.co/JcUqwsNyCP

[Anil @iamanilkumaar]

https://t.co/5g37Qbc9tg

[The Leaflet @TheLeaflet_in]

A Bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S. Chandurkar held that police cannot re-arrest an accused released for non-supply of grounds of arrest without a magistrate’s permission.

https://t.co/sUmJzmILSW

[Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹 Commentary @RoflGandhi_]

Indian Express: This communication, that letter, this date, that dissent, this matter, that sate, this order etc

NDTV: Bolo pencil, tumhari report cancel

[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before.

The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t.

HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside.

Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵
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[Indira Jaising @IJaising]

Read Anup Salve in the deadlock within Tata Sons and Tata Trust

What do you think ?
Should affirmative vetos continue ?

Will Tata Philanthropy suffer if they do not ?
No winners so far except lawyers !

https://t.co/GhCMgWIPB7

[narendramodi_in @narendramodi_in]

Never celebrated my birthday. This is a day I do not take any calls or meet any person. I try to avoid programes: Narendra Modi

[Unofficial Bhakt @BhaktUnofficial]

WTF is wrong with us? Is this how we treat a war veteran?
This man is a decorated hero who fought the historic Chat Wars at the Battle of Baghpat. And today, we make him stand in queues for some stupid government scheme...

[Bilal Kazantzaki 2.0 @Bilalfnd2]

The unspoken thing here is that the jaw drop is not actually due to the scale of the dust plume but specifically because it is happening in New York. The same video taken in Beirut or Tehran would never get the same reaction from the viewer.

[Arunima 🤟🥂 @arunima_3_5]

They f*cking put mobile jammers at the crash site in Delhi. The children were sending videos to get rescued, people were calling Blinkit ambulances...and they put jammers!!! We are living in an extended Black Mirror episode in this country! dystopian present continuous!

[The Leaflet @TheLeaflet_in]

As India celebrates it’s 80th Independence Day, @TheLeaflet brings eight writers, including a hunger-striking JNU scholar, senior journalists, academics, and a lawyer to examine what the student protests reveal about the state of Swaraj today.

When students took to the streets demanding accountability over NEET paper leaks, they faced lathi charges, tear gas, and pellets. Their struggles led to the resignation of the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. But as these writers argue, the real victory was bigger: a reclaiming of the right to resist itself.

Inside this issue:

[Rafiq Kathwari @brownpundit]

#Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah in #Kashmir, 1945.
Two photographs taken by my father, Ghulam Mohammed Kathwari, who knew Jinnah personally.
On #Pakistan_Independence_Day, I share them from our family archive—81 years after my father stood behind the camera.

[Mallikarjun Kharge @kharge]

मैं इस बात को राजनीतिक मुद्दा नहीं बनाना चाहता।

मैंने कभी किसी से यह नहीं कहा कि मैं दलित हूँ, मेरी रक्षा करो और न ही किसी के सामने गिड़गिड़ाया। मुझ में लड़ने की शक्ति है और मैं लड़ता हूँ।

लेकिन हल्द्वानी में स्टेज का शुद्धिकरण कर मुझे Untouchability का एहसास कराया गया और मेरा अपमान किया गया।

मेरी माँग है —

हल्द्वानी में जिन लोगों ने स्टेज का शुद्धिकरण किया, उन पर Untouchability Act के तहत केस दर्ज हो और उन्हें गिरफ्तार कर जेल भेजा जाएँ।

[Vaishna Roy @vaishnaroy]

Frontline's latest e-book on anti-caste music. With profiles of some brilliant performers, interviews, and pieces that look at how music becomes a liberation. Put together with passion and care by @ayesha_minhaz
Available on Amazon: https://t.co/svOMbJytAy

[the reporters' collective @reporters_co]

Unearthed: Recruitment Scam in JNU.

We cracked through the opaque recruitment system JNU Vice Chancellor has set up, to reveal how unqualified people are being hired to teach at India’s premier university.

@alokrajput781 reports

(Story in next tweet.)

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[newslaundry @newslaundry]

A truck full of stones appeared near the CJP protest at Jantar Mantar on July 20, prompting fears it could be used to frame protesters.

@ImAvdheshkumar traced it to a vehicle the Police had seized 4 days earlier after a crash that injured seven people.

https://t.co/5z52dbcgl4

[Cockroach Janta Party - CJP @Cockroachisback]

Instead of going after criminals, UP Police is wasting its time going after our volunteer Mohd Junaid who has been serving food and water to people.

Now they’re harassing him and his family in UP. Our team is in touch with him and we will never let them victimize him or his family.

It is no longer shocking how this govt responds to dissent, but we will not be intimidated by these cowards. Every illegal action of the Police will be challenged in courts.