The View From India Newsletter

19 hours ago | thehindu.com | Purnima Sah

In response to a petition in the Bombay High Court on the safety of married and unmarried inter-faith and inter-caste couples in Maharashtra and also the increasing cases of attacks on the couples, the Home department of the Maharashtra government has issued Government Resolution (GR) on May 13, 2025, notifying a nine-point standard operating procedure (SOP) for safe housing and protection of inter-faith and inter-caste couples.

1 day ago | thehindu.com | Vijaita Singh

Over the past month, India has been “pushing back” undocumented Bangladeshi migrants detained across the country through the eastern border, government officials told The Hindu. In one instance, on May 4, two Air India planes transported 300 undocumented migrants, including 200 women and children, who were earlier detained in Gujarat, to Agartala in Tripura. They were subsequently sent to Bangladesh via the land border.

1 day ago | thehindu.com | Mohamed Imranullah S

A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court to declare as null and void the 12 amendment Acts passed by the Tamil Nadu legislature to make the State government, instead of the Governor, the appointing authority for Vice-Chancellors of various State-run universities. A summer vacation Bench of Justices G.R. Swaminathan and V.

1 day ago | thehindu.com | Mohamed Imranullah S

A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking the transfer of over 40 First Information Reports (FIRs) registered in connection with the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC), from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A summer vacation Bench of Justices G.R. Swaminathan and V.

2 days ago | thehindu.com | Soibam Rocky Singh

A new report has uncovered rampant cruelty and widespread legal violations across pet shops in the Capital. Conducted by the Animal Law Cell at the University of Delhi’s Faculty of Law, the report titled ‘Violations of Pet Shop Rules, 2018 across Delhi’ found that not a single one of the 34 surveyed shops complied with the rules.