IN a historic judgment, the Supreme Court has struck down the West Bengal School Service Commission’s (SSC) 2016 recruitment panel, annulling 25,752 appointments and branding the entire selection process “tainted beyond redemption.” This ruling has not only shattered public confidence in the recruitment system but also plunged thousands of affected teachers into an uncertain future.The verdict has ignited widespread political controversy and unrest, with the cancellation of appointments impacting nearly 26,000 teachers.

During the Holi festival, there were at least four reported attacks on dalits in Uttar Pradesh. In Farrukhabad district, dalits sustained gunshot wounds inflicted by members of a dominant caste. In Mathura and Basti, dalit families were brutally beaten by upper-caste men.

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THE Telangana state government’s decision to auction 400 acres of the University of Hyderabad’s land has sparked widespread protests among students, faculty, and staff. The Students’ Union, along with various campus organisations, staged a demonstration on March 13, 2025, opposing the move and forming a Joint Action Committee (JAC) to spearhead the resistance.

THE NDA state government of Maharashtra led by BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis has introduced legislation in the state assembly called “Special Jana Suraksha Bill” (Special Public Safety Bill) aimed at brutally suppressing dissent and organised resistance to any of the state government policies and decisions. The purported objective of the Bill, in the words of CM Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio, is to curtail “Urban Naxals”. The real objective of the Bill is to suppress the voice and acts of organised democratic resistance.