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Thursday, February 19, 2026
TopicActivist lawyer

Topic: activist lawyer

Prominent Pakistan lawyer sentenced to 17 yrs for calling Pakistan ‘terrorist state’, criticising army

Imaan Mazari, daughter of former minister Shireen Mazari, has represented victims of human rights violations and is an outspoken critic of extrajudicial killings and abductions.

New book exalts democracy & Constitution through lawyer K.G. Kannabiran’s courtwalks

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘The Speaking Constitution: A Sisyphean Life in Law,’ by K.G. Kannabiran, translated by Kalpana Kannabiran will be released on 16 December on ThePrint’s Softcover.

Madhusudan Das — the lawyer who unified Odisha and reformed Indian judiciary

Celebrated as ‘the grand old man’ of Odisha, Madhusudan Das was a pioneer of Odiya unification and women’s rights. He stood up for his people.

SC says attributing political motives to judgments is gravest form of contempt

Two-judge bench hits out at 'activist' advocates and judges, says some lawyers think they are the only champions of causes. 

On Camera

‘Jo uchit samjho woh karo’—five words that exposed India’s civil-military ambiguity

Rechin La was a tactical success and a strategic warning. It exposed a system where political leaders seek control without defining boundaries, leaving commanders to assume strategic responsibility.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.