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  • State-run beggars’ homes are not ‘discretionary charity’, must reflect  constitutional morality: SC

    State-run beggars’ homes are not ‘discretionary charity’, must reflect constitutional morality: SC

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 15, 2025 · 02:14 pm
  • In Kashmir, a police crackdown leaves migrant beggars staring at an uncertain future

    In Kashmir, a police crackdown leaves migrant beggars staring at an uncertain future

    Safwat Zargar
    · May 26, 2019 · 09:00 am
  • Delhi High Court’s censure of India’s vagrancy laws could be a step towards decriminalising begging

    Delhi High Court’s censure of India’s vagrancy laws could be a step towards decriminalising begging

    Saurabh Bhattacharjee
    · Aug 25, 2018 · 06:30 pm
  • Watch: The law says you can be arrested for ‘looking poor’ in India

    Watch: The law says you can be arrested for ‘looking poor’ in India

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 29, 2017 · 05:40 pm
  • These beggars in Delhi do not have swipe machines (but know a little about credit cards)

    These beggars in Delhi do not have swipe machines (but know a little about credit cards)

    Abhishek Dey
    · Dec 05, 2016 · 09:00 am
  • AAP and Delhi Police finally agree on one thing: there is no begging mafia in Delhi

    AAP and Delhi Police finally agree on one thing: there is no begging mafia in Delhi

    Abhishek Dey
    · Aug 28, 2016 · 03:30 pm