Sabrang India

UN Rights Experts flag Discrimination in ECI’s SIR exercise, seek India’s response

sabrangindia - July 13, 2026

Three United Nations’ Special Rapporteurs have formally written to the Indian government on expressing serious concerns over alleged discrimination against the minorities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted by the ECI –especially in West Bengal –and seeking information on steps taken to ensure that the process aligns with India’s obligations under international human rights law

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Karnataka HC stays FRRO deportation order over disputed citizenship claim

sabrangindia - July 13, 2026

Abdul Rahim, accused of being an undocumented Bangladeshi national, contends he is an Indian citizen by birth and that the proceedings stem from mistaken identity

Labour

The Orissa High Court awards them Rs 20 lakh each to two SBI Sweepers

CJP Team - July 13, 2026

Two daily-wage sweepers had given their “sweat & blood” to the State Bank of India, the Orissa High Court said on June 23

Rights

The cost of a wrongful deportation

CJP Team - July 10, 2026

The return of four West Bengal residents after Supreme Court intervention highlights the constitutional consequences of deporting individuals before verifying their citizenship

Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Did Indian Democracy fail Father Stan Swamy?

sabrangindia - July 10, 2026

Five years after Father Stan Swamy's death, his life continues to ask difficult questions of India's democracy.Speaking at a memorial meeting in Bandra, Mumbai,...

Gender and Sexuality

Women: Nation builders, missing from the nation’s books

Dr. Amina Hussain - July 10, 2026

An exploration of the path-breaking verdict delivered by the SC declaring “housewives as nation-builders”[1]. The author, an academic explores, academically and historically, how societies and nations have only imagined economies and valued production through narrow prisms while feminist scholars have spent decades challenging this hierarchy; the real challenge that the June 11 judgement throws is whether we are prepared for a substantive re-set and re-construct

Rule of Law

Promising Principles Poor Outcomes: What the judicial record on security force accountability actually shows

CJP Team - July 10, 2026

The Supreme Court has said that AFSPA is not a license to kill, sovereign immunity does not protect the State from liability for custodial death, and rape by a soldier requires no special court. At the same time, the number of armed forces personnel convicted by an ordinary civilian criminal court for rape in a conflict area is, on the available record, low.

World

The arbitrary detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya: A call for justice

sabrangindia - July 9, 2026

The appeal by the Palestinian Embassy in New Delhi has called on all Indians to support and join the call for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya; advocating for the protection of Palestinian healthcare workers, hospitals, ambulances, and medical facilities in accordance with international humanitarian law.

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