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From Victim to Accused: High Court of Gujarat’s 2025 Ruling on Religious Conversion

CJP Team - October 17, 2025

In a decision that may reverberate across India's legal milieu and minority rights landscape, the Gujarat High Court has ruled that individuals who have been forcibly or wrongfully converted themselves may be charged in criminal proceedings if they then "influence" or abet someone else to convert

Communalism

From Words to Bulldozers: How a Chief Minister’s rhetoric triggered and normalised punitive policing in Bareilly

CJP Team - October 17, 2025

Following the “I Love Muhammad” controversy in September 2025, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath’s public warnings—using phrases like “chedhoge to chodenge nahi” and “denting and painting must be done”—were swiftly mirrored by mass arrests, property demolitions, and internet shutdowns, raising urgent questions about legality, proportionality, and the social impact of executive speech

India

The Uneasy Calm in Assam: The Limits of Control of a Nervous Government

Anee Haralu - October 16, 2025

The first wave of mourning is over in Assam. Posters have curled in the rain, loudspeakers have fallen silent. What followed was not silence...

Farm and Forest

The unsung architects of food security: India’s rural women demand recognition

Raj Kumar Sinha - October 15, 2025

The first struggle for every woman, before she can raise her voice in society or resist in public spheres, begins at home. Over the...

Rights

When a spontaneous gathering of students is criminalised – A report of the TISS students’ meeting to commemorate Prof GN Saibaba

freespeechcollective - October 14, 2025

The price of political engagement and learning today* Recording the sequence of events and observations on the current events unfolding in TISS, Mumbai, from students’...

Politics

ADR refutes allegation of giving false voter affidavit in SC hearing

sabrangindia - October 14, 2025

ADR clarifies no false affidavit was filed in Supreme Court, rebuts ECI counsel’s claims with verified voter data, upholds commitment to factual accuracy and non-partisan reporting, and expresses concern over treatment of elector involved following recent court proceedings

Farm and Forest

The Fight for Ancestral Forest Rights: Tharu tribe challenges seven-year administrative blockade

sabrangindia - October 14, 2025

The petition seeks protection from forest officials and quashing of the order, arguing that the denial of land titles has criminalised essential community livelihood

India

The Mess, called ECI’s Final Voter List for Bihar

Ayushi Kar & Vishnu Narayan - October 14, 2025

In 243 assembly constituencies, analysis shows at least 14.35 lakh suspect duplicate voters and 1.32 crore voters of different families, castes and communities bundled and registered at dubious and fictitious addresses

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