If there is one unique and malevolent achievement of the present Indian state in its third, albeit less armoured term, it is, how it has through its venal acts, battered down alliances and voices of protest; GN Saibaba’s death after a long and deliberately negligent incarceration is the latest of one such
The report of alleged assault on Dalit family in Gujarat comes amid a series of incidents reported in UP and MP, where Muslim youth have been targeted for attending Navratri events and Garba programs
The people of Jammu and Kashmir experienced significant relief as they participated in assembly elections for the first time in a decade, marking the...
Is the Army Chief oblivious to the fact that India is a ‘High Contracting Party’ to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons of 1981, which prohibits the use of booby-trap weapons?
As authorities make it harder for families to meet detainees, CJP offers vital assistance amid deepening isolation and fear; meanwhile, the Supreme Court mandates surprise inspections to assess living conditions at the Matia camp
An overview of Yati Narsinghanand’s hate history, a self-proclaimed “preacher” who has become a countrywide threat to social harmony and whose consistent hate speeches permeate an already corrosive public sphere, making it conducive to harm and violence against Muslims
Multiple incidents have been reported from UP and MP, where Muslim youth have faced assault and harassment by the right-wing outfits and in Jhansi a Muslim woman artist was invited but not allowed to perform at a Garba event due to her religious identity
Saudi Arabia has executed 213 people so far in 2024, more than it has in any other calendar year on record; with 213 executions in 2024, the gulf kingdom misses a seat at the UN Human Rights Council’s second consecutive election for 2025-27 term on October 9
Court allows preliminary objection while continuing stay on deportation; petitioner explains delay to challenge FT order through prolonged detention, lack of access to the detenue, financial constraints, and absence of legal aid
Repeated attempts by present day academics to whittle down the tradition followed and forged by young revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh are bound to fail; as history endures with the traditions laid by these very men
Framed as a measure of protection, the amendment shifts identity from self-determination to State approval, raising fears of exclusion, bureaucratic control, and the erosion of dignity recognised in constitutional jurisprudence
Through this detailed critique and legal analysis of the hastily enacted Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 (Maharashtra Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam 2026), CJP shows how it is both a serious intrusion on personal liberty, autonomous choice and religious freedoms but also gives a weapon to state agencies like the police to, along with other actors, become vigilantes into personal lives and behaviour