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Bombay HC orders removal of derogatory posts “baselessly” attacking Malabar Gold, calls Kajal Shingala’s call to boycott the brand “prima facie defamatory”
The petition for interim relief was raised when Malabar Gold Limited’s CSR initiative of supporting education of girls was given a communal turn and Kajal Shingala had selectively targeted the company for providing scholarship to Muslim girl
Journalist beaten at Amit Shah’s rally in UP after recording women saying they were paid to attend rally
A Delhi based journalist; Raghav Trivedi was reportedly beaten by BJP workers at a rally for Amit Shah in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli. The journalist was beaten after the workers reportedly thought he was a Muslim.
Modi ‘losing steam’, returns to time-tested divisive communal issues
BJP has a strong electoral machine, well backed up by its parent organization, RSS. The core module of RSS-BJP is based on demonization of...
Press Club of India dismayed at the ECI, not holding a single press conference: urges release of all poll data
PCI, Delhi has demanded that the Election Commission of India (ECI) holds a press conference after every phase of voting and entire data, including absolute number of votes polled and final percentage of voting be released by the next day of polling, stressing citizen’s right to be informed
Delhi Court frames charges against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh, says it found sufficient material on record to charge with sexual harassment of 5...
In addition, the Court also framed charges against Singh for outraging the modesty of women and criminal intimidation
#GrowASpineOrResign: Citizens’ mass city-wide protest against inaction by ECI over PM Modi’s hate speech & suppression of voters rights during ongoing election
Civil society groups and citizens creatively designed send mass postcards and joint statements in over a dozen cities, condemning the lack of action against malpractice by BJP in election campaigning, urges the constitutional authority to abide by their mandatory requirement of unbiased fairness
Media Reports over Population Study by EAC-PM, “Misleading” and “Misreported”: Population Foundation of India (PFI)
Expressing concern over the “spreading of alarm on Growth of Muslim Population” by the Indian media, the PFI has urged, “The most effective way to manage population growth is through investment in education, economic development, gender equity” media refrain from using demographic studies to create fear and division.”
Series of poll violations by ruling BJP. Inaction by ECI says Independent Panel
The Independent Panel for Monitoring of Elections (IPME), 2024 has, in its seventh week monitor of the elections, pointed out issues of communal polarisation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has failed to act against apart from structural malfunctioning by the poll body including the failure to release actual voting figures
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Hate Speech
Punjab & Haryana High Court refuses anticipatory bail to journalist accused of provocative, communal statements against Purvanchal community
Justice Sumeet Goel cites prima facie digital evidence, seriousness of hate-motivated speech, and the need for custodial interrogation
Rights
Six Days Behind Bars After Bail: Patna High Court orders ₹2 lakh relief, flags state-wide pattern of illegal detention
Court rejects “festival holiday” defence, directs IG Prisons to fix systemic lapses and ensure jail superintendents comply with court orders
Communal Organisations
The Politics of Processions: How the Sanatan Ekta Padyatra amplified hate speech in plain sight
As the Sanatan Ekta Padyatra traversed 422 village panchayats across three states, it carried not merely religious symbolism but explicit political messaging. Calls for a Hindu Rashtra, vilification of Muslim communities, and assertions of majoritarian dominance raise serious questions under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita’s provisions on promoting enmity, inciting violence, and disturbing public tranquillity. Yet, as the aftermath shows, ranging from protests in Datia to a clash in Vrindavan, the legal system’s response has been fragmented and cautious. This report interrogates that legal vacuum, situating the padyatra within established precedents of hate-speech jurisprudence and the enduring gap between statutory safeguards and ground-level enforcement.
Communalism
A Decade after Bisada: Why Uttar Pradesh’s attempt to drop the Akhlaq lynching case defies law and constitution
Ten years after the Dadri lynching shocked India and forced a national reckoning on hate violence, the Uttar Pradesh government has moved to withdraw prosecution against the accused — raising critical questions of law, constitutional duty, and deliberate impunity
India
Bihar Elections: Trains for votes? The unanswered mystery of the ‘phantom’ specials from Haryana to Bihar
Explosive RTI documents reveal unannounced special trains running from Haryana to Bihar mere days before polling, serious allegations of state-sponsored voter smuggling, as the dust settles on the Bihar 2025 verdict, video evidence of ‘free tickets’ compounds the mystery, leaving questions over the violation of the Model Code of Conduct, the definition of "Corrupt Practice" under the RP Act, and the deafening silence of the Election Commission dangerously unanswered
