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ECI’s announced nationwide SIR, will cover 12 States and UTs with a reduced documentary burden

Aman Khan -
The ECI’s nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR), announced across 12 States and Union Territories — including Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal — scales back the stringent document collection requirements seen earlier in Bihar’s SIR, prioritising inclusion over immediate documentary proof during enumeration
Rights

Citizens move to stop privatisation of Mumbai’s Public Hospitals

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Aspatal Bachao Neejikaran Hatao Kruti Samiti and Unions that font a coalition are also demanding adequate health staff and upgraded public health services for all people of Mumbai
Communalism

Can majoritarian societal pressure re-write the rulebook? The illegality behind forced non-veg shutdowns during festivals

Aman Khan -
Across cities, self-styled vigilantes and pliant administrations are turning a majoritarian religious sentiment into state policy—forcing meat shops shut, harassing small vendors, and eroding constitutional freedoms. As livelihood and dietary choice fall victim to faith-led policing, we ask, can devotion be invoked to justify discrimination? Does this trend underline how faith is being weaponised to erode rights and livelihoods?
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

CJP flags casteist, anti-Dalit videos on YouTube targeting CJI Gavai; seeks urgent takedown

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CJP has filed a complaint highlighting two videos on YouTube carrying casteist and hateful commentary against Chief Justice B.R. Gavai. The organisation has demanded their prompt removal and action against the channel @AjeetBharti for violating the platform’s community guidelines
Rights

“This system breaks the body when it cannot break the spirit” — Ipsa Shatakshi on her jailed husband, journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh

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In a heartfelt letter, Ipsa Shatakshi — wife of jailed journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh — wrote of three years of silence, courage, and the slow suffering behind bars, her words paint a portrait of a journalist punished not for crime, but for conscience
India

A century and ten later, innovative & rebellious Ismat Chugtai remains more relevant than ever

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Today, October 24, is the 110th death anniversary of the bold, innovative, rebellious, and unabashedly realistic Urdu fiction writer Ismat Chughtai! Born on August 21, 1915, she passed away at the age of 76 in Mumbai on October 24, 1991; Sabrangindia recalls her unique contribution with this piece by Taran Khan
Gender and Sexuality

Breaking patriarchal cycles through cycling: Revisiting the Story of Women in Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu

KA Beena -
Strange are the ways that people find to make life better and battle adversities. Often, every person in every society camouflages multiple layers that...
Minorities

Understanding the Supreme Court’s Interim Intervention in the Waqf Amendments, 2025

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Be it on the issue of the disproportionately stringent control over the Islamic institution of Waqf (as compared to the administration of Hindu muths or temples), the Supreme Court’s part interim reliefs to the controversial 2025 Waqf Amendment Act, risk a judicial stamp on the state’s sledgehammer approach; a detailed analysis of the SC’s interim order dated September 15, 2025
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Communalism

CJP files complaint against BJP MLA & Minister Nitesh Rane and right-wing leaders over alleged hate speeches in Maharashtra and West Bengal

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Through detailed complaints submitted to senior police officials, CJP has alleged that speeches delivered in Mumbai, Pune, and Nadia promoted religious enmity, intimidation, violence, and economic boycott against Muslims, CJP has also cited Supreme Court directions and Maharashtra Police circulars mandating immediate preventive and penal action against hate speech and communal incitement
Rule of Law

Gauhati High Court issues notice in Abdul Sheikh Citizenship case, continues protection from deportation

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Petitioner attributes delay in challenging 2018 ex parte FT opinion to financial incapacity, and absence of legal aid; Court says if a case for fresh hearing is made out, it should be considered “immediately”
Rights

Documents Cannot Decide Democracy: How CJP is training communities to navigate the SIR process

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Through a series of trainings in Maharashtra with community groups and civil society organisations, CJP and VFD are helping vulnerable communities understand the SIR process, resist panic, and protect their voting rights amid growing fears of exclusion and disenfranchisement
Education

Karnataka revises school uniform policy, permits religious symbols alongside uniforms

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The state has revoked the BJP-era order banning hijabs in classrooms, allowing students to wear limited religious symbols including hijab, turban and sacred thread in educational institutions
Politics

Assam: Bill on Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a partisan act?

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The Assam Government will introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the State Legislative Assembly on May 26, 2026
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