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The Erased Record: A constitutional challenge to the election commission’s 45-day data destruction mandate

A Legal Researcher -
The unilateral directive by the ECI to destroy CCTV footage after 45 days transgresses both boundaries, conformity with existing laws and adherence to the Constitution. It is a quintessential "colourable exercise of power"—an action that, while ostensibly within the ECI's administrative domain, is in substance an encroachment upon the legislative field and an affront to constitutional principles
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Social media can support or undermine democracy – it comes down to how it’s designed

Lisa Schirch - University of Notre Dame -
Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states.It is a design choice to offer a...
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Caste Atrocity in 2025: Normalisation, neglect and the crisis of accountability

CJP Team -
In 2025, between January and June alone, CJP recorded 113 incidents of caste atrocities on Dalit individuals across different states in India worst offending states were Uttar Pradesh (34 cases), Madhya Pradesh (15), and Tamil Nadu (8) while 962 reported land conflicts affect tribal populaces; of these 116 conflicts are in the Conservatory and Forestry sector, with 459,735 people currently affected.
Rights

“Even a Murderer Wouldn’t Do This”: Ajith Kumar’s custodial death and Tamil Nadu’s shameful culture of impunity

sabrangindia -
A 29-year-old temple guard was tortured to death in custody over a flimsy theft allegation with his body bearing 44 injuries, his last hours recorded on video. As Tamil Nadu reels, data shows a damning pattern: custodial deaths rise, convictions remain zero
Rights

Justice Deferred: J&K High Court stays repatriation of 63-year-old woman deported after Pahalgam attack, following MHA appeal

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Despite a scathing ruling that termed her deportation unconstitutional and inhumane, the Ministry of Home Affairs has secured a stay on a High Court order directing the return of Rakshanda Rashid, a long-time resident and LTV holder, raising urgent concerns about due process, state overreach, and judicial inconsistency
India

No, India Is Not the Fourth Most Equal Country. Here’s the Real Data

Surbhi Kesar -
Whichever way one looks at the data, the picture is clear: India is a highly unequal country, and inequality is worsening.
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Bombay High Court orders FIR in Somnath Suryawanshi custodial death case, slams police for delay and bias

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Aurangabad Bench directs FIR within a week; finds prima facie evidence of custodial torture and criticises state police and CID for a biased probe into Somnath Suryawanshi’s death after the Parbhani protests
Freedom

How the Delhi riots case remains stagnant with close to a dozen student leaders incarcerated

CJP Team -
A look back at the trajectory of the Delhi Riots case(s), especially the infamous and belatedly registered FIR 59/2020 reveals a litany of procedural and substantive failures, together resulting in the incarceration without bail, for five long years, ten student activists and human rights defenders and one more politician as “accused”
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