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20 years of FRA 2006, J and K appoints Tribal Ministry as Nodal agency
Despite the Union government’s tardy approach since the passage of the historic Forest Rights Act in 2006, states such as Jammu and Kashmir are now taking the lead in securing indigenous land rights. Groups including the Wullar Bachav Front and the All India Union of Forest Working Peoples (AIUWFP) have been engaging with the state administration on the issue
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Dalit Justice Demanded: CJP exposes 30 brutal anti-Dalits atrocities, urges NCSC to confront nationwide caste violence under Article 338
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Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) filed a scathing complaint with the NCSC, meticulously detailing 30 horrific anti-Dalit atrocities across nine states – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra – from April to June 2025, these range from sexual assaults and murders to denial of basic rights, directly violating the PoA Act and highlighting an urgent, systemic failure demanding immediate intervention and accountability for perpetrators
Dalit and Tribal girls brutalised in Andhra Pradesh: Twin crimes lay bare caste violence and systemic collapse
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From the two-year gang-rape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl to the public torture of a 10-year-old Adivasi child, Andhra Pradesh reels under the weight of caste atrocities, bureaucratic silence, and political blame games
Chhattisgarh: Hundred lawyers and legal professionals condemn ban on Moolvasi Bachao Manch, urge revocation
In an ‘Urgent Appeal issued to President Draupadi Murmu and Governor of Chhattisgarh, by close to 100 lawyers and legal professionals across India’, the group urges the revocation of the ‘arbitrary and unjust ban on the Moolvasi Bachao Manch (MBM) and the release of all its imprisoned members in the state. The appeal also demands the repeal of the draconian Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act, 2005
Decoding Brahminical-Gene Through Popular Films
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Strengthening indigenous communities means protection of the environment
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Revisiting Gijubhai: Pioneer of child-centric education and the caste debate
It was Krishna Kumar, the well-known educationist, who I...
No to Dalits who are Christian, Muslim, how the AP HC limits its understanding of caste and faith
Relying on a discriminatory relic from the 1950s, the Presidential Order, the AP high court confines its understanding of caste discrimination, exclusion and untouchability to Dalit sections from among Hindus, Sikh or Buddhist; the recent decision thereby validates what has been increasingly viewed as the discriminatory presidential directive
“Let the Suspension Not Continue Further”: Supreme Court allows Dalit scholar to resume PhD at TISS
Citing the passage of time and interests of justice, the Court curtailed the suspension of Ramadas K.S., enabling his return to academic work without ruling on the merits of the disciplinary action
Biased and Preconceived: Bombay HC criticises police inquiry into Parbhani custodial death of Somnath Suryawanshi
Expressing serious concern over fairness, court restrains police from proceeding, considers plea for FIR and court-monitored SIT in the death of Somnath Suryawanshi
The ‘Harijans’ of Bangladesh: Victims of constitutional neglect and social isolation
From the use of the word ‘Harijan’ alone, to the absence of acknowledgement of structural discrimination within Bangladesh (and Pakistan) the Dalit movement has a long way to go in both Islamic countries
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