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Data is real, true wealth: SC issues notice in yet another plea challenging DPDP Act; highlights privacy concerns

This petition, filed by journalist Geeta Seshu, along with the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) that also challenges the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 will now be heard with other petitions filed in the matter by Reporter’s Collective, Nitin Sethi and Venkatesh Nayak, on March 23

No Trial 8 Years After Govind Pansare’s Murder

Maharashtra Special ATS Judge SS Tambe had framed charges against 10 persons in January.

Hyderabad: Muslim man allegedly subjected to custodial torture on “suspicion of theft” for 5 days, dies in hospital

“They hung me upside down for 2 hours, hit me on my feet and hands, I can’t move my hands now”, he states in a statement made public by his wife; police deny allegations

Supreme Court to weigh in on ‘gun control’, seeks info on cases of illegal firearms in UP

The court has taken suo moto cognizance and has sought information from the UP government about action taken to curb illegal firearm possession.

Bombay HC seeks policy on old settlements for protected monuments; stays evictions at Vishalgarh

The Court had last week stayed demolitions by Western Railways on its land, stressing upon the need for rehabilitation of those displaced

Will arresting the breadwinner and driving women to suicide help solve the societal evil of child marriage: Guwahati HC grants ABA in cases while...

As POCSO, IPC (Rape), and PCMA is applied on the cases registered, this "crackdown on child marriage" seems more likely to be driven by extra judicious factors

CJP Impact: Another woman spared from the prospect of statelessness in Assam!

CJP Team in Assam stood with the 68-year-old Ajibun Nessa, fought to protect her rights, and prove her citizenship

Even “encroachers” need to be rehabilitated says Courts

The Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court have, in separate judgements over demolition drives, stressed upon the need for a rehabilitation plan for all those displaced

Hatebuster: Is it Love Jihad or just love?

Despite what right wing goons will have you believe with their saffron teekas, sticks and threatening looks, the Constitution only encourages you to love more and love everyone

Kerala HC: Religion does not propagate terrorism; fundamentalists have distorted religion

The court was considering applications for suspension of sentence filed by a few convicts, held guilty under UAPA for associating with ISIS

UP: Demolition drive goes awry, mother daughter burnt alive

While officers initially claimed that they set themselves on fire, a case of murder has now been filed against the SDM and two others

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Data is real, true wealth: SC issues notice in yet another plea challenging DPDP Act; highlights privacy concerns

This petition, filed by journalist Geeta Seshu, along with the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) that also challenges the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 will now be heard with other petitions filed in the matter by Reporter’s Collective, Nitin Sethi and Venkatesh Nayak, on March 23

Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)

For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”

USCIRF’s Call for Sanctions on the RSS Is a Major Moral and Political Marker

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has apart from continuing to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), also recommended targeted sanctions against the RSS; this is a first.

Draconian Law!

Evicted, Accused, and Deleted: The shrinking space for Muslim citizenship

From migrant workers and small vendors to university classrooms and electoral rolls, the architecture of suspicion –for the Indian Muslim--now stretches across everyday life

Union government revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under NSA after nearly six months!

Move comes days before Supreme Court hearing in habeas corpus petition filed by his wife; Ladakh activist had been detained following September 2025 protests over statehood and Sixth Schedule protections

Allahabad High Court orders 24/7 armed protection for Bareilly Muslim man allegedly prevented from offering namaz at home

Summoning the district magistrate and SSP of Bareilly, the Allahabad High Court said any violence against the petitioner or his property would be presumed to have occurred at the instance of the State, as the case raises serious concerns over interference with religious prayers inside private property

35 civil society groups oppose Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion law, warn of threat to women’s autonomy and constitutional freedoms

Coalition, which also included CJP who is the lead petitioner on challenge to anti-conversion laws in SC, demands draft bill be made public, calls for consultations and legislative scrutiny; says existing criminal law already addresses coercion