Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
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 quality education without teaching equality, secularism, fraternity value: SC
Muzaffarnagar School Slapping: the Supreme Court stressed the importance of instilling constitutional values like equality, secularism, and fraternity in students while addressing PIL on the Muzaffarnagar slapping incident, the Court urged the state to prioritize these values in education, with a deadline for action and affidavit submission in six weeks
SC Collegium summons Allahabad HC Judge, Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav over remarks on Muslims
The judge’s remark has generated national and international outrage; he made a series of other stigmatizing remarks during a speech, including the use of the term "kathmullah," a derogatory slur against Muslims
Tipu Sultan birth anniversary rally gets green light from Bombay High Court
Bombay HC questions Maharashtra govt over rally denial, asking, 'Is there a ban on celebrating Tipu Sultan’s birth anniversary?' The bench said that "there is no reason why they cannot be allowed to take out the rally. Law and order cannot be a ground to deny permission,” stating there is no valid reason to deny permission for the event
Supreme Court issued stay on suits on survey against religious places, interventions had highlighted the Act’s intent to preserve India’s secular character
Various political and religious leaders had intervened in the Supreme Court, emphasising the 1991 Act’s critical role in preserving India’s democratic fabric and preventing communal strife.
“Civil courts can’t run a race with the Supreme Court” says SC Bench while putting a stay on orders for surveys on Places of...
In a significant intervention, the Supreme Court directs trial courts to refrain from registering new suits and passing any effective orders, including surveys, in cases challenging the religious character of places of worship pending the challenge to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act of 1991
Delhi High Court grants protection to activist Nadeem Khan from arrest
The Delhi High Court granted civil rights activist Nadeem Khan protection from arrest in a case accusing him of promoting enmity and criminal conspiracy, the Court quashed a non-bailable warrant against him and directed the police to provide a seven-day notice if custody is required
Jaunpur’s Atala mosque has moved HC against local court order directing filing of suit claiming it was ‘ancient Hindu temple’
sabrang -
The Atala Mosque, constructed in the 1400s is being challenged by one Swaraj Vahini Association who had filed a suit in a local civil court in May 2024 alleging the property was originally the Atala Devi Mandir.
Special SC bench to hear challenge to 1991 Places of Worship in December
After years of delay, notice was issued in these petitions in 2021, the Supreme Court will finally begin hearings on the challenges to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 on December 12
Upholding constitutional values – Landmark Supreme Court judgments of 2024
In a year marked by some landmark rulings, the Supreme Court reaffirmed its commitment to justice, equality, and the protection of fundamental rights, safeguarding citizens from state overreach and preserving the integrity of India's constitutional values.
UP government’s ‘naming and shaming’ tactic: A repeat of constitutional defiance
Reviving a practice condemned by the Allahabad High Court in 2020, the Yogi Adityanath administration targets privacy and due process, raising serious questions about its commitment to democratic principles.
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
Rights
Intrusive and Unconstitutional: CJP’s dissent note on Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Law
Through this detailed critique and legal analysis of the hastily enacted Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 (Maharashtra Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam 2026), CJP shows how it is both a serious intrusion on personal liberty, autonomous choice and religious freedoms but also gives a weapon to state agencies like the police to, along with other actors, become vigilantes into personal lives and behaviour
Labour
Telangana: Safeguard lakhs of Hamali workers, set by welfare board, citizens groups
Different sections of citizens in Telangana and organisations too have in a pithy letter to the Telangana Chief Minister urged the constitution of a Hamali Welfare Board to safeguard the interests of lakhs of Hamali Workers across the state, as per law and in consonance with the Congress Party Manifesto
Media
Delhi, Mumbai: Media organisations sharply criticise UNI eviction
The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), the Editors’ Guild of India and the Mumbai Press club have sharply condemned the executive overreach that ordered the Delhi police to violently evict the staff of the UNI on March 20, 2026
Communal Organisations
Denigration of martyrs like Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev – a peep into RSS archives
On the 95th anniversary of the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, March 23, 2026, historian Shamsul Islam dives deep into RSS archives to show how this organization has historically denounced the movements led by these revolutionaries
Communalism
The Siege of Faith: A year-long analysis of the persecution and otherisation of Christians in India
An examination of systemic hostility across states—where anti-conversion laws, administrative complicity, and media dilution normalised discrimination
Rights
Proposed Amendments to Gujarat Marriage Registration Rules Unconstitutional: NAJAR, NAPM
Members of National Alliance for Justice, Accountability and Rights (NAJAR - Gujarat) - a pan Indian collective of progressive lawyers and law professionals and the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM Gujarat), along with many civil society organisations of the state have strongly objected to the proposed amendments to the Gujarat Registration of Marriages Rules, 2006, notified on February 20, 2026
Gender and Sexuality
Withdraw the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 NOW!
Sexual minority coalitions across the country and civil liberties groups have strongly opposed the 2026 Amendment to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill that dilutes and nullifies the 2019 law