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After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal
With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance
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A Decade after Bisada: Why Uttar Pradesh’s attempt to drop the Akhlaq lynching case defies law and constitution
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Ten years after the Dadri lynching shocked India and forced a national reckoning on hate violence, the Uttar Pradesh government has moved to withdraw prosecution against the accused — raising critical questions of law, constitutional duty, and deliberate impunity
‘Faith Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai’s Christians rise against Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion bill
Peaceful Sunday protests across 35 parishes led by the Bombay Catholic Sabha warned that the so-called ‘Freedom of Religion’ Bill threatens Article 25 rights, risks criminalising compassion, and could become a political tool to harass minority communities
Shah Bano Begum (1916-1992): A Socio-Political Historical Timeline
In this brief, data-driven socio-political timeline of 20th-21st Century India, the author reminds us of the context in which the controversial Bollywood movie, Haq, is sought to be released
Guarding culture or policing faith? Chhattisgarh High Court’s ‘social menace’ observation and the future of Article 25
While affirming Gram Sabha authority under the PESA Act to prevent “forced conversions,” the Chhattisgarh High Court’s ruling raises deeper concerns about the limits of religious liberty, evidentiary reasoning, and constitutional secularism in India’s tribal heartland
Understanding the Supreme Court’s Interim Intervention in the Waqf Amendments, 2025
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
September of Fear: Targeted Violence against Christians in Rajasthan exposes pattern of harassment after Anti-Conversion Bill
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What began as scattered threats escalated into systematic persecution of Christians in Rajasthan, with right-wing groups and police acting in tandem to enforce religious control
CJP urges NCM action against hate speech campaign vilifying Bengali Muslims as ‘Infiltrators’
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In a detailed complaint, CJP has urged the National Commission for Minorities to act on a wave of hate speech, vigilantism, and communal mobilisation targeting Bengali-origin Muslims wrongly branded as “Bangladeshi infiltrators”
Ancestral home of Olympic Gold Medallist & Padma Shri Mohd. Shahid demolished in Varanasi Road widening drive
In Varanasi’s road-widening drive, 13 homes fell — including hockey legend Mohammad Shahid’s ancestral house, despite compensation and notices, pleas for delay were ignored, a landmark of sporting pride is gone, the city now faces a question of memory and honour
Indore’s Bazaar Purge: Muslim workers and shopkeepers forced out under BJP leader’s ultimatum
Over 50 workers and several shopkeepers’ face job loss in Sheetla Mata Bazaar as Eklavya Singh Gaud directs traders to remove Muslim employees, citing “love jihad”; police inaction fuels fears of targeted communal displacement
Rajasthan: Civil Society demands arrests, rule of law and end to minority targeting under anti-conversion law
Civil society leaders raise alarm over continued attacks on Christians in CM’s own constituency in Rajasthan after the passage of the Anti-Conversion Bill, demanding accountability, arrests of Bajrang Dal members, and protection for religious minorities
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After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal
With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance