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EC’s new online Form 6 requirement raises questions over procedure and legality
The Election Commission has introduced a new parental declaration in the online version of Form 6, requiring fresh applicants to disclose whether their parents appeared in the last Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The change is not been reflected in the statutory Form 6 prescribed under the Registration of Electors Rules
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Assam: Academics, lawyers, activists condemn ‘push back’ of persons to Bangladesh
This non transparent action launched post May 23, 2025 ‘falls on the wrong side of constitutionality’ and violates the rights to life and equality of those expelled, they said in a statement
CJP’s submits supplementary memo to NHRC revealing returnee testimonies after Assam’s allegedly unlawful expulsion of persons to Bangladesh
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Latest submission documents the late night detentions and expulsions that violated all procedures, family testimonies, amounting to the forced abandonment of persons in Bangladeshi borderlands.
Assam: When six ordinary Indian women were forcibly pushed out from India–No Man’s land– Bangladesh & then back
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The sum total of what cruelties can be suffered when state authorities become unaccountable and function above the law, slurring ordinary Indians as “Bangladeshi”; the first person exclusive accounts are from six hapless women from various locales in Assam, fortunate to be dumped back within Assam on a highway far from home after first being unlawfully pushed into to Bangladesh!
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Vanished Without a Trace: CJP writes to NHRC detailing Assam’s secret detentions and illegal pushbacks
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CJP’s memorandum to NHRC reveals mass night-time raids, disappearances of Bengali-speaking Muslims, and extra-legal deportations—signalling a grave constitutional and humanitarian crisis in India’s northeast
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