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Policing Identity: Maharashtra’s birth certificate crackdown and the politics of belonging
What is framed as an administrative clean-up of fraudulent records in Maharashtra has unfolded into a securitised campaign in Mumbai — raising urgent constitutional questions about due process, discrimination, and the weaponisation of civil documentation
Madhya Pradesh: How will “tracking’ women and raising marriageable age to 21 keep women safe?
The state government’s scheme of tracking women for their safety and increasing the marriageable age to 21 takes state surveillance to new levels, and overlooks structural inequalities that women continue to face
Maharashtra organisations declare protests marches from Jan 23-25
Various farmers groups, trade Unions, people’s organisations, and state ministers promise to participate in the protests starting from January 23.
Delhi police detain nearly 35 women protesters outside MP Bhawan
While protesters claimed they were manhandled by police personnel, officials declined to comment on the matter stating the detained will be released soon.
Hisar college student, abducted, sexually assaulted in autorickshaw
Crimes against women continue unabated in Manohar Lal Khattar's Haryana
PIL filed in MP HC challenging validity of state’s anti-conversion law
A law student has filed the petition stating that the ordinance violates right to privacy and freedom of choice as also principles of criminal law jurisprudence
BKU President Bhupinder Singh Mann quits SC-nominated Committee for farm laws
He says that he quit so as to not compromise the interests of farmers of the country
AIKS calls on district agitators to surround Governor’s office in protest
Disappointed by judiciary decisions, farmers organisations told farmers that intensifying protests is the only way to demand the repeal of the three laws
Love Jihad, Conversions and Laws curbing Freedoms
The new laws have goals which are sinister and have the potential of being misused to create social disharmony
Court allows Sudha Bharadwaj to access books from prison
The Additional Sessions Judge directed the Superintendent of Byculla jail to ensure that the books given to her do not have any “objectionable” content
BJP-led govt has prosecuted all those critical of its policies: Human Rights watch
The HRW report puts on the world stage allegations of multiple human rights violations recorded in the country in 2020
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