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Assam’s Foreigners’ Tribunals bypass constitutional safeguards: Report

Given the possibility of the onset of a nationwide exercise to update the National Register of Citizens, the report, ‘Unmaking Citizens’ by NLSIU & Queen Mary University of London, calls for an urgent, fundamental rethinking of the legal structures governing citizenship in India

Victory for Sahid Ali: CJP’s legal battle brings relief in Ali’s citizenship crisis, bail granted by High Court

While the bail is a temporary relief, it represents a major step in securing Sahid Ali’s full legal recognition as a citizen, with CJP committed to ensuring to help all those in Assam who face similar struggles in proving their rightful identity and citizenship

Art v/s Obscenity: Bombay High Court overturns seizure of Padamsee & Souza artworks

A recent Bombay high court judgment protects artistic freedom and ensures that bureaucratic overreach based on personal preferences does not stifle creative expression

Supreme Court eases bail conditions for Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan

Kappan no longer required to report to police station weekly; Supreme Court grants relief in stringent bail conditions imposed on Kappan in Hathras conspiracy case after two years

Triumphant Win for CJP: Jamila Khatoon, Assamese Bengali Muslim, officially recognised as Indian Citizen

With the help of the CJP legal team, Jamila received justice after 1 year and 4 months as her citizenship gets affirmed by the Foreigners Tribunal

Gautam Navlakha’s letter on release from custody

May 19, 2024I wish to thank the Supreme Court...

Free speech “eroding”: report details 137 incidents of free speech violations in the past 4 months

A report by the Free Speech Collective has warned about losing “last remaining” space for free speech as it notes that a huge number of free speech violations have taken place between January - April 2024.

India third highest across the world to enforce internet shutdowns

India comes third, after Myanmar and Sudan, in enforcing internet shutdowns in the country according to a report. India also enforced the longest duration of an internet shutdown in 2023 in Manipur.

GN Saibaba wheeled out of Nagpur Central Jail on March 7 two days after the Bombay HC resoundingly acquitted him & 5 others in...

Despite all efforts of the Maharashtra government to seek a stay on the acquittal which was refused by the High Court (HC), professor Saibaba was released on March 7. The decade long incarceration of a disabled professor and his colleagues was marked with particular insensitivity by the Maharashtra jail authorities who denied him basic essentials; he had to even go on a hunger strike to push for the removal of CCTV cameras from the toilet and bathing area and demanding reading/writing materials.

Day 23 of Farmers March: Mass withholding of social media ahead of march to Delhi, third time since the beginning of the protest

Accounts of journalists, farmer leaders, supporters targeted, even accounts of US-based citizen supporting the cause not spared; farmer leaders provide that they will soon be approaching the Supreme Court against such undemocratic tactics

CJP Assam’s teams legal triumphs in 2023

A total of 18 success stories in 2023 alone, with all being declared Indian by Assam’s Foreigners Tribunal through the year. But what does it take, for a paralegal and legal team to achieve this? CJP’s Team Assam, as this detailed document reveals shows grit and dedication in collating and submitting authentic documents, presenting cogent Written Statements and finally vital Witnesses, in person!

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Rewriting NCERT school textbooks: ‘Muslim Raj’ is a mere excuse, the project is to conceal historical facts

The majoritarian Hindutva (not Hindu) project is to conceal the truth, Muslim bashing merely comes in handy

Election Commission must take the Indian people into confidence, correct its procedures & practices

Instead of treating complaints from political parties and the public at large as vexatious, the Commission should take advantage of them as useful feedback and correct its procedures and practices

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Rahul Gandhi alleges ‘Vote Chori’ in 2024 polls, accuses BJP-ECI nexus of systematic electoral fraud

In a detailed exposé, the Leader of Opposition claims over one lakh fake votes in a single Karnataka constituency and warns of nationwide voter list manipulation, calling it a constitutional crisis that threatens the very foundation of Indian democracy

Distortions in the syllabus of history books, an uncomfortable perspective

The normalisation of an everyday majoritarianism, Neo-Hindutva, has been facilitated by the silence of the Muslim liberal; an urgent challenge is being able to move out of the confines to reaffirm wider processes of secularization as a counter

Assam Government moves to drop ‘foreigner’ cases against non-Muslim communities citing Citizenship Amendment Act

State government directs Foreigners Tribunals to halt proceedings against six religious communities citing Citizenship Amendment Act, sparking concerns of institutionalised discrimination and political calculation ahead of 2026 elections

Militaristic nationalism, pushed by complicit big media have blurred dangers of nuclear war to the planet: CNDP

The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) and other peace platforms commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6, 1945