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After years of delay, justice at last for Sukumar Baishya as Foreigners’ Tribunal declares him an Indian citizen

Tribunal accepts documentary evidence citing father’s 1956 registration and pre-1971 records; CJP’s legal team helps secure justice after years of uncertainty

A pat on the back for brands that refuse to bow to right wing trolls

Brands often face flak by right wing trolls if they come up with progressive ads or ads that are even remotely critical of problematic Hindu traditions, however, there are some that hold their ground and persist

More than 1100 days in prison: Gulfisha Fatima awaits bail

Her bail plea has been heard by the Delhi High Court and the order had been reserved 3 weeks ago, February 13.

India ‘One of the Worst Autocratisers in the Last 10 Years,’ Says 2023 V-Dem Report

Of the 42 countries listed as “autocratising” at the end of 2022, a trend that began in the world in 2020, the new V-Dem reports lists India as one of the worst; India in the bottom 40-50% on its Liberal Democracy Index (LDI) at rank 97, India also ranks 108 on the Electoral Democracy Index (EDI) and 123 on the Egalitarian Component Index (ECI)

Bombay HC quashes order rejecting bail plea of Navlakha by special court, orders expeditious rehearing

According to HC, the impugned order was very cryptic, lacked analysis of the evidence relied on by the prosecution- why then was the case remanded to the same judge?

US religious freedom chief asks Biden govt to condemn Modi for human rights ‘violations’

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner...

Who are UP police officials who detained a young couple at midnight without informing Delhi Police, asks Delhi High Court

The Delhi HC has sought copies of the CCTV footage of the ‘operation’ to identify officials, LiveLaw reports

BBC Documentary and Freedom of Expression in India

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Evictions are at an all-time high as bulldozers gain momentum in the country

Several incidents of evictions and demolitions have been reported in many parts of the country where the poor and minorities have been displaced and have nowhere to go.

CJP helps a Muslim daily wage earner falsely suspected of being a foreigner prove her citizenship

CJP legal team produced linkage certificates, voter lists with her name and land deeds in order to clear her name

MP: In CM’s Home District, Bulldozers Reduce 20 Homes Built Under PMAY to Rubble

For a 25-km road project, 53-km away from Bhopal at Bhaukhedi village, Sehore, the administration razed 20 PM Awas Yojana homes along with 200 others and a temple.

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A detailed statement by the Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has, with reasoned arguments, critiqued the recent decision of the MahaYuti government in Maharashtra to curtail labour rights in the name of “reform”; Maharashtra government’s decision is in line with other states like Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura (two of these are Congress ruled states) which have also enacted similar legislations.

Protests across Maharashtra denounce the Public Security Act as unconstitutional and anti-democratic

Opposition, rights groups, and people’s movements unite to call it an “anti-people, anti-democratic law”

Reaffirming Open Justice: The Supreme Court on speech and contempt

In the case of Wikimedia v. ANI Media Private Limited & Ors. the apex court reaffirmed free speech and restrained a Delhi High Court order that was held, on examination to be disproportionate

Urdu is not the monopoly of mullahs, nor even the Muslim community 

Our self-styled “left liberal” intelligentsia, otherwise loud in denouncing Hindu majoritarianism, suddenly turned mute when confronted with Muslim right-wing pressure

Election Commission seriously risks losing all credibility: senior advocate Sanjay Hegde

Senior advocate, Supreme Court Sanjay Hegde on Saturday, September 6, raised concerns over the credibility of the Election Commission of India, cautioning that the institution is increasingly being viewed as partisan, speaking at the annual public lecture on the occasion of Gauri Lankesh’s brutal assassination

India’s Silent Push-Out: Courts, states, and the deportation of Bengali-Speaking Muslims

From migrant workers vanishing in midnight raids to a Kolkata man driven to suicide by fear, reports across states reveal a disturbing pattern of expulsions without due process — now under scrutiny in India’s courts