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Intrusive and Unconstitutional: CJP’s dissent note on Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Law
Through this detailed critique and legal analysis of the hastily enacted Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 (Maharashtra Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam 2026), CJP shows how it is both a serious intrusion on personal liberty, autonomous choice and religious freedoms but also gives a weapon to state agencies like the police to, along with other actors, become vigilantes into personal lives and behaviour
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Chorus demanding justice for Teesta Setalvad grows louder!
More activists, journalists and civil society members are stepping out to express solidarity with the human rights defender
Teesta Setalvad inspires art from behind bars
Digital media activists and artists creatively express solidarity, demand Teesta Setalvad’s immediate release
Release Teesta Setalvad: Indian Human Rights groups and activists
Youths, trade unions and rights groups stand with Teesta Setalvad, demand her immediate release
Ahmedabad court remands Teesta Setalvad to police custody till July 1
The human rights defender will be next produced in court on July 2
Support pours in for Teesta Setalvad
Civil society, socio-political activists and journalists demand justice for the human rights defender
I fear for my life: Teesta Setalvad allegedly roughed up by Gujarat ATS personnel
Police barged into her home and allegedly assaulted her; Setalvad arrested from Mumbai and taken to Ahmedabad Crime branch
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Maharashtra’s Bhikshu Sangh claims forest land in Ramdegi hills
The Buddhist group’s legal argument highlights awareness of the Forest Rights Act, an important goal for rights groups like CJP and AIUFWP
Centre tightens security against anti-agnipath Bharat Bandh
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No innocent should ever be jailed, my life is dedicated to get other innocents released: Abdul Wahid Shaikh
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Intrusive and Unconstitutional: CJP’s dissent note on Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Law
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