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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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Siddique Kappan: A journalist who has spent 500+ days in prison, for just doing his job
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Bhima Koregaon case: NIA court denies bail to Hany Babu and Kabir Kala Manch members
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Karnataka: Chetan Kumar turns 39 behind bars, was jailed for asking a question
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SKM urges citizens and farmers to punish BJP with ‘vote ki chot’
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Under fire from SC, UP gov’t withdraws damage notices against anti-CAA protesters
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This Moyna will not be caged!
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After eight months of persistence, CJP’s legal interventions ensured that a nonagenarianRajbongshi woman was declared Indian by an Assam Foreigners’ Tribunal
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