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Who owns Mumbai’s streets? The Bombay High Court, street vendors and a decade of regulatory failure
What began as a case about encroachments has become a searching inquiry into the State's failure to implement the Street Vendors Act, the rights of pedestrians and informal workers, and the growing role of identification and verification in urban governance
Jyotiba Phule’s Trenchant Critique of Caste: Gulamgiri
First Published on: 11 Apr 2016On his 189th Birth...
Gulfisha Fatima: A saga of arrest and re-arrest
A moving poem by student activist Gulfisha Fatima is the focus of a campaign by citizens groups on the fifth anniversary of her incarceration. A special FSC report recaps the cases lodged against her and her attempt to keep up with her poetry and focus on teaching co-inmates in jail.
Mob violence, police torture justifiable practices feel a significant section of India’s police: Study
Misconceptions and biases against Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis high among police officers surveyed in Gujarat
“Par yaad rehti bas tareekh”: Five years of Gul’s un-freedom
As Gulfisha Fatima completes five years in prison without trial, her poetry breaks through the walls meant to contain her voice—reminding us that to remember her is to resist
Black Armbands, State Crackdown: UP targets Muslims for peaceful protest against Waqf Act
On Jumat-ul-Vida, a symbolic act of dissent by Muslims in Muzaffarnagar met with legal intimidation and sweeping notices—exposing yet another instance of selective policing and criminalisation of Muslim expression in Uttar Pradesh.
The unwavering gaze of the observant citizen: India’s need of the hour
Citizens who are not from discriminated and targeted communities must speak up against systemic oppression and discrimination; the times we live in India demand this
From Prison to Uncertainty: After Battling for Bails, Kashmiri Journalists Battle Stigma, Financial Crisis and Isolation
How journalists are being silenced through systemic weaponisation of UAPA and PSA to ensure prolonged detentions, delaying bails and creating a ripple impact of fear and trauma.
CJP submits objections to Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024 over serious threats to civil liberties
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Broad definitions and unchecked police authority could criminalise dissent, CJP cautions
SC: Recent judgment in the Imran Pratapgarhi case, what are police powers under section 173 (3) BNS?
The recent SC judgement is a welcome check on the expanding criminalisation of political and artistic expression, which has historically been weaponised to stifle dissent
Supreme Court slams Prayagraj demolitions, awards Rs. 10 lakh compensation to each six victims for violation of due process
In a significant order, the Court condemns illegal demolitions as inhumane, highlighting systemic flaws in the notification process and underscoring the vital importance of protecting the right to shelter under Article 21
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