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Proposed Amendments to Gujarat Marriage Registration Rules Unconstitutional: NAJAR, NAPM

Members of National Alliance for Justice, Accountability and Rights (NAJAR - Gujarat) - a pan Indian collective of progressive lawyers and law professionals and the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM Gujarat), along with many civil society organisations of the state have strongly objected to the proposed amendments to the Gujarat Registration of Marriages Rules, 2006, notified on February 20, 2026

Grateful and humbled by the solidarity and support: Prashant Bhushan

Senior advocate and human rights defender issues statement after Re 1 fine in Twitter related contempt of court case

Covid-19 and the Classroom Crisis

Let’s not forget that underprivileged students are left out in this sudden spree of digitalisation

BREAKING: SC fines Prashant Bhushan Re 1 in tweet related contempt case

The senior advocate and human rights defender had refused to retract or apologise for his tweets against SC and CJI

UN-IASC defends rights of persons deprived of their liberty amidst Covid-19

Inter-Agency Standing Committee issues guidance on people in in prisons, administrative detention centres, immigration detention centres and drug rehabilitation centres

Communal and Targeted Violence Bill: Why it must be codified into law

Re-plug: Originally published in November 2011, we are revisiting this piece as we remember the Kandhamal carnage and other acts of targeted violence against minorities

Denial of medical bail is gross injustice: Friends of Sudha Bharadwaj

Peers of Sudha Bharadwaj expressed outrage in a letter at the attempt of jail authorities to hide facts of her health condition.

India tops Global Covid-19 trajectory, will the Health Minister speak up?

On Saturday, India’s total reached 34,63,973 cases, the third consecutive day when over 70,000 cases have been recorded

EXCLUSIVE! NRC Rejection Slips to be issued only after Covid-19 is brought under control

NRC State Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma says timelines are difficult to commit to at this point as everything is in a flux due to the pandemic

Scapegoats and Holy Cows

Media, Police and Tablighi Jamaat in the Times of Covid 19

Rona Wilson worked for release of political prisoners, now a prisoner himself

The state must either prove its grave charges against him conclusively or set him free along with all other political prisoners.

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Proposed Amendments to Gujarat Marriage Registration Rules Unconstitutional: NAJAR, NAPM

Members of National Alliance for Justice, Accountability and Rights (NAJAR - Gujarat) - a pan Indian collective of progressive lawyers and law professionals and the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM Gujarat), along with many civil society organisations of the state have strongly objected to the proposed amendments to the Gujarat Registration of Marriages Rules, 2006, notified on February 20, 2026

Withdraw the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 NOW!

Sexual minority coalitions across the country and civil liberties groups have strongly opposed the 2026 Amendment to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill that dilutes and nullifies the 2019 law

“RTI Was Our Lifeline”: How the 2025 amendment impacts people at the grassroots level

Through a look at the grassroot uses of the path-breaking 2005 Right to Information Act, the authors examine how recent amendments have completely diluted if not nullified its impact on transparency in governance

Data is real, true wealth: SC issues notice in yet another plea challenging DPDP Act; highlights privacy concerns

This petition, filed by journalist Geeta Seshu, along with the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) that also challenges the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 will now be heard with other petitions filed in the matter by Reporter’s Collective, Nitin Sethi and Venkatesh Nayak, on March 23

Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)

For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”

USCIRF’s Call for Sanctions on the RSS Is a Major Moral and Political Marker

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has apart from continuing to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), also recommended targeted sanctions against the RSS; this is a first.