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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

Thousands condemn Delhi Police interrogation of Prof. Apoorvanand

The noted DU professor and activist was questioned by Special Branch as a part of investigations into the NE Delhi riots

Ayesha Tirmizi was recovering when her life was cut short

The 51-year-old died in the fire that broke out in the ICU of Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning

Covid-19 in Assam: AASU demands relief package

With over 14,000 active cases the state is struggling as it faces the twin blows of the pandemic and floods

Malicious advertorial in Business Standard irks activists, paper probes accountability

The advertorial by CCFI mentioned names of many environmentalists who had spoken about pesticides and made libelous remarks about them

ILO Child Labour Convention unanimously ratified by all members!

Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (No. 182) becomes most rapidly ratified convention in the history of the organisation

GN Saibaba denied permission to attend post funeral ceremonies of dead mother

Jail Superintendent Anup Kumar Kumre tells the media, permission was refused because the former DU Professor is a “different kind of inmate” 

Activists demand restoration of statehood for J&K

Write to PM saying promises of rapid and widespread ‘development’ have not been kept

End harassment of Kashmiri journalists, lawyers: Kashmir Reading Room

The Jammu & Kashmir Reading Room (KRR), a collective...

Prashant Bhushan contempt case: Activists file intervention application 

16 prominent social activists say case will have adverse impact on citizens' Right to Freedom of Speech

Prashant Bhushan contempt case: A mute hearing

The hearing was concluded in-camera which no public access to the conversation between the bench and the counsel

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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)”