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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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Mangaluru: Fact-finding report unearths the reality of police brutality at anti-CAA protests
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Kannan Gopinathan detained in UP on his way to deliver speech at AMU
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“Next step is Rohingyas’ deportation”: BJP MoS Jitendra Singh
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Kota infant death case becomes NHRC’s first case of the year
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How true is the UP Police’s claim of 57 cops being shot at during protests?
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Criticised for rushing through CAA without adequate Parliamentary debate, MHA may not consult states on framing CAA rules!
Unwilling to enter into consultations with Opposition-ruled states of Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra — all of whom have declared that they would not implement CAA in their states—reports now state that MHA will frame the Rules without consultation!
Gauhati HC order offers a lifeline to those declared foreigner ex parte
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Two days into the new year, Mumbai protests police excess in UP
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