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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

Kerala passes resolution for withdrawal of CAA

Kerala CM also declared that his state will not have detention camps and accused BJP of making communal divide its political plank

‘An Act of Mass Surveillance’: India Use of Facial Recognition Tech Against Protesters Angers Privacy Advocates

Protesters against the Indian government's anti-Muslim citizenship bill are...

BJP trends CCA instead of CAA leaving Twitterati in splits

The party’s IT Cell used the hashtag #IndiaSupportsCCA which trended on no. 1 with more than 40k tweets

Up in Arms: A look at protests that rocked India in 2019

People from all spheres of life have been voicing their displeasure against the oppressive policies of the government

Five J&K leaders released

All belong to Nationalist Conference and the People’s Democratic...

UP sees the worst of Police Brutality

The CAA-NPR-NRC triple whammy has jolted the social and political conscience in the country. As the protests kept spreading, the government started getting wary of the public sentiment which is holding on to the secularity and rejecting a law that discriminates on religious lines and aims to eliminate or marginalise the Muslim community.

Delhi Police detain more than 300 anti-CAA protestors outside UP Bhawan

The Jamia Coordination Committee releases a press statement condemning police action

Anti-CAA protest attracts 25,000 in Malvani, Malad

Thousands also gather at Dadar at protest called by the VBA

“Are you going to ban each and every protest?” K’taka HC raps govt

The High Court bench led by the Chief Justice will look into the legality of the prohibitory orders issued by the state and expressed dismay over the manner in which protests in bangalore were handled.

Bengaluru to hold NPR in two phases

Officials continue to emphasize that there is no link between the NPR and the NRC

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