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Six Days Behind Bars After Bail: Patna High Court orders ₹2 lakh relief, flags state-wide pattern of illegal detention

Court rejects “festival holiday” defence, directs IG Prisons to fix systemic lapses and ensure jail superintendents comply with court orders

Odisha govt cancels forest applications of over 6000 tribal families

On November 25, several Adivasi welfare organisations protested Odisha Government’s decision of arbitrarily rejecting forest rights claims of 6,313 traditional forest dwellers.

Reject culture of misogyny, democratise socio-cultural spaces: #Justice4RapeVictims

The horrendous rape and murder of Hyderabad's vet doctor...

Stop using rape cases for communal polarization

Four persons, Mohammed Pasha, Shiva, Naveen, Chennakesavulu who work...

Amnesty International’s report a damning indictment of FTs in Assam

Amnesty International has conducted a detailed study of the functioning of Foreigners Tribunals (FT) in Assam, and their observations raise several human rights concerns.

28.5 per cent food samples not conforming to safety standards: FSSAI

On November 26, the primary body governing food safety regulations in India - the FSSAI - released their 2018-19 report concerning state-wise enforcement of food safety standards. The data contains information on the number of samples analysed in every state/union territory, non-conforming samples, cases launched, convictions ruled, and penalties granted.

Sikh Kirtan by women- the history, the way forward

The Punjab Govt. has recently allowed women to offer Kirtan inside the Golden temple. Despite no religious precedent which decreed excluding them in the first place, where do women stand in Sikhism? How do cultural norms, gender inequality, caste privilege, and religion intersect?

Uddhav Thackeray stops tree cutting at Aarey

Within a day of taking oath as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray has ordered Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) to stop work on the Mumbai Metro car shed that was set to be constructed in the Aarey region of Goregaon, Mumbai.

Sonbhadra: 1L of milk given to 81 students as part of their mid-day meal!

A primary school was allegedly caught giving adulterated milk to its students as part of their mid-day meal in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. A video demonstrating the cook adding one litre of milk to a bucket of water went viral on social media this Tuesday, on November 26.

WCD Ministry gives unsatisfactory answers on efforts to protect women and children

In response to an unstarred question made during the Lok Sabha session by four Members of Parliament, Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) Smriti Irani appeared to only relay old, publicly available data on the issues.

Dalit woman found dead, family alleges gang-rape: Kancheepuram

CPI (M) and VCK allege that police is protecting ‘upper-caste’ perpetrators

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Six Days Behind Bars After Bail: Patna High Court orders ₹2 lakh relief, flags state-wide pattern of illegal detention

Court rejects “festival holiday” defence, directs IG Prisons to fix systemic lapses and ensure jail superintendents comply with court orders

The Politics of Processions: How the Sanatan Ekta Padyatra amplified hate speech in plain sight

As the Sanatan Ekta Padyatra traversed 422 village panchayats across three states, it carried not merely religious symbolism but explicit political messaging. Calls for a Hindu Rashtra, vilification of Muslim communities, and assertions of majoritarian dominance raise serious questions under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita’s provisions on promoting enmity, inciting violence, and disturbing public tranquillity. Yet, as the aftermath shows, ranging from protests in Datia to a clash in Vrindavan, the legal system’s response has been fragmented and cautious. This report interrogates that legal vacuum, situating the padyatra within established precedents of hate-speech jurisprudence and the enduring gap between statutory safeguards and ground-level enforcement.

A Decade after Bisada: Why Uttar Pradesh’s attempt to drop the Akhlaq lynching case defies law and constitution

Ten years after the Dadri lynching shocked India and forced a national reckoning on hate violence, the Uttar Pradesh government has moved to withdraw prosecution against the accused — raising critical questions of law, constitutional duty, and deliberate impunity

Bihar Elections: Trains for votes? The unanswered mystery of the ‘phantom’ specials from Haryana to Bihar

Explosive RTI documents reveal unannounced special trains running from Haryana to Bihar mere days before polling, serious allegations of state-sponsored voter smuggling, as the dust settles on the Bihar 2025 verdict, video evidence of ‘free tickets’ compounds the mystery, leaving questions over the violation of the Model Code of Conduct, the definition of "Corrupt Practice" under the RP Act, and the deafening silence of the Election Commission dangerously unanswered

Washed Away by Floods, Targeted by the State: Hamela Khatun’s fight for citizenship

CJP’s team helped Hamela piece together a lifetime of evidence — from 1950s land documents to contemporary electoral rolls — to establish beyond doubt that she is, and always has been, an Indian citizen

The Orchestrated Extremism: An analysis of communal hate speech in India’s election cycle (2024–2025)

This piece uncovers the rise of digital warfare—from caste-coded AI videos in Bihar to calls for the economic segregation of vendors—detailing the calculated strategy to fracture society and weaponise Dalits against Muslims to divert attention from joblessness and poverty

Communal Profiling at Malabar Hill, CJP’s files complaint with Maharashtra Police and NCM

The complaint to Maharashtra Police and the NCM details how a former BJYM office-bearer allegedly conducted unauthorised identity checks and singled out vendors on religious grounds

Massive duplicate entries in Mumbai voter rolls trigger political uproar; opposition flags “fraudulent patterns” and pressures SEC for action

With more than 10.6% of Mumbai’s electorate appearing multiple times in the SEC’s draft rolls—some duplicated over a hundred times—the Opposition alleges targeted tampering in their strongholds, raises alarm over rising “elected unopposed” patterns, and demands urgent corrective action and extended scrutiny