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Documents Cannot Decide Democracy: How CJP is training communities to navigate the SIR process

Through a series of trainings in Maharashtra with community groups and civil society organisations, CJP and VFD are helping vulnerable communities understand the SIR process, resist panic, and protect their voting rights amid growing fears of exclusion and disenfranchisement

How & Why India’s Law Commission has urged a cap on Free Speech: Sedition

The 22nd Report of the Indian Law Commission flies in the face of serious judicial pronouncements, jurisprudence and modern thinking

Delineation of Scheduled Areas has been left to narrow political & administrative compulsions

A constitutional commitment and vision is unrealised due to the lack of visionary zeal in implementation

CJP extends support to 67-year-old woman from Assam who had resigned to her fate

Samiran Bibi, who had received a D voter notice, found herself in a helpless situation for an extended period of time until CJP's Team Assam stepped in to assist

Abandoned by legal counsel CJP stands by woman suspected of being a foreigner

In April 2022, a 'Suspected Foreigner' notice was served to her by the Chirang Foreigner Tribunal

TN: More than 1,000 people of Jawadhu hills get title rights under FRA

Moreover, the administration is also in the process of reviewing those claims that were rejected in the past

TN: Under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, 158 people in two villages have been granted title deeds

In terms of forest rights, Tamil Nadu is one of the worst performing states

Forest Dept admits to faults in eviction notices issued to Van Gujjars, Uttarakhand

There have been numerous protests and representations made by the Van Gujjar Tribes

Battling the Indian sports industry: the cries for justice by women

As these protesting wrestlers continue with their fight for justice, will the culture of patriarchy in sports finally give?

EXCLUSIVE: Bulk FIRs targets Assamese Indians through Passport Act cases, new assault on Citizenship rights: Assam

A bulk FIR naming 250 locals in Assam’s Chirang district, many of whom had been falsely accused and declared Indians by Foreigners Tribunals earlier, warn of a fresh form of assault by the state on marginalised sections

Amendments to Forest Conservation law to majorly affect the North East

The areas that were protected under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 will come under the purview of the central government and can be put up for non-forest use as per the Centre’s discretion

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Documents Cannot Decide Democracy: How CJP is training communities to navigate the SIR process

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