Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
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
CJP Team -
Elgar Case: 4 Days After SC Order, Navlakha Yet to be Placed Under House Arrest
Formalities of release of the human rights activist, jailed in Mumbai’s Taloja prison, are “still under process,” said his lawyer.
Odisha: Over 1.5 lakh Individual Forest Rights claims rejected without reason!
Even though Odisha has usually been at the forefront in implementing the FRA, rejection rate at the district level paints an incongruent picture
UN member states raise concerns about violence against minorities, hate speech, draconian laws during India’s UPR
Even as India through Solicitor General Tushar Mehta staunchly defended these laws, several member states questioned India's track record on human rights
31 districts delegated powers to grant citizenship as per CAA provisions: MHA Annual report
The report suggests that in 2021 a total of 1414 citizenship certificates have been granted as per CAA provisions; the 2019 amendment invoked
TMC invites comedian Vir Das to Kolkata after Bengaluru show cancelled
Das' monologue "I come from two Indias" had stirred a row a year ago when he was criticised for allegedly defaming the country.
Over 80% Pellet Victims in Kashmir Have Lost Vision: Study
The study has strongly advised against the use of pellet guns on civilians to avoid ophthalmic trauma.
NPR database declared as ‘Critical Information Infrastructure’; needs to be updated soon: MHA
The MHA’s Annual Report states that NPR needs to be updated, however, still does not mention a specific time period for conducting the exercise
Police complaint against Vir Das’s show in Bengaluru by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti
Earlier, a show by another stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui was cancelled in Bengaluru, as police claimed the organisers had not taken permission
It’s Welfare & Social Justice under the Indian Constitution, not “freebies”
Social justice read welfare is embedded in the constitutional vision and it's travesty to term such measures as "freebies"
The Tree of Life affirmed by Pope Francis in Bahrain
Image: AP/Alessandra TarantinoNovember 3, 2022, was a special day. On that day, Pope Francis...
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
Rights
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
Labour
Telangana: Safeguard lakhs of Hamali workers, set by welfare board, citizens groups
Different sections of citizens in Telangana and organisations too have in a pithy letter to the Telangana Chief Minister urged the constitution of a Hamali Welfare Board to safeguard the interests of lakhs of Hamali Workers across the state, as per law and in consonance with the Congress Party Manifesto
Media
Delhi, Mumbai: Media organisations sharply criticise UNI eviction
The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), the Editors’ Guild of India and the Mumbai Press club have sharply condemned the executive overreach that ordered the Delhi police to violently evict the staff of the UNI on March 20, 2026
Communal Organisations
Denigration of martyrs like Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev – a peep into RSS archives
On the 95th anniversary of the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, March 23, 2026, historian Shamsul Islam dives deep into RSS archives to show how this organization has historically denounced the movements led by these revolutionaries
Communalism
The Siege of Faith: A year-long analysis of the persecution and otherisation of Christians in India
An examination of systemic hostility across states—where anti-conversion laws, administrative complicity, and media dilution normalised discrimination
Rights
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
Gender and Sexuality
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