12-Jul-2024 Supreme Court: “Authorities cannot randomly accuse people of being foreigners, initiate investigation without material basis” Overturning the judgment of the Gauhati High Court and order of the Foreigner’s Tribunal declaring the appellant as foreigner, the bench highlighted that there was grave miscarriage of justice by the authorities since the inception of the investigation
11-Jul-2024 CJP sends complaint in 8 cases of hate crime to the National Commission for Minorities In its joint complaint dated July 10, CJP listed 8 episodes of gruesome hate crimes committed in the months of June-July to the national body for the minorities asking the latter to take concrete actions
11-Jul-2024 CJP files complaint before Maharashtra Police against serial hate offender Kajal Hindustani In complaint, CJP urged to take strict action and seek prosecution under sections 196, 197(1), 352 and 353 of the BNS, 2023 for communal, hate speech
10-Jul-2024 BNS 2023 does nothing to bring in a nuanced effective understanding of Hate Speech, making its prosecution even more difficult Why were crucial suggestions to strengthen laws on Hate Speech ignored?
10-Jul-2024 Another mob lynching of Muslim men in Jharkhand and UP Both Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh saw cases of mob lynching
09-Jul-2024 Post-election India sees surge in communal violence and vigilante attacks Daily reports of communal violence and mob attacks on Muslims, Christians, and Sikhs across India, with over 10 incidents against cattle transporters and 14 cases of violence in various states
09-Jul-2024 CJP Impact: Another elderly couple rejoice as their citizenship is restored with CJP’s help Ailing couple forced to face Tribunal monthly on suspicion of being foreigners without due process; CJP restores their dignity and citizenship
05-Jul-2024 Counting of votes and post-counting remedies to the victim candidates of a tainted election process The free and fair election is a basic structure of the Constitution and the will of the people must prevail, it is on the shoulders of the Returning Officer to ensure that the counting of votes is not marred by any interference and tampering or manipulation.
04-Jul-2024 Allahabad HC rejects bail plea in alleged conversion case; stating Article 25 does not provide right to convert religion Judge Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said if this practice is not stopped, the “majority population of this country would be in minority one day”
01-Jul-2024 Rising Tensions: Young Muslim beaten to death amid backlash over cricket success In Chikhodara, Anand district, Gujarat, a young Muslim man named Salman Hanifbhai Whora was beaten to death during a cricket match.
01-Jul-2024 Victory! One more Indian gets their citizenship back with the help of CJP! Anjuma has been officially declared an Indian citizen by the Dhubri Foreigner Tribunal
26-Jun-2024 New rape laws leave men and the transgender community vulnerable Proposed legislation creates a dangerous legal gap, trivialises sexual assault
26-Jun-2024 The discordant symphony: where does the transgender community go from here? Landmark judgments gather dust: the fight for transgender equality continues
25-Jun-2024 Hate speech among Assam citizens follows political rhetoric Emon Paul from Kokrajhar, Assam, arrested for offensive remarks against Islam, threatening violence
22-Jun-2024 Certain sections of the Telecommunications Act notified to come on force from June 26, 2024 surveillance and privacy concerns India's new telecom law: modernisation with a side of surveillance
21-Jun-2024 SC grants interim bail to Mahesh Raut for attending grandmother’s last rites Raut to be out on interim bail for two weeks on conditions set by special/trial court