17-Oct-2024 How Indian society uses slur and stigma to perpetuate indignity and exclusion: Dalits Slurs like 'Bhangi' and 'Chamar' demean individuals and entrench systemic discrimination, perpetuating segregation and ghettoizing Dalit identities
24-Sep-2024 UP leads in cases of atrocities against Dalits, Madhya Pradesh tops in most crimes reported against ST’s Uttar Pradesh reported 12,287 cases, Rajasthan 8,651, and Madhya Pradesh 7,732 of Dalit atrocities in 2022, reveals a Ministry of Social Justice report
22-Aug-2024 How authorities skirt legal boundaries between bail and jail While courts uphold 'bail as the rule,' authorities navigate loopholes to sidestep due process
09-Jul-2024 Towards a Hate Free Nation: Handbook for Police & Administration CJP’s handbook on statutory (legal) obligations to prosecute hate crimes
04-Jun-2024 Allahabad and Madhya Pradesh High Courts issue conflicting rulings on interfaith marriage under Special Marriage Act Allahabad HC supports interfaith marriage under SMA; Madhya Pradesh HC rejects plea citing Muslim personal law
27-May-2024 ECI’s Handbook for Police Officers and RP Act 1951: For Pre-Poll, Polling Day, and Post-Poll Responsibilities All the officers, personnel from State Police and CAPF deployed for election duties, shall be under superintendence, of the ECI till the completion of Election
20-May-2024 Amid large scale instances of “domicide”, Delhi set to vote on 25 May As demolition drives render thousands homeless, dispossession and forced evictions remain key burning issues for the uprooted many in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls
18-May-2024 India’s Prison Crisis: Advocating Reform and Justice CJP and PUCL are leading the charge with our jointly drafted 'Citizens Human Rights Manifesto'
17-May-2024 Invisible Hands: Workers within the Political Economy of IITs This article is the first in a series examining the labour practices of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), with a specific focus on IIT Bombay. Renowned as premier educational institutions in India, IITs are held in high esteem by the public. However, these institutions are engaging in labour practices that violate existing laws and exploit contract workers.
29-Dec-2023 Untouchability in 2023 garb: Dalits Speak Out CJP interviewed Dalit voices of editors, artists, authors, advocates from various parts of the country to centre narratives of survival and dignity in modern India.
23-Dec-2023 Is state apathy pushing Indian farmers to the edge? Are Indian farmers suffering due to failing schemes?
26-Nov-2023 वर्णभेद और बापू हत्या | Caste Discrimination and Gandhi’s Assassination Celebrate Constitution Day by delving into history with Tushar Gandhi
15-Nov-2023 निगरानी के प्रयासों से निजता के अधिकार का हनन, निशाने पर चुनिंदा लोग, कानून की खामियाँ उजागर एप्पल की ओर से हालिया अलर्ट ने विपक्षी नेताओं और पत्रकारों पर राज्य प्रायोजित निगरानी हमले के मामलों को सामने लाकर सत्तारूढ़ शासन द्वारा प्रायोजित पेगासस का भूत वापस ला दिया है
09-Nov-2023 State-sponsored attempts at surveillance erode right to privacy, target specific persons and expose lacunae in legislation Bringing back the ghost of Pegasus malware by the ruling regime, recent alerts from Apple throw up more instances of a state-sponsored surveillance attack on leaders of the opposition and journalists
06-Oct-2023 Police to pay for impingement on personal liberty: Delhi HC The Court held that the compensation amount should be recovered from the salaries of sub-inspectors Rajeev Gautam and Shamim Khan, the two police officers who put the petitioner in the lock-up.
01-Oct-2023 बापू के आख़िरी कुछ साल | तुषार गांधी Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi speaks about his final years