Counterview

By A Representative   The Gujarat High Court has issued a strong rebuke to the Vadodara City Police over the alleged custodial torture and public parading of five individuals, including young adolescents and their mother, in connection with a minor offence of hurling eggs at a Ganesh idol.

By A Representative   The Minority Coordination Committee (MCC) Gujarat has issued a legal contempt notice to senior officials of the Government of Gujarat following the incident of public parading and custodial torture in Surat’s Althan area on April 25, 2026. The notice, signed by MCC Convenor Mujahid Nafees, has been addressed to the Chief Secretary of Gujarat, the Additional Chief Secretary (Home Department), the Director General of Police, and the Commissioner of Police, Surat City. 

By Jag Jivan   When 65-year-old Jitu Munda walked into the Odisha Gramin Bank ’s Malliposhi branch on the afternoon of April 27, carrying a jute sack on his shoulder, no one expected what lay inside. The sack contained the skeletal remains of his sister, Kalra Munda, whom he had buried on January 26.

By A Representative   A group of concerned citizens has written to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant , expressing deep disappointment over his recent observations on environmental litigation , which they say belittle their constitutional duty to protect the natural world.

By A Representative   The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has strongly condemned the arrest of activist and public intellectual Garga Chatterjee, calling it a dangerous instance of the “criminalisation of political speech” and warning that such actions threaten constitutional democracy. In a statement, PUCL said Chatterjee was arrested by the Cyber Crime Cell of the Kolkata Police on May 12 over allegations linked to his social media posts concerning the functioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the recent Assembly election period.

By Ravi Ranjan*  Sandhya Navodita occupies a distinctive place in contemporary Hindi poetry, where her literary sensibility is inseparable from socio-political consciousness. Educated in History, Law, and Journalism at Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, she has long been associated with people’s movements and pro-people politics.