by freespeechcollective | Jun 22, 2026 | Commentaries, Policies/Regulations
Citizens say that the latest Maharashtra RTI Rules, 2026, is a pushback, making access to information more cumbersome, exorbitantly expensive and an indirect way to deny information. Ashutosh M Shukla* reports. The Maharashtra RTI Rules, 2026, which came into effect...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
As lakhs of students appear for the NEET exam today, the focus of the paper leak shifted to the Telegram messaging app and the government’s decision to block it, but is that the real problem? Tanya Arora examines the issue. Republished with permission from...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 20, 2026 | Statements
Condemning the Targeted Deplatforming, Police Intimidation and Financial Harassment of Satirist Shamita Yadav (“The Ranting Gola”) The coordinated campaign to silence political satirist Shamita Yadav represents a terrifying new escalation in the crackdown...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 12, 2026 | Lawfare
The Delhi High Court, in a significant judgement on 29 May 2026, has quashed both the FIR filed by the Economic Offences Wing and the Enforcement Directorate’s money laundering case against NewsClick and its founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha. The court ruled that...
by freespeechcollective | May 26, 2026 | Commentaries
The use of terms like “encroachers” and “illegal” slums dominate media reports and erase the reality of the lives of the poor and the state’s role in rendering them invisible, says Shweta Damle In the last one month, three major anti-encroachment drives have taken...
