Bulletin Edition: June 2026

Contents of this Edition:

• PUCL Editorial – A Stolen Mandate: Weaponising the SIR to steal the West Bengal Elections 2026
• PUCL on Arrest of Garga Chatterjee: Criminalising Political Speech Threatens Constitutional Democracy
• PUCL condemns the UP Police’s invocation of National Security Act against the arrestees of the NOIDA wage hike struggle as illegal and unconstitutional
• PUCL Consultation against Custodial torture in India
• Remarks of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment – Alice Jill Edwards
• The Charter of Rights of Victims and Survivors of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
• The Role of Constitutional Institutions in Democracy and Access to Justice for Common People: TS Ahuja
• “Democracy cannot survive on arithmetic alone”: Uday Rajan
• Umar Khalid: A Prisoner of Conscience – by Clifton D’ Rozario