Press Statements
Falsifying the Truth: PUCL Condemns the Systematic Manipulation of Census Data and the Suppression of Ground Realities in the Ongoing Census Exercise
15 Jun, 2026The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), views with the gravest alarm the revelations published in The Hindu on 3 June 2026 regarding the conduct of the ongoing Census House listing Operations (HLO) across Rajasthan and other states. The reports disclose a disturbing and unconscionable pattern: that ground-level enumer...
PUCL condemns the judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court holding that the Kamal Maula Mosque was built on a Sarasvati temple and hence possession vests exclusively with the Hindutva petitioners
08 Jun, 2026The PUCL faults the Madhya Pradesh High Court for being impervious to the spirit of fraternity and secularism which is the soul of the Constitution. PUCL demands that the Religious Places of Worship Act, 1991 be strictly followed and interpreted as a legislation enacted to uphold secularism The May, 2026 judgment of the Divisio...
PUCL Bihar welcomes Bihar SHRC order directing police to submit a report on recent incident of brutal burder
14 May, 2026A tragic incident in Patna has raised serious concerns about child safety and human rights. Roshni Kumari, a 10-year-old girl, went missing after leaving her home to deliver milk to a neighbour. When she did not return, her family searched for her and later informed the police. The next day, her body was found wrapped in a blanket...
PUCL condemns SC's SIR Verdict: Legitimising mass Disenfranchisement
04 Jun, 2026The PUCL condemns the 27th May, 2026 decision of the Supreme Court in ‘Association of Democratic Rights v. Election Commission of India’ as a singular blow to the principle of political equality in India. In one of its most consequential decisions, the Court legitimized the mass disenfranchisement exercise conducted by th...
PUCL Condemns the Arrest of Garga Chatterjee: Criminalising Political Speech Threatens Constitutional Democracy
14 May, 2026The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) strongly condemns the arrest of activist and public intellectual Garga Chatterjee by the Cyber Crime Cell of the Kolkata Police on 12 May 2026 on the basis of allegations relating to social media posts concerning EVM functioning during the recent Assembly election period. On 13 May 2...
PUCL condemns the UP Police’s invocation of National Security Act against the arrestees of the NOIDA wage hike struggle as illegal and unconstitutional
15 May, 2026Background of the workers struggle in NCR Delhi region in April, 2026 It is important to understand that the protest of the workers in NOIDA for a hike in wages was not in isolation. The workers strikes in the Delhi NCR region precipitated with a phenomenal increase in food and fuel inflation, with cooking gas prices skyrocketing,...
PUCL condemns the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code
05 Apr, 2026The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Gujarat, condemns the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code Bill which was passed by the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Presented in the name of “uniformity,” this initiative raises serious constitutional concerns and risks functioning as a targeted civil code which is an affront to the...
PUCL-Tamil Nadu welcomes the verdict holding police officials accountable for custodial torture leading to death of Jayaraj and Benniks
16 Apr, 2026The Tamil Nadu & Puducherry PUCL welcomes the Madurai Additional District & Sessions Court verdict in the father and son duo custodial death case. The Verdict has delivered a great blow to the sense of impunity – being gleefully cherished by the so-called custodians of the law. Besides the verdict has contributed immense...
Joint Press Statement on the implementation of Forest Rights Act in the Konkan Division
24 Feb, 2026Joint Statement by Shoshit Jan Andolan, Yashwantrao Chavan Centre and PUCL Maharashtra A Public Hearing to audit two decades of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) implementation in the Konkan Division* was held at the Y.B. Chavan Centre on 24th February 2026 by Shoshit Jan Andolan (a grassroot level federation of mass organisations worki...
PUCL Rajasthan: The Disturbed Area Law will fracture Rajasthani society, cause ghettoisation of Minorities in urban areas!
05 Mar, 2026The PUCL demands the Immediate Withdrawal of this Anti-Constitutional Bill! Critique of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provision for Protection of Tenants from Eviction from Premises in Disturbed Areas Bill, 2026 The PUCL demands the withdrawal by the Government of Rajasthan of the draft bill popul...