Press Statements
PUCL Statement on Threat to Judicial Independence - "We the People" of India need to stand up and assert Constitutional Values and Ethos
17 Jan, 2023Judicial Independence: FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL!! Resist the Executive’s Attempt to Discredit & Undermine Independence of the Judiciary. As the Modi government reaches the final stretch of its second five-year term, one can see the beginnings of its new priorities. The drumbeats against the judiciary, the lone institution whi...
PUCL Condemns Delhi Police Raids on the Wire’s Editors & Seizure of Electronic Devices
02 Nov, 2022The PUCL strongly condemns the raids on the residences and office of senior editors of the news portal, The Wire, in New Delhi and Mumbai on 31st October and 1st November, 2022 and manhandling of the lawyer, Mr. Shadan Farasat and other staff members of the Wire. The raids followed a First Information Report (FIR) registered in Ne...
PUCL condemns the Mass Raids, the Arrests of PFI leadership and cadre and the Ban on the PFI
29 Sep, 2022The PUCL is deeply concerned about the implications for democracy and the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and association in the light of the ongoing `Operation Octopus’ which is being carried out against the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates, across the country as a joint operation of the CRPF, the home...
PUCL welcomes the initial step towards the complete repeal of the colonial law of Sedition
12 May, 2022The Peoples Union for Civil Liberties welcomes the order of the Supreme Court dated 11.05.22 in the petition filed by Army veteran Major-General SG Vombatkere (Retired) as well as PUCL and a range of other petitioners challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. In its petition, the PU...