As films increasingly draw from real-life events, courtroom battles over “distortion of history” and “hurt sentiments” are becoming a new act in India’s cinematic story. From The Taj Story to The Kerala Story, a growing trend of public interest litigations is challenging creative freedom—and forcing courts to decide where art ends and ideology begins

Before the Court was an amendment of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2021, whose main object was to give “meaningful” effect to the constitutionally guaranteed right of religious freedom by ensuring that gullible persons are not converted from one religion to another by use of “misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or fraudulent means”

The anti-corruption body set up to probe excess and misuse  of public funds is under fire for inviting bids to buy a fleet of luxury BMWs—a move that raises more questions about accountability, credibility, and irony than it answers