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Who Was Disha Salian? The Life Behind the Headlines | Disha Salian Case

Before the controversy and unanswered questions, Disha Salian was a 28-year-old talent manager in Mumbai who worked with several well-known names in the entertainment industry.

She had worked with Sushant Singh Rajput, Bharti Singh, Varun Sharma and others. Friends and colleagues described her as warm, focused and fiercely committed to her work. She was also engaged to be married and building her future.

This short looks at who Disha Salian was, her career, and the life she was leading before her case became the subject of intense public scrutiny.

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Disha Salian Case: Why Was It Never Properly Investigated?

Disha Salian’s death has remained surrounded by unanswered questions for years. Now, six years later, the Bombay High Court has directed the CBI to investigate the case.

Why did it take a court order to reopen questions surrounding Disha Salian’s death? What happened during the original investigation? And why does the case continue to raise questions?

In this short explainer, we look at the key developments in the Disha Salian case and why the investigation is back in focus.

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17.30 Crore People Enrolled Without Documents? | Ashok Lavasa

How did India build its first electoral roll in 1951–52 when the documentary systems we know today were not in place?

Former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa explains how the Election Commission’s machinery enrolled around 17.30 crore people, despite the absence of extensive documentation, and why this remains an important chapter in India’s institutional history.

Disha Salian: The Case That Was Never Investigated | What Happened that Night?

Six years after Disha Salian died in Mumbai in June 2020, the Bombay High Court has ordered a CBI investigation into her death. In this explainer, Prema Sridevi breaks down what actually happened, why the original police inquiry left so many questions open, and what the court order of 2 September 2026 really means.

This is not a theory about who did what. It is a careful look at the record. The ambulance that arrived to find the body already gone. The two-day gap before the post-mortem. The report the family says it did not receive for five years. The reopened inquiry that led nowhere. And the forensic discrepancies noted in the court's own order. We also explain the Sushant Singh Rajput connection, the political fight that grew around the case, and why Disha's father, Satish Salian, changed his position after years of accepting the police version.

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan: Legal Education Must Teach Us to Question

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan says the most valuable quality legal education can give is not merely knowing the law, but having the courage to question established assumptions and ask whether the law, in its application, has served justice.

He also stresses the importance of engaging with answers that challenge our own beliefs, listening to different perspectives, and learning to tolerate disagreement.

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Kapil Sibal on India’s Press Freedom Crisis | Freedom of Press

India’s press freedom ranking has fallen further, with India now placed 157th out of 180 countries in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index.
Speaking on the state of free speech in India, Kapil Sibal points to rising violence against journalists, concentrated media ownership, political influence over major media outlets and judicial harassment of independent voices.

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