Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA)

  Slapping off the SLAPP, No Time To Take a Nap! (An Online Mass Petition) Posted on 30th July, 2025 (GMT 03:45 hrs) ABSTRACT In light of growing threats to democratic dissent in India, this petition urgently calls for the enactment of Anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) legislation and a robust data protection framework to safeguard whistleblowers, journalists, and public-interest advocates from legal intimidation and digital surveillance. With SLAPPs weaponized by state-corporate entities to suppress dissent through defamation suits and privacy breaches, and in a context of declining press freedom, weak accountability, and widespread misuse of laws like UAPA and Section 69A, the petition highlights the need for judicial oversight, tort remedies, procedural safeguards, and an independent Data Protection Authority. Drawing on international precedents and constitutional protections under Article 19, it calls on India’s highest authorities to defend free...

  DSK Legal and the Theatre of Law: A Gandhian Response to Corporate Legalism Posted on 31st July, 2025 (GMT 09:20 hrs) Updated on 1st August, 2025 (GMT 13:15 hrs) ABSTRACT This letter, penned by Dr. Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay on behalf of Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA) on July 31, 2025, serves as a principled response to a legal notice from DSK Legal, received mere hours before a mandated court appearance in Mumbai, framing it as an act of civic resistance rather than a mere defense. It critiques the systemic issues of democratic erosion, ecological injustice, and digital rights violations in a corporatized India, highlighting the legal machinery’s tendency to favor wealth and power over truth and people, exemplified by the environmental degradation caused by corporate real-estate and pharmaceutical entities in vulnerable regions like Mumbai and rural Digwal. The letter challenges the timing and logistics of the notice, questions the ethical conduct of DSK Legal—including ...

  Digital Satyagraha: DHFL Victims Vs. The Farce of Injustice Operation YouTube: A Peaceful Digital Protest through YouTube Feedback on Content Featuring Mr. Ajay Piramal Posted on 31st July, 2025 (GMT 11:45 hrs) ABSTRACT Operation YouTube by the DHFL Victims is a peaceful, constitutionally grounded digital protest initiated by the victims of the DHFL financial crisis. The campaign aims to raise awareness and demand accountability from Mr. Ajay Piramal and the Piramal Group, following the allegedly controversial takeover of DHFL, which left lakhs of small depositors—many of them senior citizens—financially devastated. The campaign encourages participants to engage critically with publicly available YouTube content featuring Ajay Piramal by using platform-native tools such as the dislike button and comment sections. Protesters are urged to express their dissent respectfully, truthfully, and within the boundaries of YouTube’s community guidelines and legal frameworks. Rejecting ...