UCF EXPRESSESS SOLIDARITY WITH JUSTICE TABASSUM KHAN

[AC Michael]

For Immediate Release

 

UCF EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH JUSTICE TABASSUM KHAN

 

 

New Delhi – 3 July 2026 

 

The United Christian Forum (UCF) calls upon every citizen to support this statement of solidarity issued for Ms. Tabassum Khan, who serves as an Additional District and Sessions Judge in Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh. She has been subjected to extreme intimidation, death threats and a targeted social media campaign following a recent judicial order. UCF strongly condemns the malicious campaign, hounding, vilification, threatening her with violence after she discharged her judicial duties by convicting the offenders in a 2022 mob lynching case.

 

UCF believes that protecting a judge from intimidation is not a personal privilege but a structural necessity to uphold the rule of law. Judge Khan has merely facilitated the process of justice by deciding the case strictly on its legal merits. Judicial decisions and orders must be challenged before appellate courts, not through public intimidation, harassment and threats.

 

Dr Michael Willaims, National President of United Christian Forum said: “UCF stands in unwavering solidarity with Judge Tabassum Khan against this targeted hostility and has full faith in the independent judiciary of the country and hopes that she is not only provided immediate and comprehensive security by the State at the earliest but the individuals inciting this hate campaign against her are swiftly prosecuted under the law. Ultimately, it is not merely a question of security towards a Judge but a matter of safeguarding the most important pillar of democracy.”

 

As established by the Supreme Court of India in Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of India (2015), judicial independence is a fundamental feature of the Constitution therefore the State must ensure that the Judges feel safe while deciding on sensitive and potentially controversial matters. Furthermore, international frameworks like the United Nations Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary mandate that the State must guarantee that judges can decide matters free from improper influences, inducements, or threats.

 

About UCF

United Christian Forum (UCF) operates a toll-free helpline number 1-800-208-4545, out of New Delhi, since 19^th of January 2015 with the aim of upholding fundamental freedom and promotion of values of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity of India. The helpline helps people in distress, especially those who are not aware of the law of the land and the system by guiding them how to reach out to the public authorities and by providing the way to legal remedies.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

Mr. A C Michael, National Coordinator – UCF

Mobile: +91-9818155290

Email: acmic...@gmail.com

 

 

A C Michael (Full Name: Michael Anthony Cruz)

Former Member of Delhi Minorities Commission, Govt of NCT of Delhi 

President, Catholic Association of Archdiocese of Delhi (CAAD)

National Coordinator - United Christian Forum, India (UCF India)

National Coordinator - Inter-Faith & Ecumenical Relations of All India Catholic Union (AICU)

Delhi State President of All India Catholic Union

Independent Director, Touchwood Group of Companies

Chairman & Managing Director, Sirio India Inductive Components Pvt. Ltd

Mobile: +91-9818155290

UCF Toll-Free Helpline: 1-800-208-4545

ABOUT UCF TOLL-FREE HELPLINE NUMBER

UCF toll-free helpline number: 1-800-208-4545 was launched on 19^th January 2015 with the aim of upholding fundamental freedom and promotion of values of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity of India. 

The helpline helps people in distress, especially those who are not aware of the law of the land and the system by guiding them how to reach out to the public authorities and by providing the way to legal remedies.