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“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void
Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour
Sisterhood unites to fight oppression: Forest workers meet Shaheen Bagh protesters
Dalit and Adivasi forest workers express solidarity with anti-CAA activists as even they rarely have 70-year-old documents to stake claim to forest land.
Namo’s India a parody of Zia’s oppressive regime in Pakistan?
Zia's theological reforms created conditions of 'mob rule'. Summative justice at the local level reflected the lack of rule of law as a principle. Religion and sectarian majoritarianism were invoked to suppress dissent and to dispense with democracy. Is this where India is headed today?
Adivasis ousted from both home & land rights through a draconian law: Gujarat
In the guise of tourism, the new Statue of Unity Act not only illegally converts a forested area over which the local tribal population has constitutionally guaranteed rights into an ‘urban’ area in which they will need government permission to do anything but legalizes evictions
Dalit groups call for Bharat Bandh post SC order on reservations
In a February 7 order, the SC said that courts cannot give directions compelling states to reserve jobs for SC / STs
Illegal Arrest of a penniless Adivasi: MP HC Court penalises govt officials, orders reparation
The Court used the Jurisprudential concept of ‘Constitutional Tort’, and said that since the State has arrogantly deprived an innocent person of his Liberty, the aggrieved person must be compensated for the loss of it’ Husan, an Adivasi has been granted Rs 5,00,000 as compensation for being deprived of his personal liberty.
Are Adivasis Hindus?
A separate column for Adivasis (Aboriginis) must be included in the forthcoming Census 2020 as it was in 1951
SC: Amendment to SC/ST Act constitutionally valid
These amendments were enacted to reverse the SC judgment of 2018 which had diluted provisions of the Act
Manufacturing Hate and Violence: Anurag Thakur’s ‘Shoot the Traitors’
Social organisations and political parties need to cultivate Indian fraternity again.
Guru Ravidas Jayanti- The dream of Be-Gham-Pura
On the occasion of Guru Ravidas Jayanti on February 9, 2020, we remember the patron saint of the Dalit community, the man who inspired love, grace, Bhakti, and revolution.
Kashmiri youth beaten brutally, succumbs to injuries in Rajasthan
Was repeatedly hit on the head, eye witness friend also threatened with dire consequences
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