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‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune
Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra government to explain recruitment backlog and restore trust; two of three protest sites remain occupied, with Rohit Pawar-led agitation refusing to move
Post SC order, Tamil Nadu government releases 1,184 prisoners to curb n-Cov 19 spread
States like Maharashtra, Punjab and the UT of Delhi may soon follow suit to decongest prisons to curb Covid-19 there
Covid-19: Courts to hear emergency cases on video conf, suspend regular functioning
Over a week ago the Supreme Court of India decided to only hear urgent cases, and conduct court matters over video conferencing. On March 23 television news reports flashed that lawyers have been told not to visit judges chambers.
United against Hate condemns implication of Khalid Saifi and Ishrat Jahan in false charges
Saifi and Jahan were arrested during the anti-CAA protest in Delhi and were later falsely charged for being masterminds of the Delhi violence
Delhi rape case: Four convicts executed
Four men convicted in the 'Nirbhaya' rape case were hanged early on Friday morning after last minute pleas for stay on execution were rejected by the SC
Madras HC paves way for police permission for anti-CAA protest when Covid-19 ban is lifted
The court said the police could not stifle fundamental rights after the police denied permission for the protest citing public inconvenience
Govt cannot make compensation conditional: Calcutta HC
The court held that the victim has every right and the liberty to choose the mode of expending the compensation
PIL in Allahabad HC seeks stay on UP govt’s ordinance, calls it ultra vires to Constitution
The PIL says that the state is playing mischief upon the Constitution
MHA on CAA petition: Whole expanse of Article 21 cannot be made available to illegal migrants
This was one of the submissions of the MHA in the counter affidavit given in the Supreme Court
Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi nominated to Rajya Sabha
Gogoi has presided over key cases like NRC, Rafale and Ayodhya dispute
Is UP’s new Ordinance on recovery of damages an example of abuse of power?
UP govt is not the first one to have taken the ordinance route to create a law to suit its agenda, especially when such ordinance will immediately validate its ‘formerly’ unlawful acts.
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‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune
Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra government to explain recruitment backlog and restore trust; two of three protest sites remain occupied, with Rohit Pawar-led agitation refusing to move
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai
Students who marched from Nashik are denied Azad Maidan protest, prevented from leaving Tilak Bhavan and forcefully transported out of the city
India
Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote
Public assembly demands the scrapping of SIR, accountability of the Election Commission and urgent safeguards against wrongful exclusion from electoral rolls
India
Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy
Majoritarianism that plagues India and many other democracies is the perversion of Dr. Ambedkar’s idea of democracy. While Dr. Ambedkar’s definition of democracy lays stress on effective and proportionate representation and safeguarding minority rights, majoritarianism is the dominance of a particular religious community, caste group, or racial group over the rest of the population.
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
From Nashik to Mumbai: Adivasi students’ protest meets police detentions
Weeks of agitation over tribal hostels and schools culminate in alleged detention of protesters ahead of planned Azad Maidan march
Communalism
‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate
From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence
India
Karnataka: SIR Interrogated
A report, The SIR Investigation Report—A Narrative of Betrayal and Tears was released by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee today; the report documents the (mal) implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka
India
‘Solidarity Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai activists protest alleged police harassment over Palestine event
Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine members gather at Azad Maidan after police search activist Harshada’s home in connection with a kite-flying programme for Palestinian children