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‘We will challenge notices in Court’: IFF’s statement on legal notice over ‘defaming’ RSS
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) details a legal notice issued on behalf of the RSS over its documentation of censorship in India, and the police action that followed, raising concerns over freedom of expression
UP: Journalist, Lawyer to Approach Court Over House Demolition, Scribe Says ‘Razed Without Notice’
The demolition drive was carried out a day after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said in the state Assembly that his government will finish mafias operating in the state and will not spare anyone.
Strong voices raised to check exploitation of NREGA workers by union government
Policy obstacles been thrown in the implementation of NREGA by the union government
MP Budget: Govt Eyes Women Voters and Religious Sentiments in Election Year
Of the total Rs 3.14 lakh crore budget, one-third or Rs 1,02,976 crore has been allocated to women-oriented schemes.
Academic excellence cannot be a substitute for freedom from bias of political affiliation: SC in ECI judgment
The court observed that Election Commissioners not completing a term of 6 years defeated the policy of the law and undermined the independence of the Commission
US religious freedom chief asks Biden govt to condemn Modi for human rights ‘violations’
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner...
What Indian Media Didn’t Tell Us About Faiz Festival in Lahore
Javed Akhtar’s remarks at the event are significant, but not more than the progressive environment the fair provides.
Election Commissioner to be appointed on advise of PM, leader of opposition and CJI: SC
The apex court was hearing a batch of petitions demanding a transparent procedure for appointing members of ECI, as no law has been made in this regard despite the Constitution providing for it.
How Independent is India’s Election Commission?
A five member Constitution Bench reserved its judgement in the petitions that have sought a non-arbitrary and transparent process for appointing members of the Election Commission, to safeguard its independence
Why the Tripura election is so important for India
The result of the Tripura election set to have a big impact on national politics
KP slain member cremated, Muslims neighbours grief-stricken, help with last rites: Pulwama, Kashmir
Lt Guv Manoj Sinha accused of transferring the SP and SSP days before gives ‘employment certificate to widow
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‘We will challenge notices in Court’: IFF’s statement on legal notice over ‘defaming’ RSS
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) details a legal notice issued on behalf of the RSS over its documentation of censorship in India, and the police action that followed, raising concerns over freedom of expression
Rights
SC: Article 142, Mass Amnesties, and the Panchayatisation of the Rule of Law
Within a month of youth-led protests in Delhi and at least half a dozen other locations, the Supreme Court’s September 1 Order invoked its extraordinary powers under Article 142 to quash criminal cases registered across at least five states. This examines the limitations of this ad hoc jurisprudence, arguing that while protection from abusive state prosecution is welcome, linking it to the cancellation of the September 5 march sets a troubling precedent. Constitutional scrutiny demanded a rigorous examination of alleged executive and police overreach, including blanket prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS and the shutdown of metro stations and internet services. Instead, the alleged excesses of Delhi and other police forces remain unadjudicated.
India
Need for Clarity on the SIR: An Open Letter to the Congress Leaders of Karnataka
While the national leadership of the party, leads and articulates the national campaign for the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, the state leadership of Karnataka, a state governed by the party, gives conflicting statements almost endorsing a process that has disenfranchised close to 10 million there
Environment
From Arunachal to Delhi, anti-dam protesters face state crackdown; detained allege sexual assault
Around 40 protesters from Arunachal Pradesh were detained during a solidarity demonstration, as the crackdown on indigenous resistance to the proposed mega dam intensifies
India
Beyond Appropriation: Vidya Bhushan Rawat’s recovery of Bose’s inclusive nationalism
Rawat’s book emerges from a unique perspective that argues –among other things – that Bose and Nehru must be understood through their competing strategies, and historical circumstances— not recruited retrospectively into opposing political camps; neither does the book place Bose beyond criticism, affirming however his intrinsic secular outlook while stressing on diverse networks that helped sustain the struggle for independence’ not a biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose but a chronicle of Indian National Army as well as India’s freedom Movement.
Minorities
After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal
With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance