-Scroll.in Wajahat Habibullah, in his affidavit in the SC on Sunday, also sought to know the names of the police officials responsible for deciding to block other roads. Wajahat Habibullah, one of the Supreme Court’s interlocutors for the Shaheen Bagh protests, has called the protests peaceful and beautiful, and blamed the police for unnecessarily blocking roads, reported Live Law. Habibullah, who is a former Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities, made...
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India: "History's longest ever e-curfew" continues in Kashmir
-Reporters without Borders Six months to the day after the Indian government blocked all communications in the northern region of Jammu and Kashmir on 5 August, after revoking its autonomy, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reveals what it is like for journalists trying to work in this territory in the wake of the federal government’s recent measures, which have had little real impact. Kashmiris had few illusions. A week after the Supreme Court...
More »'Will they take me away?' -Tora Agarwala
-The Indian Express As the narrative moves on to CAA and a possible nation-wide NRC, the Assam list hangs in a limbo. So does the fate of children out of it. The Centre has assured the Supreme Court, Parliament that such children, whose parents are on the list, won’t be taken to detention centres. But that hasn’t lessened their dread, of being sent away to “a place called Bangladesh”. Bongaigaon, Morigaon (Assam):...
More »Supreme Court orders parties to publish criminal history of Lok Sabha, Assembly candidates -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Apex court says they must also explain why the candidates were chosen The Supreme Court on Thursday put political parties on a tight leash by ordering them to publish the criminal history of their candidates for Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, along with reasons that goaded them to choose those with criminal antecedents over decent people, within 48 hours of the selection of the candidates. A Bench led by Justices Rohinton...
More »No plan to amend Constitution to include Net access as fundamental right, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
-The Hindu Minister for Communications justifies imposition of Internet blockade in Jammu and Kashmir New Delhi: Minister for Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday justified the imposition of Internet blockade in Jammu and Kashmir by stating that national security trumped over the right to use the Internet and the blockade would be reviewed periodically based on the law and order situation in the region. Mr. Prasad, who was answering a question in the...
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