-The Hindu The Supreme Court's timidity in dealing with the law on prior sanction for prosecuting public servants has offered protection to the murderous and the corrupt While the encounter murders in Pathribal and their cover up are yet another blot on India's record in Kashmir, the legal issues they raise on accountability to the law affect the entire country. They touch the very core of the rule of law that is...
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NC Saxena, Food Commissioner appointed by the SC in the Right to Food case interviewed by Sreelatha Menon
-The Business Standard The mid-day meal scheme cannot be blamed for the Chapra incident. It is a question of professionalising the administration and everyone doing his duty. N C Saxena, Food Commissioner appointed by the Supreme Court in the Right to Food case tells Sreelatha Menon.Edited excerpts: * Can the mid-day meal tragedy in Chapra be blamed on the decision to have separate kitchens for each school without a monitoring mechanism? The monitoring...
More »Supreme Court implements anti-sexual harassment law to protect women lawyers -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Wednesday was a historic day for women in Courts, with the Supreme Court finally framing regulations to protect women lawyers from sexual harassment at the hand of male counterparts within the court complex, including inside chambers within the apex court's precincts. The regulations - spelling the triumph of a 16-year-long campaign by women advocates - have taken a broader definition of "sexual definition" to include sending...
More »Damages for framed Muslim youth on table -Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
-The Telegraph The Centre is considering a proposal to financially compensate Muslims acquitted in terror cases, a move that could attract accusations of "minority appeasement" in the lead-up to next year's general election. Many Muslim youths have been acquitted of terror charges in the past few years, with the Courts in several instances rapping the police for framing them. "These youths' lives are in a shambles because of the terrorist tag. It's the...
More »SMS, RTI potent tools of drug companies fighting patent battle -Soma Das
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: As patent wars heat up in the pharma space, mobile phone messages and Right to Information filings have emerged as potent weapons in the hands of multinationals keen to delay competition from low-cost generic versions of their patented products in India. Innovator drugmakers, who used to strike with patent suits after generic drugmakers released their versions in the market, have started gleaning information from text messages sent...
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