-NDTV.com A non-profit, Common Cause, had challenged the retrospective change in the appointment of Enforcement Directorate director Sanjay Kumar Mishra New Delhi: The centre, Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) will have to reply to a Supreme Court notice over retrospective change in the appointment of ED director Sanjay Kumar Mishra. A non-profit, Common Cause, had challenged the extension of Mr Mishra from two to three years. Lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who...
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Over the years, poets, students, and even a village have been booked under the sedition Law -Chakshu Roy
-The Indian Express Governments past and present have used a colonial-era Law to charge many ‘seditious’ men and women, most recently during the farmer protests, when a series of cases were filed against journalists and politicians. The Central Hall of Parliament doubles up as a portrait gallery. On its walls hang portraits of leaders who shaped the destiny of India. If a viceroy from British India were to walk into the hall...
More »Why Saini farmers in Uttar Pradesh aren’t supporting farmer protests -Ayush Tiwari
-Newslaundry.com Loyalty to the BJP and popularity of Republic Bharat has made the Sainis turn their backs on the movement led by Jats who claim to have support across caste groups. On February 1, Balbir Singh, 65, travelled to the ITI ground in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor to participate in a mahapanchayat against the new farm Laws passed by the Narendra Modi government. According to news reports, the gathering had more than 15,000...
More »No better scheme than NREGS for sustainable livelihood of unskilled workers: House panel
-The Telegraph The committee said, “The absence of reliable and authentic data/information on the numbers of migrant workforce and their movement back to their home States following the outbreak of the Pandemic has apparently impacted the relief and rehabilitation measures.” Commending the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, a parliamentary standing committee has said that there is no “better scheme” to provide “sustainable livelihood” to unskilled workers. The Standing Committee on Labour, headed by...
More »In the Twitter-govt faceoff, an undemocratic provision of Law is being applied to its maximum threshold -Apar Gupta
-The Indian Express It leaves a sense of confusion and wonder about why our own government formed under the Constitution may be failing to fulfil its obligations when strangers who trade in our data for profit are seemingly more eager. The growing digitisation of Indian society is reflective in the ongoing protests by farmers. Battles are being waged every day in gram sabhas and protest sites as well on social media. Each...
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