-NDTV "Marenge toh gaon mein hi marenge" said a determined Ramesh as he walked down a highway in Gurgaon in late March with his wife and two small children. The family had just set off for their village, 450 km away in Madhya Pradesh because they did not think they would survive a 21-day lockdown with no source of income. 45 days, two extensions, a disposed-of petition on wage payment for...
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Visakhapatnam gas tragedy: NGT cites obsolete law in gas leak case -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Principle of ‘strict liability’ was made redundant in 1986 The National Green Tribunal's order on Friday in the Visakhapatnam gas tragedy found LG Polymers prima facie liable under the 19th century English law principle of “strict liability”, which was made redundant in India by the Supreme Court in 1986. Lawyers say the term “absolute liability” should have been used instead. Even though the NGT directed the company to deposit an initial...
More »Boost wages to stimulate India’s growth -Jayan Jose Thomas
-The Hindu The economic crisis can be overcome only by raising the consumption of and investment for the poor Impoverishment among English workers during the early years of the Industrial Revolution had prompted Leicester framework knitters to frame this resolution in 1817: “… if liberal Wages were given to the Mechanics in general throughout the Country, the Home Consumption of our Manufactures would be immediately more than doubled, and consequently every hand...
More »More than 1,100 feminists issue solidarity statement condemning police crackdown on anti-CAA-NPR-NRC protestors during COVID-19 lockdown
-Press note by Feminists Against CAA, dated 3rd May, 2020 More than 1,100 women and feminists all across the globe have joined hands to protest against the detention and arrest of 800+ anti-Citizenship Amendment Act activists. A statement has been issued to condemn the crackdown on anti-CAA-NPR-NRC activists (including Muslim men and women) in Delhi. Please click here to access the statement. Please click here to access the list of signatories. For...
More »Centre revises Centre’s guidelines, states left scrambling to catch up -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express A month ago, on March 24, when the Centre announced the first phase of the lockdown, states were left to manage its sudden consequences such as the massive disruption in supply chain, and migrant labour walking hundreds of miles to their homes. Late Friday night, as the Centre issued orders allowing shops and markets in rural areas and stand-alone shops in urban areas to open for sale of even...
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