-TheWire.in "Constitutional and legal mandates are not sufficient to protect the rights of the marginalised group including Dalit and tribals," he said at a lecture. New Delhi: Tribals are subject to oppression and cruelty even after independence and still picked up by the investigating officers to cover up shoddy investigations, Supreme Court Judge Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said on Monday. Justice Chandrachud was speaking at the 13th B R Ambedkar Memorial Lecture on the...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 2928
‘CAA Is Flawed, Goes Against The Tenets Of The Constitution’: Justice (Retd) AK Ganguly
-IndiaTomorrow.net NEW DELHI— Justice (retd) A K Ganguly has said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed by the BJP government in 2019 is flawed and goes against the fundamental tenets of the Constitution. Justice Ganguly made his comments while speaking at a webinar organized by the Forum for Democracy and Communal Amity (FDCA) on “Equality, Non-Discrimination, and Citizenship in Indian Constitution”. “In the Constitution, you will not find even a whisper of...
More »MSP committee to be formed, now go home, says Union agri minister; not so fast, say farmers -Amit Bhardwaj and Sreya Chatterjee
-IndiaToday.com On Saturday, Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that PM Modi has announced the Constitution of a committee to look into the MSP issue. He urged the protesting farmers to "go home". However, the farmers said they need more clarity. On Saturday, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that PM Modi has announced the Constitution of a committee to make the minimum support price (MSP)...
More »Constitution Day: What Nine Pending Cases Say About the Rights India’s Citizens Enjoy -Jahnavi Sen
-TheWire.in In high courts across the country and in the Supreme Court, a number of cases are pending relating to basic rights India's citizens are supposed to enjoy. New Delhi: Seventy-two years ago on this day, the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India. Two months after that, on January 26, 1950, the country’s Constitution came into effect. But how has the implementation of our Constitutional rights and safeguards been going? In high...
More »The need for a proper Pre-Legislative Consultation Policy -Arun PS
-The Hindu How many bills have been tabled without prior discussions? What needs to be done to improve public consultation in policymaking? The story so far: The Union Government has listed 29 Bills (26 new and three pending) to be tabled in the winter session of Parliament. In 2014, the Pre-Legislative Consultation Policy was adopted, mandating a host of rules, including that whenever the Government makes any law, it must place a...
More »
