-The Telegraph New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has rapped the Uttar Pradesh government over the strip search of 70 girls at a government residential school in Muzaffarnagar last year. It has issued a notice to the chief secretary asking him to explain why a compensation of Rs 25,000 should not be awarded to each of the girls, and directing him to arrange for their counselling. It has also summoned the principal...
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Supreme Court express concern over deaths in accidents due to potholes
-PTI The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over deaths in accidents caused by potholes on roads across the country and observed that the number of fatalities caused by such accidents was more than those in terror attacks. A bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepka Gupta observed that a large number of people were dying in accidents caused by potholed roads and asked the Supreme Court Committee on Road...
More »A vote of no confidence from the farmers -Yogendra Yadav & Avik Saha
-The Hindu There is enough evidence to show that the government has failed farmers and agricultural labourers in a big way As the Lok Sabha debates the vote of no confidence today, representatives of farmers from across the country will be marching outside Parliament under the banner of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), an umbrella body of 201 farmer organisations. Farmers have already passed a vote of no confidence against...
More »Government Has No Data on Lynching Cases, Union Minister Tells Rajya Sabha
-PTI The minister's response comes a day after the Supreme Court had asked parliament to consider enacting a new law to effectively deal with incidents of mob lynching. New Delhi: The government does not maintain specific data on lynching incidents in the country, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. Union minister of state for home affairs Hansraj Ahir said the state governments were competent to deal with such offences under the existing laws. “The...
More »We'll strike down any law that violates rights, says SC -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Reserving its verdict on pleas seeking decriminalisation of Section 377 of the IPC to protect sexual orientation of LGBTs, the Supreme Court refused to leave the matter to Parliament and asserted its right on Tuesday to overturn and change laws enacted by a majority government if they were violative of fundamental rights. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices R F Nariman, A M...
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