-The Hindu Court was hearing a challenge to Maratha reservation Law New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday was urged to set up a 11-judge Bench to reconsider its 50% cap on reservation. The push for it came while the court was hearing a challenge to the Maratha reservation Law. A bunch of petitions contended that the Law, which provides 12 to 13 per cent quota for the community in Maharashtra, breached the...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 10111
The cost of stifling voices -Rohini Somanathan
-The Hindu In doing so, we risk the disengagement of those most invested in preserving our democratic institutions Ethical explorations often begin with emotional injury. Something simply feels wrong, and you ask yourself whether you are missing an important bit of information or the right perspective. This happened when I read the Supreme Court judgment pronouncing senior Lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of criminal contempt for his two “scurrilous” tweets. I have known...
More »PMO denies RTI plea seeking info on PM-CARES -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Office cites ‘diversion of resources’ clause; former CIC Wajahat Habibullah terms it ‘misuse of Act’. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has denied a Right to Information request related to the PM-CARES Fund on the grounds that providing it would “disproportionately divert the resources of the office.” However, a High Court judgment and multiple orders of the Central Information Commission (CIC) have previously held that, under the RTI Act, this rationale...
More »Let’s talk about rights in a democracy
-The New Indian Express In times like these when the world is riddled with extreme polarities, a new book, titled, We the People, brings a collection of essays that centres on growth of universal rights. In times like these when the world is riddled with extreme polarities, a new book, titled, We the People, brings a collection of essays that centres on growth of universal rights. Authors Nikhil Day, Rakshita Swamy and...
More »Tamil Nadu Police to book thousands of Muslims and Hindus for lockdown violations during Bakrid, bhoomi pujan -S Vijay Kumar
-The Hindu Incidents took place during Bakrid on August 1 and Ram temple bhoomi pujan on August 5. Chennai: The police have decided to register cases against thousands of Muslims and Hindus on charges of violating prohibitory orders promulgated under Section 144 of the CrPC and participating in religious events during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. Muslims held special prayers and offered qurbani (slaughtering of cattle) across the State on July 31/August 1 in...
More »
