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MGNREGA workers’ delegations visit the MPs of their states to share their grievances & demands on the 2nd day of dharna

-Press release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated August 3, 2022 500+ NREGA workers from across 15 states gathered in Jantar Mantar for the second day of the dharna today. Workers from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka gave testimonies about the hardships they have faced owing to persistent delays in wage payments, on how they did not get work when they demanded it, and about how no compensation...

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Supreme Court issues notice to govt on ED Director's tenure extension -Krishnadas Rajagopal

-The Hindu The petitioners have questioned the legality of amendments made to the Central Vigilance Commission Act by way of promulgation of an ordinance in November last year The Supreme Court on August 2 sought the government’s response on petitions challenging the “piecemeal” tenure extensions given to Enforcement Directorate (ED) Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra. The petitions filed by the likes of Congress party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala, Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra, social...

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Aadhaar drive on voters from today -Pheroze L Vincent

-The Telegraph The Election Laws (Amendment) Act passed last year allows poll authorities to ask people to share their card details, aimed at weeding out duplicate entries of voters A nationwide drive to urge voters to voluntarily give their Aadhaar numbers to polling officials is set to begin on Monday. The Election Laws (Amendment) Act passed last year allows poll authorities to ask people to share their Aadhaar numbers — aimed at weeding...

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India’s abortion law seems liberal but is driven by a population control logic – not women’s rights -Mytheli Sreenivas

-Scroll.in The MTP Act disregards women’s health and rights to regulate reproduction at all costs. With its decision to end constitutional protections for abortion in the recent case of Dobbs vs Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the United States Supreme Court made that country a global outlier on abortion law and policy. At a moment when many governments around the world are liberalising their regulation of abortion care, the US has opened the...

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Police cannot use arrest as tool of harassment, rules SC -R Balaji

-The Telegraph Observations part of a detailed judgment explaining why the apex court on July 20 granted interim bail to AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair Police cannot use arrest as a “punitive tool” or “tool of harassment”, the Supreme Court has ruled, warning that such practices amount to “abuse of power”. The observations are part of a detailed judgment explaining why the apex court on July 20 granted across-the-board interim bail to AltNews co-founder...

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