-Press Release by Right to Food Campaign dated 15 March, 2018 Delhi: Today people from 14 states testified about their situation of hunger and unemployment in a national public hearing at the Gandhi Peace Foundation, organised by the Right to Food Campaign. These testimonies were heard by a panel comprising of activists, journalists, lawyers, legislators, scholars and trade union leaders. Denial of ration to eligible households The hearing began with testimonies from...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday indefinitely extended the March 31 deadline for linking Aadhaar to bank accounts and mobile phones and ordered that except for disbursing subsidies, the Centre and states cannot insist on Aadhaar for any service, including issuance of passports. The extension will be in place till the court delivers its final judgment. A five-judge constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: Tuesday's Supreme Court order extending the Aadhaar-linking deadline indefinitely came after activist-lawyer Vrinda Grover had rushed in and challenged the authorities' decision to cancel her passport for not possessing an Aadhaar card. The five-judge bench was in the middle of a scheduled hearing of public interest petitions against Aadhaar's constitutionality. Grover said through senior advocate Arvind Datar that she had gone to the passport authorities here for the issuance...

-The Hindu Says ?78 crore allocated for setting up special courts to try them in 11 States The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that 1,765 members of Parliament and the Assemblies have criminal cases against them. Of a total 3,816 cases against them, 3,045 are still pending. Uttar Pradesh tops the list with 248 legislators, Tamil Nadu comes second with 178 and then Bihar follows with 144. Exclusive courts The affidavit by the Centre is...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: Eminent advocate K.T.S. Tulsi has decided to take the lead among Indians in penning a living will, but most lawyers feel that Friday's Supreme Court judgment legalising passive euthanasia is open to misuse in a country notorious for property disputes. "I haven't yet written my living will but shall definitely do so," Tulsi, a Rajya Sabha member, told The Telegraph on Saturday while welcoming the judgment. The court said...