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Fifteen RTI information commissioners write to CJI, urge action against courts staying orders of information commissioners

-Leaflet.in IN a letter dated September 9, 2021 by a group of 15 sitting and retired information commissioners addressed to the Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, the problem of high courts staying the orders of Information Commissioners has been highlighted, and the Supreme Court has been urged to take action on the same. In the letter, the information commissioners requested that directions be given to courts across the country to not...

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Migrant workers bore the brunt of 2020 lockdown due their poor access to social security schemes & legal rights, depicts latest NHRC report

The rise in COVID-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths compelled many state governments to impose local level lockdowns during April-May 2021. As of 20th April, 2021, partial lockdowns were noticed in 10 states across the country and complete lockdown was imposed in Delhi. As of 8th May, 2021, nearly the entire country was under complete lockdown as a result of either partial lockdowns and night curfews or complete...

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Activists hold press conference to emphasize the rights of the Khori villagers who are facing eviction

-Press release by Bandhua Mukti Morcha dated 18th June, 2021  New Delhi, 18 June,2021: The 50 year old secular Khori village, near Surajkund tourist spot (Faridabad, Harayana), inhabited by various sections is on the verge of being uprooted because of the Supreme Court order. Despite the existence of various farmhouses and high rise hotel buildings, the government and the administration is only eyeing these 10,000 houses which house more than 1...

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Retired bureaucrats write to PM Modi of ‘disturbing’ developments in Lakshadweep

-The Hindu The islanders have to be consulted before any change is imposed, they say A group of retired bureaucrats wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday to express concern over what it termed were “disturbing developments” in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep “in the name of development”. Ninety-three former All India and Central services officers of the Constitutional Conduct Group wrote to Mr. Modi on the occasion of...

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Ensure voting rights of migrant workers, ADR urges in its letter to ECI

-Press communiqué by Association for Democratic Reforms, dated 5th May, 2021 In a letter sent to Shri Sushil Chandra, Chief Election Commissioner and Shri Rajiv Kumar, Election Commissioner on 5th May, 2021, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has requested for extending facilities allowing migrant workers to vote from their current residences away from home constituencies, at a time when similar facility is being worked out for the Non-resident Indians (NRIs) by...

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