-The Telegraph Bench says matter will be taken up along with similar pleas pending before SC The Supreme Court will on October 18 take up a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, which critics say is being increasingly used by parties in power against political opponents and journalists. The bench of Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and J.B. Pardiwala,...
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No Transparency, Accountability or Public Participation when ISA Approves Exploratory Deep-Sea Mining
-Press release by Mineral Inheritors Rights Association (MIRA) dated September 21, 2022 The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) declares that the area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (comprising the seabed, ocean floor and subsoil, excluding the water above) (the “Area”) and its resources, are the Common Heritage of Humankind. All rights in the resources of the Area are vested in humankind as a whole. UNCLOS provides...
More »Minister Says New Forest Laws Don’t Dilute Tribal Rights. They Do—And Govt Planned Dilution since 2019 -Tapasya
-Article-14.com In June 2022, India’s environment minister Bhupender Yadav claimed that the legal rights of millions of Indian Adivasis or tribals had not been diluted in new changes to procedures that govern how forests are given to industry. But government documents reveal that doing away with the Centre’s responsibility to verify tribal rights had been the environment ministry’s intent since 2019. New Delhi: On 28 June 2022, the union government amended India’s...
More »Oxfam's India Discrimination Report: Women in India earn less and get fewer jobs
-Press release by Oxfam India dated 15 September 2022 New Delhi: Oxfam India’s latest ‘India Discrimination Report 2022’ finds women in India despite their same educational qualification and work experience as men will be discriminated in the labour market due to societal and employers’ prejudices. The academically recognised statistical model applied in the India Discrimination Report is now able to quantify the discrimination women face in the labour market. The lower...
More »Yogendra Yadav opts for a sabbatical from Samyukt Kisan Morcha -AM Jigeesh
-The Hindu He will join the Bharat Jodo Yatra soon Academic turned political activist Yogendra Yadav has decided to opt for a "two year" leave from the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM). Prof. Yadav, who plays a key role in charting the activities of the SKM, will soon join the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi. He has taken permission from the SKM general body, held here on Sunday, to...
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