-The Hindu Even as States have taken up positions of leadership in the pandemic response, federal limitations are becoming hurdles Over the course of the last few weeks, as we have found ourselves in the throes of a pandemic, one of the striking features of governance has been the signal role played by State Chief Ministers across India. Even before the Union government invoked the Disaster Management Act, 2005, many State governments...
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Supreme Court notice to Centre over plea challenging transgenders' rights Act
-The Indian Express A three-member bench of the Supreme Court heard the petition on Monday. No one appeared on behalf of the government. The Supreme Court Monday served a notice to the ministry of social welfare in response to a petition by transgender activist and advocate Swati Bidhan Baruah, challenging the Constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of rights) Act, 2019. Speaking to indianexpress.com, Baruah said she has claimed in her petition...
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-The Hindu ‘Why a magistrate has to certify transgenders’ identity’, apex court asks govt The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government to explain why a law meant to protect the transgender community requires a magistrate’s certificate as a prior condition for the State to even identify a transperson. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde issued formal notice to the government on the petition filed by Swati Bidhan...
More »The Indian State's approach to CAA-NRC is flawed -Suraj Gogoi
-Hindustan Times In science, an anomaly in an experiment does not amount to abandoning a certain theory or method involved in the experiment. Experiments are run again, and corrective measures are taken to prevent or minimise anomalies. When it comes to the NRC and CAA, is the Indian State thinking the way a scientist would treat their experiments? How does the Indian State think and reason when it encounters a crisis? Is...
More »Chief Justice Sharad Bobde scoffs at plea to declare CAA 'constitutional' -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu He explains to lawyer that any law passed by the legislature is anyway attached with “a presumption of constitutionality”. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad A. Bobde said the country was already going through difficult times and an endeavour should be made to maintain peace. The CJI made the oral comments while hearing a petition seeking an “aggressive” implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), which fast-tracks benefits of citizenship to...
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