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Victory for Students and Access to Knowledge in DU Copyright Case: ASEAK

-Kafila Guest Statement by Association of Students for Equitable Access to Knowledge (ASEAK) Victory for Students and Access to Knowledge in DU Copyright Case: Corporate Publishers Market ends at the gates of the University In a rare and incredible order today, the Delhi High Court has dismissed the copyright infringement case filed by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor and Francis (Routledge) against Rameshwari Photocopy Shop in Delhi School of Economics...

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Centre should do away with sterilisation camps in 3 yrs: SC

-PTI Supreme Court today directed the Centre to do away with sterilisation camps within three years and strengthen the primary healthcare centre system, saying "it is time that women and men are treated with respect and dignity and not as mere statistics in the sterilisation programme". The verdict was delivered when the court was dealing with a PIL which had brought to light the mismanagement of sterilisation camps which had led to the...

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Court intervention could lead to better NGO-government synergy

-Hindustan Times The funding for and motivations of NGOs have often been a bone of contention between the government and civil society. So it is a positive move that the Supreme Court (SC) has stepped in and decided to review laws governing NGOs with the aim of looking into the adequacy of the regulatory mechanism to prevent financial irregularities and ensuring that funds are used for the stated goals. This has...

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Govt shoots down RTI query on pellet guns citing 'security' reasons -Aloke Tikku

-Hindustan Times New Delhi: The government has refused to divulge information about riot control weapons and ammunition used to disperse protesters, saying this was “sensitive defence information” and making it public could jeopardise the country’s security. A Delhi-based rights activist Venkatesh Nayak had filed a right to information (RTI) request asking the Ordnance Factory Board for details on the sale of weapons and ammunition, particularly pellet shotguns that have injured thousands of...

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Unaccounted flow of funds to NGOs a 'major problem': SC

-The Hindu "This is a major problem. They are getting money from all over the world. Mind-boggling..." Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur observed. New Delhi: Noting that NGOs get “mind-boggling” funds and it has become a “major problem,” the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will consider asking the Law Commission of India to bring an effective law to regulate the flow of money to a total 29.99 lakh NGOs functioning...

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