-The Hindu The panels are meant to monitor the implementation of SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act The State-level committees meant to monitor the implementation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 of 25 States and Union Territories had not met even once in three years — 2016, 2017 and 2018, according to information provided by the Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry to Parliament on Tuesday. Please...
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Supreme Court orders parties to publish criminal history of Lok Sabha, Assembly candidates -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Apex court says they must also explain why the candidates were chosen The Supreme Court on Thursday put political parties on a tight leash by ordering them to publish the criminal history of their candidates for Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, along with reasons that goaded them to choose those with criminal antecedents over decent people, within 48 hours of the selection of the candidates. A Bench led by Justices Rohinton...
More »A mix Indian health care can do without -Soham D Bhaduri
-The Hindu Ayushman Bharat entails diverting limited resources towards wasteful areas, ignoring productive fields in public health The United States has one of the most prodigal health systems, but this does not help the U.S. with the well-known reality that it is infamously poor-performing. And so does the fact that it is also one of the most intricate of health systems across the globe. Over a century, U.S. health care has seen numerous...
More »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...
More »Parley | What are the amendments that the CAA needs? -Jayant Sriram
-The Hindu India should ensure a clear, non-discriminatory and inclusive refugee policy Providing protection, and a home, to refugees facing persecution of any kind is a welcome idea but the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) has faced more questions about the people it excludes than those it takes in its ambit. Jayant Sriram speaks to Gautam Bhatia (columnist and Constitutional lawyer) and Priya Pillai (international lawyer and head of the Asia Justice Coalition...
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