-The Indian Express   Is the number 3 rank in the CPI (Maoist) hierarchy jinxed: Two top Naxal leaders – Kishenji and Azad – have been killed by the security forces while holding the same position. Kishenji, whose real name Molajula Koteswar Rao whose mother tongue is Telugu, the dreaded Maoist commander carrying Rs 19 lakh reward on his head, was the third-in-command in the Naxal top body – Politburo. Azad, whose real name is...

-The Economic Times   The Supreme Court has asked courts to send accused persons to jail only after conviction. In a landmark judgement on bail, which will have a major impact on the several thousands of undertrials languishing in various Jails, the Supreme Court on Monday said denial of bail to an accused for an indefinite period impinged on the Fundamental Right to life and personal liberty.  "The courts owe more than verbal...

Despite 60 years of Constitutional guarantees and two decades after the signing of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, India's children still continue to face grave violation of their basic rights, an independent social audit has revealed. “We do not have a National Policy for Children defining the ‘child'. In fact, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has time and again recommended that a...

-BBC   India's Supreme Court has expressed shock at the number of Pakistanis being held in Indian Jails without charge. At least 250 Pakistani nationals are being held, some for many years, with one case involving a prisoner behind bars for more than 40 years. The court ordered the government to file a comprehensive report on the prisoners within two weeks. The court was hearing a petition by a party from Jammu and Kashmir, where...

-The Hindu Justice Markandey Katju, Chairman, Press Council of India, argues that the media has a very important role to play in helping the country make the transition from an old feudal society to a modern industrial one quickly, and without much pain. The Role the Media should be playing in India by Justice Markandey Katju, (former Judge, Supreme Court of India), Chairman, Press Council of India To understand the role which...