-The Hindu It expresses shock at denial of justice to father of Encounter victim for 19 years In a shocking case of the State virtually supporting an extrajudicial killing, the Supreme Court has condemned the Uttar Pradesh government for screening police officers accused in an Encounter death even as the victim’s father was made to run from pillar to post for justice for 19 long years. A Bench led by Justice Vineet Saran...

-The Hindu As the ‘Encounter’ killings in Hyderabad’s infamous Disha case are examined by a Commission, a look at how the rule of law is steadily losing ground “We are examining a very important matter. A serious matter of fact-finding that has a great impact on society. People are concerned. Some may express it, some may not,” Justice Rekha Sundar Baldota, a former judge of Bombay High Court, said during the Justice...

-The Hindu A troubled Meghalaya will see unrest growing until 2023, when the next elections are due, says the editor of ‘The Shillong Times’, Patricia Mukhim On August 13, an ailing former leader of an armed group was shot dead in the middle of the night at his home in Shillong by a police team. The incident led to unrest in Mawlai where the Encounter occurred and resonated in the adjoining neighbourhoods...

-TheWire.in 'Both Bama and Sukirtharani have consistently written on the rights of women, liberation of the oppressed and the strength of humanity.' Chennai: Sukirtharani distinctly remembers the two years she had spent undergoing teacher’s training at her hometown, Ranipet in Tamil Nadu. “Every single day of those two years, I Encountered them. I have watched them from a distance, walked along in silence. I have been a witness to the casual humiliation they...

-TheWire.in Scholars study her books to understand the question of caste and untouchability, and also to change the caste system. Dr Gail Omvedt (81), one of the greatest scholars on caste studies, passed away on August 24, 2021 evening in her village, Kasegaon, Sangli, Maharashtra. Omvedt has pioneered caste studies having come as a student from the US and settled down in India in the 1970s. She later married Bharat Patankar, a Marxist...