-IndiaToday.in K K Venugopal on Friday urged the Chief Justices of various high courts to discuss possible ways to cut down on the pendency, stating that there are currently 42 lakh cases pending. India’s top law officer K K Venugopal on Friday urged the Chief Justices of various high courts to deliberate on the possible ways to cut down on the pendency of cases and find an effective cure to the menace. The...
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SKM appreciate's Supreme Court's decision to cancel the bail of Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident
-Press release by Samyukta Kisan Morcha dated 18th April, 2022 By canceling the bail of the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri murder case, Ashish Mishra alias Monu, the Supreme Court has restored hope in the justice system After this order of the Supreme Court, Ajay Mishra Teni should be immediately sacked from the post of minister, failing which SKM will protest nationwide Justice should be given to the farmers implicated in the...
More »Why Are India's Jails so Overcrowded? -Murali Krishnan
-Newsclick.in Prison occupancy in India has been on the rise over the past five years with overcrowded jails struggling to cater to the needs of prisoners. Experts point to the mass incarceration of pre-trial prisoners. Following an increase in prison overcrowding in India, critics are calling for new reforms to the judicial process, to decrease the length of trials and reduce the number of inmates. Three out of every four people held in...
More »Why Judges Should Not Interpret Religion -Arvind Kurian Abraham
-TheWire.in One of the oddities of the ongoing hijab ban case, is how a secular court has to decide whether wearing a hijab is mandated by Islam. One cannot fault the Karnataka high court beyond a point, as it is merely following ‘Essential Religious Practices Test’ laid down by the Supreme Court of India. Courts use this test to determine whether a practice is essential to the religion, in order to decide...
More »DMK MP P Wilson interviewed by Ragamalika Karthikeyan (TheNewsMinute.com)
-TheNewsMinute.com “The suggestion to have a uniform syllabus across the country and a single board is the brainchild of the right wing, which wants to create a homogenous nation, in place of the wonderfully diverse and multicultural society we have now.” In the crucial debate around federalism and states’ rights, one of the biggest issues is education. The subject was moved from the State List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution...
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