-Frontline.in In the latest Global Hunger Index, India is bracketed in the category of countries where hunger levels are “serious”. But the policy responses on hunger and malnutrition in the country have been inadequate and faulty. In the second week of October, a few media reports in India highlighted significant data pertaining to global hunger. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) had released its Global Hunger Index (GHI), rating 118...
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Don't repeat past mistakes in tackling drought, Supreme Court warns Centre
-The Indian Express The bench pointed out that several districts in the country had received deficient rainfall and a situation like last year could emerge again when delay in declaring drought had affected relief work. The Supreme Court Wednesday warned the Centre against repeating last year’s mistake and asked it to declare a drought condition well in time to tackle the situation better. “We are concerned about the approach. You should change your...
More »HCs sat on judicial vacancies for years together: Centre to SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu At the outset, he said "there is progress in the Appointments and have the (hearing of the) matter after two weeks. We will see more progress." “The process of judicial Appointments is like a race. If you start on time, you end on time. The High Courts have, by and large, delayed starting the race. The delay on the High Courts’ part is not just a case of months, but...
More »Panel discussion highlights the importance of transparency and accountability in judicial Appointments
-Press Note from Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms co-organized an important panel discussion on Appointments to the Higher and Subordinate Judiciary, on the 31st of August 2016 at the India International Centre, Delhi. Diverse stakeholders, including senior advocates, journalists, academics and activists formed part of the Panel. There...
More »Do you want judiciary to come to a grinding halt, SC asks Centre -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu We would be "forced" to judicially intervene, warns the apex court. New Delhi: In what may be the sharpest warning to the NDA government, the Supreme Court on Friday asked whether the Narendra Modi government is trying to bring the entire judicial institution to a "grinding halt" by sitting on recommendations of the Collegium for Appointment and transfer of judges to High Courts across the country. Chief Justice of India T.S.Thakur...
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