One of the most shameful pieces of legislation in our penal code is the continuance of ‘Sedition’ in Section 124A of the Penal Code which provides that whoever excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the government established by law in India shall be punished with imprison-ment for life. The expression disaffection includes disloyalty and all feelings of enmity. This provision was included by the British Government in 1870 as...
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Introduction of Lok Pal bill in Parliament sought
-The Hindu Members of the newly-formed Anti-Corruption Civil Forum and the Forum for Good Governance on Wednesday demanded that the Lok Pall Bill be introduced in the monsoon session of the Parliament, apart from firm steps by the Centre to get back the hordes of money stashed illegally by people in other countries. A motley crew of eminent persons led by former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court Ambati Lakshmana...
More »India land disputes pit farmers against middle class by Shilpa Kannan
In the first of a series of reports on land rights, we look at the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where there have been violent clashes between local villagers and police in a dispute over land. It's a hot summer day and the air is thick with smoke from the diesel-powered trucks carrying bricks, cement and sand. There is a long line of vehicles along the road as the trucks jostle...
More »Greater Noida land acquisition: Court scraps UP order
-The Times of India The Allahabad High Court on Monday scrapped the acquisition of 170 hectares of land in Gulistanpur village of Gautam Budh Nagar in Greater Noida. The bench of Justice Sunil Ambwani and Justice K N Pandey quashed a UP government notification citing the urgency clause for planned industrial development in Gulistanpur village. This is the third time this month that the high court has cancelled land acquisitions...
More »SC refuses to entertain Bhatta Parsaul villagers plea
-PTI The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking a CBI enquiry into the alleged excesses and violence unleashed by the Uttar Pradesh government on farmers protesting against "forcible" acquisition of land at Bhatta Parsaul. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and C K Prasad asked the petitioner to approach the Allahabad High Court since it had already taken cognisance and was dealing with the issue. Senior...
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