-DNA Concerned about the increasing numbers of farmer suicides in Maharashtra's drought-hit areas, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the centre and state on a PIL seeking compensation of Rs 25,000 per hectare to the farmers whose crops have failed. The bench headed by chief justice of India H L Dattu sought their response on the PIL filed by Rakesh Uttamchandra Upadhyay, a lawyer, highlighting the plight of the...
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Centre Asked to Pay Compensation to Mother of Imphal Woman Shot by Assam Rifles -A Vaidyanathan and Anindita Sanyal
-NDTV New Delhi: The Supreme Court today ordered the Centre to pay a compensation of Rs. 10 lakh to the mother of Thangjam Manorama, a woman shot brutally to death by soldiers of the 17 Assam Rifles in 2004. The NHRC has also recommended that Rs. 10 lakh be paid to the family of Manorama. The death of the 34-year-old woman was followed by vociferous protests in the state that...
More »Modi intervenes, govt tells SC it’s ready to take relook at Sec 66A -Utkarsh Anand
-The Indian Express Adopting a fresh stance, the government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it was willing to take a re-look at Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which empowers police to make arrests over social media messages, and to put in necessary safeguards for allaying apprehensions against its misuse. The government assured the court that it was for the complete freedom of expression on the social media and...
More »Debating the ‘right to die’ -Faizan Mustafa
-The Hindu Attempt to commit suicide should stay on the statute book because suicide comes in conflict with the monopolistic power of the state to take away life You choose your country, you choose your spouse, you choose your profession, you choose your political masters, and you choose where you want to live and how. Die you must. But how to die and when: should that be a matter of choice as...
More »Destigmatising suicide
-The Hindu Business Line Suicide is principally a mental health issue. This is why we must welcome its decriminalisation Our lawmakers need to be congratulated for setting aside their differences and acting in concert to remove one of the big colonial era blots on our statute books - Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code, which treated attempted suicide as a crime. Since law and order is a State subject, a mere...
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