-Press statement by the National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE) dated June 2, 2022 We strongly urge the Government of Karnataka to: 1. Revoke the recent revisions to the textbooks, which are regressive in nature, and have been done in an arbitrary manner, without adherence to well-defined curriculum framework and processes. 2. Print and supply the textbooks which have been in use for many years, post the last revision. 3. Focus energies on...
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Disha Encounter Case: Commission Says Cops' Version 'Concocted', Wants Murder Charges Against 10 Officers
-TheWire.in The panel has said, 'It was impossible for the deceased suspects to have snatched the weapons of the police and they could not have operated the firearms.' New Delhi: The Commission of Inquiry constituted by the Supreme Court to probe the “encounter” killing of all the four suspects after the 2019 rape and murder of a veterinary doctor in Telangana has recommended that all the 10 police officers involved in the...
More »Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Entitled to Gratuity, Says SC
-PTI/ Newsclick.in The top court said because of provisions of National Food Security Act, 2013 and Section 11 of Right To Education Act, Anganwadi centres also perform statutory duties. New Delhi: Anganwadi workers and helpers appointed to work in Anganwadi centres are entitled to gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, the Supreme Court said on Monday. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S Oka said Anganwadi centres also perform...
More »MGNREGA: Supreme Court agrees to list application highlighting plight of rural poor not getting wages
-The Hindu State governments were facing a shortage of Rs.9,682 crores as on November 26, 2021, says advocate Prashant Bhushan. The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list an application mentioned urgently by advocate Prashant Bhushan highlighting a "grave crisis" concerning crores of rural poor who were not getting their wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) even as the COVID-19 pandemic had driven them to the brink...
More »Orissa HC Chief Justice Says India's Laws Discriminate Against the Poor
-TheWire.in “There are many barriers to accessing justice that a marginalised person faces. The laws and processes are mystifying even for an educated literate person." New Delhi: The chief justice of the Orissa high court, Justice S. Muralidhar, said on Thursday that India’s laws are designed in a way that discriminates against the poor. The justice system, he argued, works unequally for the rich and the poor. “There are many barriers to accessing...
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