The gruesome murder of NREGA activist Niyamat Ansari has shocked the progressive civil society and political groups in the country. According to reports (one, two), Niyamat Ansari had exposed a case of corruption in NREGA and an FIR was lodged against a former BDO and another Panchayat Sevak of Manika block, Latehar (Jharkhand). On 2nd March 2011, Niyamat Ansari was picked from his house and beaten to death. The reports...
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NAC forces govt to act on manual scavenging by Swaraj Thapa
As a consequence of a stinging reminder from the National Advisory Council headed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on still prevalent manual scavenging, an interministerial group headed by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Mukul Wasnik on Friday decided to set a fresh self-imposed deadline to end the shameful practice identified with only specific communities in society.The meeting also decided to set a timetable to end the system of constructing dry...
More »Maharashtra to set up special courts for atrocity cases
Maharashtra government would soon set up special courts in every division for speedy trial of atrocity cases keeping in view the huge pendency, which has jumped to over 5,000 and the low conviction rate. A decision in this regard was taken yesterday by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan in the backdrop of Union Social Justice and Empowerment minister Mukul Wasnik's visit to the state last week, to review the implementation of the...
More »Judiciary shouldn't undermine executive: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called upon the judiciary not to exercise its power of judicial review to undermine the legitimate role assigned to other branches of the government. The PM made this appeal during his inaugural address at the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) on Sunday in the presence of CJI S H Kapadia and several legal luminaries. Justice Kapadia, who spoke earlier, appealed to the...
More »Notice issued on plea to enumerate Denotified Tribes by J Venkatesan
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Registrar-General and the Census Commissioner on a petition for a direction to enumerate and classify the Denotified Tribes and Nomadic Tribes (DTNT) in the second phase of the ongoing Census-2010-2011. A Bench comprising Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice H.L. Gokhale issued notice on the petition filed by Mohan Dhansing Chavhan after hearing his senior counsel Ravivarma Kumar, who submitted that there was...
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