-The Times of India New Delhi: More than 30% of the ministers, in the enlarged council of ministers, have criminal cases pending against them while nearly all are crorepatis, according to analysis by Association for Democratic Reforms. About 24 of the 78 have declared criminal cases while 14 (18%) have serious criminal cases like rape, attempt to Murder, communal disharmony, electoral violations against them. Out of the 78 ministers, 72 (92%) are crorepatis...
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96% new RS members crorepatis, Praful, Sibal on top
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Nearly all of the 57 parliamentarians newly elected to the Rajya Sabha are crorepatis with Praful Patel, Kapil Sibal and Satish Chandra Misra topping the charts. As many as 96 per cent or 55 are crorepatis and 13 have criminal cases against them according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). NCP's Praful Patel has assets worth Rs 252 crore, followed by Kapil...
More »Response on the Suspension of Registration under the FC (Regulation) Act, 2010 -Lawyers Collective
-Kafila.org The lawyers collective condemns the blatant attempt of the government of India to victimize the organization and its office bearers India Jaisng and Anand Grover .This is noting but a gross misuse of the FCRA Act which is being used to suppress any form of dissent . it is far too well know that both Anand Grover and Indira Jaising have represented several persons in their professional capacity as lawyers...
More »Most on death row in India are first time offenders -Samarth Bansal
-The Hindu A total of 241 persons out of the 385 death row inmates in India are first time offenders, new findings contained in the “Death Penalty India Report” released on Friday said. For the study, 373 of all the 385 death row inmates in India were interviewed from July 2013 to January 2015 by the Center of Death Penalty at National Law University, Delhi. The study found that around 60 per...
More »Now, SC/ST victims to get minimum compensation of Rs 8.5 lakh from state government -Aman Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: An SC/ST victim of gang rape, Murder or an acid attack will now get a minimum compensation of Rs 8.5 lakh from a state government, in what is an significant enhancement of relief for such crimes through an amendment to the rules by Centre. The Centre has amended the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 through a notification on April 14, now...
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