-The Hindu State says Constitution does not allow government spending for religious bodies The Supreme Court has declined to stay, at this stage, the Gujarat High Court order directing the State government to pay compensation to more than 500 shrines damaged during the 2002 riots. Earlier, appearing for the Gujarat government before Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra, Additional Advocate-General Tushar Mehta and counsel Hemantika Wahi argued that under the Constitution, there could...
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Dalits seek legislation to stop land grabbers
-Deccan Chronicle For love, they had to give up their lands. Nine years ago, two dalit brothers – Sakthivel and Andvan from Erode, had fallen in love with caste Hindu girls and eloped with them. The two couples are now happily married, but they had to ‘sacrifice’ their 12-acre land in their native village Ottanchathiram, that has been usurped by the caste Hindus. And since they value their lives more than their land,...
More »A tale of errors-R Ramakumar
Contrary to the claims of the UIDAI, fingerprints are a highly inappropriate tool to uniquely identify individuals. Case 1: “There are nine checks on visa nationals arriving into the U.K. [United Kingdom]. The fingerprint matching check is the most recent. It is the least reliable. It is the least effective in terms of delivering against our requirements….” So stated Brodie Clark, the former head of the United Kingdom Border Force, to a...
More »Dr. Shantha Sinha calls for strong policies to protect child rights-Sushanta Talukdar
-The Hindu Magsaysay award winner and the chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), Dr. Shantha Sinha, on Saturday called for conducting more studies and research towards evolving strong policies to protect the rights of children between 14 and 18 years old. Dr. Sinha said that children in that age group are very vulnerable, with many of them getting married and having at least two to three...
More »‘Investigate BSF's Human Rights Violations'-J Balaji
-The Hindu Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights body, has urged the government of India to probe the fresh allegations of Human Rights Violations by the personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bangladesh border and prosecute those responsible. According to HRW's latest report, despite assurances to Bangladesh and public orders to end unlawful killings and attacks on suspected smugglers, evidence documented and published by Indian and Bangladeshi...
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