-The Hindu Petitions have challenged constitutional validity of Aadhaar and its enabling 2016 law The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and its enabling 2016 law after a marathon 38-day hearing that spanned four months. A five-judge Constitution Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan heard the argument of all the...
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65 per cent satisfied with policing in the country: Report
-PTI NEW DELHI: Around 65 per cent of people find policing satisfactory in the country, according to a report which also stated that Delhi is one of the "worst" states as far as public satisfaction over police help is concerned. The 'Status of Policing in India Report 2018', that studies performance and perceptions concerning police in 22 states, was released here on Wednesday. The report says that in Haryana, highest (71 per cent)...
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-The Telegraph SC refuses to give copy of order forming bench, MPs withdraw petition on Chief Justice New Delhi: A transparency test was staring at the Supreme Court after a constitution bench refused on Tuesday to entertain a persistent plea for a copy of an order through which the same bench had been formed to look into a plea linked to the Chief Justice of India. Following the court's reluctance to furnish the...
More »Nearly 44% Indians reported significant fear of the police or torture in some form, shows a new report on performance of police in different states
-Press Release of Status of Policing in India Report 2018, dated 9th May, 2018 New Delhi: Common Cause and Lokniti Programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), launched India’s first Status of Policing in India Report (SPIR 2018) at the India Habitat Centre today. The release was followed by a panel discussion on “People-Centric Policing and the Rule of Law.” The participants of the panel discussion were former...
More »A pattern of impunity: on the SC/ST Act -G Sampath
-The Hindu The problem with the SC/ST Act is the failure of the criminal justice system to recognise its own casteist biases For India’s Dalits and Adivasis, May 1 this year was a ‘May Day’ in more ways than one. It was May Day, the day to commemorate the labour movement (the vast majority of them do belong to the working classes), and also ‘mayday’ in the maritime sense, an occasion to...
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