Indian courts have consistently upheld and championed the fundamental right to free speech and expression enshrined in the Constitution. This includes the right to put forward different and contrary views, right or wrong. A recent instance saw the Supreme Court of India striking down Uttar Pradesh's ban on the film Aarakshan. This article by A.P. Shah, retired Chief Justice of the Madras and Delhi High Courts, sets out key issues...
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MGNREGA triggers farm labour shortage during agri season: Pawar
-PTI Studies suggest that MGNREGA has triggered shortage of labour for agricultural operations like sowing and harvesting in the key agri states and has also pushed up general wage level, Parliament was informed today. These were the findings of state-level studies conducted by Agro Economic Research Centres under the Ministry of Agriculture, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. The studies were conducted in Karnataka,...
More »Justice Sahai refers Lokayukta issue back to Chief Justice by Manas Dasgupta
-The Hindu Referring the matter back to the acting Chief Justice, Justice V.M. Sahai on Thursday said the split verdict given by the Division Bench on the Gujarat High Court's appointment of Justice (retired) R.A. Mehta as the State Lokayukta could not be taken up by a third judge till the other two judges gave, in writing, the points of difference in their respective rulings. Accepting the contentions put forth by the...
More »Civil society condemns GK Pillai's remarks
-The Hindu Civil society groups have demanded an apology from the former Home Secretary of India, G.K. Pillai, for his “insensitive, sexist slandering” remarks on Ishrat Jahan, who was killed in a fake encounter in Gujarat in 2004. “Stung by the Special Investigation Team report, which concluded that Ishrat was executed in cold blood, Mr. Pillai — hard-pressed to defend his affidavit to the Supreme Court that Ishrat was a Lashkar operative...
More »Fresh hearing starts in Gujarat Lokayukta case by Manas Dasgupta
The Gujarat government's petition challenging the unilateral appointment of Justice R.A. Mehta as the State Lokayukta by Governor Kamala Beniwal has been referred to a third judge for a decision after a split verdict on the issue by the High Court last month. Justice V.M. Sahai on Wednesday began hearing the petition afresh and his judgment on the issue would carry the day since the last two judges gave contradictory views...
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