-Scroll.in In December 2016, the court had said the cases would be referred to a five-judge bench It took less than 24 hours for the first set of petitions to be filed against the Modi government’s demonetisation decision. Eight weeks later, at least 41 petitions had been filed in courts across the country. But five years later, nothing has happened in the petitions. Even the Supreme Court bench that was supposed to hear...
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Rs.2 Lakh For Every Protester Arrested In Delhi Tractor Rally: Punjab -Mohammed Ghazali
-NDTV.com Farmers especially from Punjab and Haryana have been camping around Delhi for a year in protest against three new farm Laws Chandigarh: The Punjab government has announced financial help for 83 people arrested in Delhi after violence broke out during a farmers' tractor rally on Republic Day this January. The move is likely to spark a controversy and set up Punjab's Congress government and the centre for a new battle. Farmers especially...
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-PTI/ TheWire.in "We want to clarify that we have not made up our mind. We are open to the arguments. Whatever questions we are asking from the counsels is just to elicit better response," the bench said at the outset. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union government and an NGO to suggest additional safeguards which it could impose on implementing agencies of the ambitious Char Dham project if...
More »US Hindu Group Accused Of "Exploiting Labourers Lured From India": Report
-PTI/ NDTV.com According to a report, workers were being paid USD 1.2 per hour, well below the current US federal minimum wage of USD 7.25 per hour, and below even the minimum wage going as far back as 1963. New York: A prominent Hindu organisation is facing new allegations in an updated Lawsuit that it lured labourers from India and forced hundreds of workers to work for low wages at its temple...
More »Data: Three States accounted for more than 70% of UAPA cases registered since 2014 0 -Pavithra KM
-Factly.in Cases relating to ‘Sedition’ and those registered under the UAPA have been discussed widely in the last few years. Data indicates that the three states of Manipur, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam accounted for more than 70% of the cases registered under UAPA between 2014 & 2020. On the other hand, the nine states of Assam, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, and Manipur accounted for more...
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