-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In its path-breaking verdict linking right to life with right to die with dignity, the Supreme Court on Friday took the first step towards giving judicial support to the much canvassed proposition that it was inhuman to punish a distressed person who failed to end his life through suicide. Section 309 of IPC provides that "whoever attempts to commit suicide and does any act towards the...
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SC to lay down guidelines to protect inter-caste couples -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would lay down comprehensive guidelines to protect inter-faith, inter-caste and intra-gotra couples whose marriages are opposed by society in the name of tradition. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud reserved its verdict on an eight-year-old PIL filed by NGO ‘Shakti Vahini’ protesting against the violence unleashed against couples who...
More »After Universalising PoS and Iris Readers for PDS, AAP Govt Approves Doorstep Delivery of Rations -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in Food rights group says this is just a changing of goalposts, questions why rules have not been formulated and state food commission not constituted despite court nudge. New Delhi: Though in order to overcome the problem of exclusions faced due to Aadhaar-linked Point of Sales (PoS) machines installed at ration shops, the Delhi cabinet today approved the scheme for doorstep delivery of rations under the Public Distribution System, food rights activists...
More »Misdirected war against criminals in UP: Police must uphold and not undermine rule of law -Sankar Sen
-The Times of India Backed by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the Uttar Pradesh police has launched a vigorous crackdown on criminals. Some criminals have been killed in encounters and many, out of fear of being gunned down, have surrendered. According to data sourced from police headquarters as many as 1,142 encounters were recorded between March 2017 and January this year, and 38 alleged criminals were killed. Encounter specialists in the police are...
More »Against human rights -Faizan Mustafa
-The Hindu Encounter killings militate against the rule of law Cicero famously said, “We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.” John Adams said about the Massachusetts Constitution that it was intended to have a “government of laws not of men”. The rule of law has rightly been argued to be part of the basic structure of the Indian Constitution. It is an unqualified human good....
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