If the Bill seeking to protect children from sexual offences is passed by Parliament in the form in which it was cleared last week by the Cabinet, then there will be a direct but unstated conflict between the general and special laws on rape. Under the special law proposed in the freshly revised "Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Bill" , no person below 18 years will have the legal capability...
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Activists like Aruna Roy, Jean Dreze write to PM demanding medical attention for Soni Sori-M Rajshekhar
Over 250 activists, academics, intellectuals and democratic institutions have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh demanding that medical attention be immediately provided to Adivasi school teacher, Soni Sori, who is currently in custody in Raipur Central Jail. NAC members Aruna Roy, Jean Dreze and Harsh Mander, poet Meena Kandaswamy and film-maker Anand Patwardhan are amongst the signatories to the letter. The text of the open letter...
More »Sharp rise in money locked in I-T cases-Santosh Tiwari
-The Business Standard 2011 saw jump in total disputed amount to Rs 4.37 lakh crore The quantity of money locked in income tax disputes has seen a sharp rise in 2011, with more aggression by the tax department. The disputed amount jumped from Rs 2,43,603 crore to Rs 4,36,741 crore between January and December 2011. The disclosure was made by the finance ministry in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha...
More »Give farmers the highest market value for land acquired, rules SC-J Venkatesan
They are also entitled to interest on solatium, additional market value Farmers whose land is acquired for a public purpose are entitled to the highest market value as compensation, the Supreme Court held on Friday. “When the land is being compulsorily taken away from a person, he is entitled to the highest value which similar land in the locality is shown to have fetched in a bona fide transaction entered into between...
More »Cong MP & Rahul aide moves for law to ‘regulate’ the media-Maneesh Chhibber
At a time when the Supreme Court has indicated its intent to lay down “guidelines” for the media, Congress Lok Sabha member and a close aide of AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, Meenakshi Natarajan, wants a law to regulate the media, both print and broadcast. And set up an authority that can even “suo motu” probe “complaints” against the media. Natarajan gave notice in the Lok Sabha to introduce a Private...
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