-The Telegraph The country’s top judge today advised the judiciary to work as independently of public sentiments as of politics, stressing that courts should deliver rulings according to the law and not the majority opinion. “Apart from independence from politics, the judiciary also needs independence from popular interest,” PTI quoted Chief Justice of India (CJI) S.H. Kapadia as saying while presiding over the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Trust Lecture in Mumbai. “If an order...
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Dalit sugarcane worker burnt to death, one held by AMRuta Byatnal
He was killed on Sunday for not returning Rs. 5,000 at his residence A day after 32-year-old Dalit sugarcane labourer Shahadev Tayad succumbed to burns, the accused Vashisht Dhake who allegedly burnt him was caught by the police on Monday, but the Tayad's family's efforts to come to terms with the loss have just begun. According to the police, Dhake burnt Tayad on January 8 for not returning Rs. 5,000 at his...
More »Widespread Endorsement of NCPRI Grievance Redress Bill by Political Parties and Citizen Groups
-Righttoinformation.info The NCPRI, in collaboration with Satark Nagrik Sangathan (SNS), JOSH, Pardarshita and National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW)organised camps for public consultations and registering grievances in Delhi. Two days camps on the 15th and 16th of December were held in Malviya Nagar, Trilokpuri, Nandnagri and Takiyan Kalekhan. The camps concluded in an Open Forum with representatives from political parties and citizen groups to discuss the essential features of a Grievance...
More »A Hell In Eternity by Amba Batra Bakshi
Greedy lawyers and lack of awareness condemn women undertrials twice over Kanimozhis All? Total number of male and female convicts in India: 1,23,941; Number of undertrials: 2,50,204 Number of female prisoners: 15,406; Female undertrials: 10,687 Female prisoners compromise 4.1 per cent of the prison population 469 women convicts with their 556 children and 1,196 undertrials with their 1,314 children are in prisons across the country Official capacity of prisons in...
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-The Times of India An attempt to drag chief minister Mayawati to the Lokayukta court for allegedly granting undue favours to liquor baron Ponty Chadha fell flat on Thursday when UP's Lokayukta, Justice NK Mehrotra, declined to entertain the complaint on the grounds that the law does not authorize him to investigate the CM. The complaint against Mayawati was filed by a journalist. Mehrotra also said since Mayawati does not hold the...
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