-The New Indian Express NRC state coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma did not answer queries made through WhatsApp GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court has dismissed the writ petition of a woman, declared a “foreigner” by a foreigners’ tribunal, as she failed to establish her linkage with her father. While passing its order, a division bench of Justices Manojit Bhuyan and Parthivjyoti Saikia quoted from the judgement of a 2016 case between Md. Babul Islam...
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'Can you identify Bangladeshi by looking at face': Karnataka HC slams state
-TheNewsMinute.com The BBMP demolished many huts in a settlement in Bengaluru over suspicions that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants stayed there. "By looking at the face of a person, can one be identified as being a Bangladeshi national?” questioned Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, slamming the state over the demolition of settlements in Bengaluru over suspicions that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants stayed there. The High Court bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Oka...
More »'Digital divide' persists despite the country's desire to become a digital giant
A recent report of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) brings forth the dichotomy between digital divide and India’s transition towards a cashless economy. The rural-urban divide in access to computer and internet is quite stark, according to the report entitled 'Key Indicators of Household Social Consumption on Education in India, July 2017 to June 2018'. The 75th round National Sample Survey (NSS) report on education finds that...
More »PAN won't become inoperative if not linked to Aadhaar till SC judgement: Gujarat High Court -Preeti Motiani
-The Economic Times The deadline for linking of PAN and Aadhar had been extended several times and now the new deadline is March 31, 2020. So, if a person doesn’t link his PAN with Aadhar by the said date, his PAN shall be inoperative. As per Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, every person who has been allotted PAN and who is eligible to obtain Aadhaar, shall intimate his Aadhaar...
More »Gujarat govt seeks time to reply to PIL seeking to end 'cow vigilantism'
-The Indian Express The PIL sought to end “unlawful activities in the name of cow vigilantism” and submits to have been filed in the interest of the Dalit community, particularly on the behalf of those in villages. Ahmedabad: In a public interest litigation (PIL) filed at the Gujarat High Court (HC) in 2016, following the atrocities on Dalits in Una alleging killing of cows, the respondents sought time to reply on action...
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