SC verdict is ‘call for action’ to Commonwealth Nations bound to colonial laws: CHRI
Sept 09, 2018 New Delhi, India The unanimous Indian Supreme Court judgment which ended the ban on consensual gay sex in private is a landmark verdict which is a “call to action” for all countries in the Commonwealth which still use regressive, outdated colonial law, the Commonwealt
Kashmir Encounter: Releasing Court Martial Details Will Cause Public Outrage, Says Army
New Delhi, India Aug 21, 2018 The Indian Army is using all available legal means to suppress the public release of documents relating to the trial that found six army personnel guilty of killing three Kashmiri civilians in the Macchil fake encounter, HuffPost India has found.
SBI admits, CPIO goofed up with Electoral Bond sale data, refuses to divulge details of donors and recipient political parties under RTI
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RTI reveals Advisory Board under J&K Public Safety Act spent 75% of its budget upholding detention orders which J&K High Court quashed later on
Image courtesy: http://www.elections.in Aug 02, 2018 By Venkatesh Nayak & Dr. Shaikh Ghulam Rasool Readers may recall recent media reports about the latest amendment made to the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (J&KPSA) by H. E.
Assam’s NRC process mired in ad hocism and prejudice
Credit: Carol Mitchell / Flickr Aug 02, 2018 By: Sanjoy Hazarika Millions of people becoming stateless in their own land is totally unacceptable The first thing that strikes us about the numbers that have emerged from the protracted exercise, spread over several years and known simply by
Untangling the knot of citizenship
July 31, 2018 (tribuneindia.com) By Sanjoy Hazarika Assam is tense; internet services have been suspended and security forces on standby with the final draft list of the controversial NRC out.
RTI Amendment, Bill 2018: Contradicts GOI's 2017 Policy for other Tribunals, Law Commission's Views and Article 14 of the Constitution
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Defining Citizenship : Assam on the Edge Again
July 28, 2018 (epw.in) By: Sanjoy Hazarika Much has been written and spoken about the issue of illegal immigration into Assam and other parts of India.
Transparent political party funding through Electoral Bonds: Government of India proposes, State Bank of India disposes- an RTI tale
Image courtesy: https://www.inkcinct.com.au June 28, 2018 By Venkatesh Nayak Time and again, the Government of India has publicly said that donations to political parties made through Electoral Bonds (EBs) will increase transparency of political party funding.
