Scrutinising the house of justice
Jan 01, 2020 (The Hindu) Centre for Law and Policy Research in collaboration with National Constitution Society chapter of St. Joseph’s College, organised a day-long, intensive conference that reviewed the Supreme Court (SC) decisions of 2019 at St.
CIC to govt: Make ministers’ work allocation public
Dec 26, 2019 (The Economic Times) The Central Information Commission has directed the government to put in public domain the work distribution between a cabinet minister and minister of state.
Dy Chairman Rajya Sabha launches CHRI publications, calls for legal awareness, media partnerships
December 17, 2019 New Delhi, India The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha has called for media partnerships with civil society and stakeholders, especially vulnerable groups, to help develop legal literacy and understanding of fundamental rights.
'Encounter' killings: India must honour its pledges to the UN Human Rights Council`
Dec 18, 2019 (South Asia Monitor) By: Sanjoy Hazarika & Sarthak Roy India was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a three-year term, its fourth since the UNHRC was formed in 2006 to hold governments to account on their human rights record.
Looking into the Haze 2019 - Second National Report on Prison Monitoring in India
Looking into the Haze 2019 is CHRI’s Second National Report on Prison Monitoring in India. This is a second watch report on the functioning of Board of Visitors (BOV) and Non Official Visitors (NOV) in Indian prisons as on 1 June 2018.
Citizenship (Amendment) Act: Some facts vs ‘mythbusters’
Dec 17, 2019 (Economic Times) By: Sanjoy Hazarika GoI has reached out to those opposed to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) with a series of tweets, statements and declarations at political rallies.
CHRI demands swift investigation of violence in Jamia Millia, AMU, Says NHRC must act 'decisively'
Dec 16, 2019 New Delhi, India The tragic set of events in South Delhi yesterday evening, marked by severe violence, demands strict action against the police personnel who were complicit in perpetrating the violence against the students of Jamia Millia Islamia University.
Electoral Bonds threat to Parliamentary Democracy
Dec 13, 2019 (Peoples Democracy) IT has been doing the rounds. The surreptitious strike, which transformed the funding of political parties by the corporates, was of such far-reaching consequence, that the controversy has already reached the hallowed portals of the Supreme Court.
Cashiers, peon among those penalised for bank NPAs in FY18, reveals RTI
Dec 13, 2019 (Business Standard) FMs' statements in the Lok Sabha show that 41,360 public-sector bank employees have been held responsible and penalised for NPAs in last 5 financial years, including 6,049 in 2017-18 Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha on public-sector banks’
CHRI says CAB passage without adequate dialogue, concerned about legal confrontation
Dec 10, 2019 New Delhi, India A momentous law like the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) has been rushed through the Lok Sabha and is to go to the Rajya Sabha without adequate debate and public discourse, CHRI's India Executive Committee said today.