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Mahendra Nath Das’s mercy plea: Why SC commuted his death sentence

Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN | May 3, 2013, Former President APJ Abdul Kalam had in 2005 favoured commutation of Mahendra Nath Das’s death penalty to life term.  t NEW DELHI: Revealing the casual manner in which mercy petitions are dealt with, theSupreme Court found… Continue Reading →

SC slams Centre for giving ‘Z’ security to Ambani and said ” A 5yr old a five-year-old would not have been raped if there was security in Delhi

PTI : New Delhi, Wed May 01 2013, 2 Centre‘s decision to provide ‘Z’ category security to the richest Indian Mukesh Ambani today drew flak from the Supreme Court which asked why such persons are given security cover by the government… Continue Reading →

#India – Little Girls Are Most at Risk #Rape #Vaw

MEENA KANDASAMY Little Girls Are Most at Risk: Legislation alone cannot save women trapped in a patriarchal culture TAGS: Rape | Girl raped in Delhi | Physical abuse in Delhi| Violence against girls Cold-hearted legal system sees no shame in serving the interests of sex offenders… Continue Reading →

Bangladesh SC uphold death penalty to 2 army officers

30 April 2013 Press Trust of India DHAKA, 30 APRIL: Bangladesh‘s Supreme Court today upheld the death sentences of two fugitive junior military officers awarded by a local court for killing four top national leaders, including the then acting president Syed… Continue Reading →

#India – Download the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act #Vaw

  The New Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act   came into effect on April 23, 2013.   Under the Act, employers’ organisations must have mechanisms to address complaints of sexual harassment, and deal with such… Continue Reading →

Fuzzy thinking on SC Niyamgiri verdict #Vedanta

Reports and editorials on the Supreme Court verdict in the Vedanta case might have missed the mark. ARITRA BHATTACHARYA says a section of the media is even acting as apologist for the multinational.  Saturday, Apr 27 , The Hoot.org The April 18 Supreme… Continue Reading →

#India – Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill becomes Law #Vaw #Womenrights

26 Apr 2013, 01:44 PM Law to curb sexual harassment at work   New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to a bill under which cases of sexual harassment at workplace, including against domestic help, will have to be… Continue Reading →

Demolition of illegal Mumbai flats: Why hit the innocent?

by Mahesh Vijapurkar Apr 26, 2013, Firstpost   There is this often narrated anecdote, surely apocryphal, where a mischievous student’s parent tells the teacher that the boy is sensitive. If he errs it would do if the next student is slapped and… Continue Reading →

#India -SC slams cops for assault on women, says police have gone berserk #Vaw

Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN | Apr 25, 2013, 12.57 PM 0 A file photo of cops manhandling protesters, including women, during an anti-rape demonstration in Aligarh. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of police assault on unarmed women in Delhi and… Continue Reading →

Parallel hearings on khaki reforms after cop excesses #policereforms

Manoj Mitta, TNN | Apr 22, 2013, 12.45 AM IST   NEW DELHI: Even as the police reforms issue has been lying dormant before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir, anotherSupreme Court bench, this one headed by Justice G… Continue Reading →

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