New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its anguish over the plight of undertrials and violation of their fundamental rights after they are thrown into prisons that are already “bursting at their seams”. “The laxity with which we throw citizens… Continue Reading →
NEW DELHI, January 23, 2013 PTI Justice J. S. Verma (centre) with panel members Justice Leila Seth (left), former Himachal Pradesh Chief Justice, and Gopal Subramaniam, former Solicitor General, addressing the media after submitting the committee’s report to Home Ministry, in… Continue Reading →
Jan 23, 2013 New Delhi: The Justice Verma Committee today recommended enhancing punishment of upto 20 years imprisonment for rape and murder and life for gangrape but refrained from suggesting death penalty. The three-member Committee headed by former Chief Justice… Continue Reading →
By Jayashree Nandi, TNN | Jan 23, 2013, A tableau at the Republic Day rehearsal on Tuesday NEW DELHI: It’s supposed to empower the disabled, but if the newly formed department of disability affairs has its way, it would call itself the ‘department… Continue Reading →
By Shikha Dalmia Jan 17, 2013 9:12 PM GMT+0530 One of the most obscene moments after the death of the gang-rape victim in New Delhi was a tweet by Narendra Modi, the chief minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, offering regret… Continue Reading →
By Manoj Mitta, TNN | Jan 20, 2013, 1 NEW DELHI: The death penalty awarded this week by in a rape-and-murder case after a 10-day trial before a fast-track court has raised apprehensions about a possible rash of such sentences in the prevailing… Continue Reading →
Dear All, Lokayat is organising a number of public programs in the coming 10 days. Here is a brief list: Program 1. Republic Day talk on: Constitutional Vision of Education and Neo-liberal Assault: Undoing Dreams of Freedom Struggle Speaker: Dr. Anil… Continue Reading →
Civil Society Section Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Survey on discrimination against women in economic and social life Make your voice heard Dear all, the Working Group on Discrimination against Women invites you to contribute… Continue Reading →
Dipanita Nath : New Delhi, Fri Jan 18 2013, 02:40 hrs After hockey players from Pakistan returned home from India following tensions over the killing of two Indian soldiers , two Pakistani theatre groups felt the diplomatic ripples on Thursday. Fearing… Continue Reading →
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