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Odisha to seek six more weeks to conduct Niyamgiri Gram Sabhas

BS Reporter  |  Bhubaneswar  May 17, 2013 In its April 18 order, SC had directed the Odisha govt to conduct Gram Sabhas at Niyamgiri within three months to seek the mandate of the locals             The… Continue Reading →

SC order regarding impleading Jaya’s #ITAct case

Message from kavita srivastava The Supreme Court vacation bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice Deepak Mishra today heard the matter of Shreya Singhal VS UOI, where an  application was moved by the petitioner for the impleadment and stay on… Continue Reading →

CPI(M) demands abolition of #deathpenalty

Monday, May 13, 2013, 20:13 IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI Decribing executions as “inhuman”, CPI(M) on Monday said it stands for abolition of death penalty in the country as it is “arbitrarily implemented” and advocated imprisonment till… Continue Reading →

#India – Is the Mechanism for Appointment of Judges Working?

May 11, 2013 By S Farman Ahmad Naqvi, The question regarding how to appoint judges at the High Courts and Supreme Court has been bothering not just the top echelons of judiciary in India but the executive too. Though the… Continue Reading →

Germany opposes death penalty for Devender Singh Bhullar

New Delhi, May, 10 (ANI): Germany has opposed the death penalty for Indian convict, Devender Singh Bhullar, who is facing the gallows for the 1993 militant attacks on a top police officer and also a political leader, claiming several lives. Bhullar was extradited… Continue Reading →

Supreme Court of India – ‘Revolving door’ in lawsuits

M J Antony  May 07, 2013 , BS The Court now limits review petitions to only grave errors in judgments When litigants lose their final appeal in the Supreme Court, most of them learn to grin and bear it. However, lawyers tend… Continue Reading →

Anti-Vedanta body to march near Niyamgiri

The march next week will inform villagers about the gram sabha to be conducted as directed by court Ruchira Singh , livemint First Published: Wed, May 08 2013. The gram sabha (village council) will play a crucial role in deciding whether Vedanta… Continue Reading →

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 →

#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 →

India has a flawed notion of mercy #deathpenalty

By RAJEEV DHAVAN PUBLISHED: 20:47 GMT, 21 April 2013   The quality of mercy varies from person to situation, but it is for all: the preferred rich and the unpreferred poor. Dispensing mercy is a compassionate art with which India is out… Continue Reading →

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