By Abu Zafar12/3/12, tHE NeWZFIRST All throughout the course of trial and after he was acquitted of all terror charges, Syed Wasif Haider, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district, was being termed as a ‘terrorist’ by the media. When… Continue Reading →
December 5, 2012 Vidya Subrahmaniam, The Hindu From illegal detentions to wrong convictions, India’s terror prosecution is in dire need of attitudinal overhaul Only those condemned to await their own deaths will know what it is to be suddenly blessed… Continue Reading →
By Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN | Dec 5, 2012, 05.22 AM IST SC has an explosive situation on its hands as the NHRC informed it that 191 fake encounter killings took place in the country in the last five years. NEW DELHI:… Continue Reading →
By PTI – NEW DELHI 04th December 2012 “The Rs 1500 crore liability violates the principle of strict liability based on the foundation of Article 21 of the Constitution,” advocate Prashant Bhushan told a bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan… Continue Reading →
Down to Earth Author(s): Richard Mahapatra Date: Dec 4, 2012 Supreme Court commissioners report multi-crore scam involving private contractors and bureaucrats in food distribution under Integrated Child Development Scheme Richard Mahapatra Two commissioners of the Supreme Court in the right to food… Continue Reading →
The Death Lottery The case against capital punishment BY Jatin Gandhi , Open Magazine The Supreme Court admitted on three different occasions, between 2009 and 2011, that it had erred in applying the ‘rarest of the rare’ doctrine laid down by its… Continue Reading →
Why I don’t take Kolar lightly Nuclear waste will not magically disappear. So who will be made to suffer its toxic effects? Nityanand Jayaraman, Independent Journalist Not in our backyard Activists protest against plans to dump nuclear waste in Kolar, Karnataka Photo:… Continue Reading →
‘Curb eve-teasing with an iron hand’: Supreme Court LEGAL CORRESPONDENT, The Hindu, Dec 2, 2012 In a bid to curb eve-teasing, the Supreme Court has directed all States and Union Territories to depute plain-clothed women officers at public places such… Continue Reading →
TNN | Dec 1, 2012, 12.40 AM IST The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the legal sanctity behind the much hyped Aadhaar cards being prepared by the Unique Identification Authority which will be the sole proof… Continue Reading →
By Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN | Dec 2, 2012, READ MORE Supreme Court|Section 31A NDPS Act|Narcotics And Psychotropic Substances Act|Mandatory Death Penalty Provisions In Law|Indian Harm Reduction Network On a PIL by a Delhi-based NGO challenging the constitutional validity of Section 31A of NDPS Act,… Continue Reading →
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