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'EC's spin on 'no stay' exposed': Congress' Jairam Ramesh on SC's order on SIR in BiharJairam Ramesh, a Congress leader, has criticized the Election Commission of India. He alleges the ECI is misrepresenting a Supreme Court or...- SC to hear pleas challenging validity of penal law on seditionOn October 31 last year, the top court had extended its May 11 direction putting on hold the sedition law and the consequential registratio...
- No citizens to be prosecuted under Section 66A IT Act: SCThe plea had sought implementation of the top court's verdict, submitting that Section 66A of the IT Act has continued to be in use not onl...
- SC voices concern over people getting booked under scrapped Sec 66A of IT Act, wants cases withdrawn in 3 weeksThe Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the chief secretaries of states concerned to take back the cases within three weeks. Under the scrapped ...
- States responsible for implementation of 2015 judgement scrapping Section 66A of IT Act: Centre to SCIn the affidavit filed before a bench headed by Justice R F Nariman, the Centre said that state law enforcement agencies are responsible fo...
- ‘Always the first to protest violation of human rights’Fr Swamy would collect clippings of newspaper reports about the “oppression” of tribal communities. “It’s time for me to be active in anti-...
- Crime in Uttar Pradesh set to be 2019 Lok Sabha poll issueThe NGOs also express concern over the increasing number of police encounters and the cases of "police brutality" which surface on social m...
- Will work to ensure sensitivity to gender: TERI Director RK PachauriHe said that TERI has been his life's work and he remains deeply committed to its mission.
- Japan, China want land to be reserved for them: Activist Medha PatkarMedha Patkar alleged that leaders and officials from Japan and China were visiting India as they want land to be reserved for them in the c...
- IB report is an attempt to silence our voice, claim NGOsThese NGOs include PUCL, Movement for Secular Democracy (MSD), Maldhari Rural Action Group (MARAG) and Gujarat Sarvoday Mandal.
- RA Mehta 'betrayed' Gujarat over Lokayukta: Civil rights activistMehta's refusal to assume office of the Gujarat Lokayukta invited a strong reaction from an eminent jurist and civil rights activist who te...
- Supreme Court to hear plea against government action for online commentsSC agreed to hear a plea seeking to restrain government authorities from taking any coercive action against anyone for posting alleged obje...
- PIL alleges under-recovery of penalty from Adani PowerGujarat High Court today issued notice to Adani Power Ltd (APL) and the state government on a PIL seeking CBI probe into alleged under-reco...
- Water scarcity raises political temperature in GujaratPassing the buck, Gujarat has targeted the Centre for denying permission to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam, and stalling constructi...
- PUCL opposes Delhi-Mumbai Industrial CorridorPeople's Union for Civil Liberty has opposed the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), which is proposed to pass from parts of Rajasthan...
- People's Union of Civil Liberties condemns Afzal Guru's hangingPUCL today condemned the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and alleged that there were "political considerations" behind the ...
- SIT subverting riots probe to shield Modi: NGOs, GandhiansCivil society groups have alleged the SIT was "subverting" probe in the 2002 riot cases to shield Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others.
- SC directs govt to allocate 5 million tonnes foodgrain to PDSThe Supreme Court directed the government to allocate additional five million tonnes of food grains to the 150 poorest districts of the cou...
- Provide night shelters to homeless: SC to Delhi govtThe Supreme Court, which came down heavily on the Delhi government for being insensitive to the plight of the poor, ordered it to provide n...
- Media must not ignore Chhattisgarh or else...In April 2006, the Delhi-based People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) released a report critiquing the Chhattisgarh Special Public Sec...
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