SC voices concern over people getting booked under scrapped Sec 66A of IT Act, wants cases withdrawn in 3 weeksThe Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the chief secretaries of states concerned to take back the cases within three weeks.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 ...
06 Sep, 2022, 08.08 PM IST
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...
02 Aug, 2021, 01.44 PM IST
View: Why Justice Chanda’s recusal in Mamata case sets a terrible precedentBanerjee had requested reassignment of the bench claiming “a legitimate apprehension of bias”, citing the judge’s alleged ties to BJP.
08 Jul, 2021, 11.44 AM IST
Supreme Court expresses disbelief on continued use of Section 66A of IT Act"What is going on is terrible," a Supreme Court bench told Sanjay Parikh of People Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), which filed an applica...
05 Jul, 2021, 01.52 PM IST
Bombay High Court nixes government's phone-tap orders as they ‘violate right to privacy’It directed the destruction of illegally intercepted conversations and, again quoting a Supreme Court order, said tapping can be allowed on...
23 Oct, 2019, 11.05 AM IST
Not giving re-employment to judges may make them accountable: Indira JaisingAddressing a district convention of human rights body People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) here, Jaising laid stress upon bringing mor...
02 Jun, 2018, 10.57 PM IST
PUCL demands action against cops on 'police atrocities' in RajasthanPUCL here today condemned the alleged police atrocities recently on a family at Berla village of Alwar in Rajasthan and demanded action aga...
23 Oct, 2015, 06.31 PM IST
Civil rights group PUCL condemns police action on OROP protestersDelhi Police drew flak from People's Union for Civil Liberties over its attempts to evict agitating ex-servicemen demanding One Rank One Pe...
14 Aug, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
Clarify delay in identifying Right to Food Act beneficiaries: Supreme Court to CentreThe ambitious law pushed through by the previous UPA govt that aims to cover three-fourths of the country’s population is yet to be impleme...
11 Nov, 2014, 03.59 AM IST
Jaipur Police alleges Muslim industrialists of funding Mosques in Hindu slumsContesting the assertions, PUCL claimed that its fact finding team has found that purchases “seem to be part of regular property deals”.
20 Aug, 2014, 04.33 AM IST
Riots panel denied me access to intelligence records: Sanjeev BhattA division bench of Gujarat High Court on June 16 had ordered the commission to allow Bhatt to inspect the records, irrespective of whether...
18 Jun, 2014, 10.00 PM IST
- IB report is an attempt to silence our voice, claim NGOs
These NGOs include PUCL, Movement for Secular Democracy (MSD), Maldhari Rural Action Group (MARAG) and Gujarat Sarvoday Mandal.
12 Jun, 2014, 08.55 PM IST
Maoist connection usual charge to suppress activists: AB BardhanBardhan condemned arrest of DU professor GN Saibaba & demanded his immediate release, saying Maoist connection was a "usual charge" to supp...
15 May, 2014, 06.47 PM IST
- PUCL opposes Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
People's Union for Civil Liberty has opposed the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), which is proposed to pass from parts of Rajasthan...
16 Mar, 2013, 05.58 PM IST
- People's Union of Civil Liberties condemns Afzal Guru's hanging
PUCL today condemned the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and alleged that there were "political considerations" behind the ...
09 Feb, 2013, 05.48 PM IST
- Binayak, 2 others found guilty of sedition
Binayak, a PUCL activist, was arrested on May 14, 2007 from Bilaspur. He was present in the court along with Sanyal and Guha.
24 Dec, 2010, 02.10 PM IST
- 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...
05 Jun, 2007, 03.10 AM IST