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Sanchita Kadam
95% Pendency of Trial of UAPA Cases, 85% Cases Pending Investigation: NCRB Report
16 Sep 2021
The Crime in India 2020 report suggests that the detainees continue to be incarcerated in most cases without a charge, under the draconian law which leaves very little scope for bail
Sreeram VG
A Contrapuntal Reading of the Supreme Court’s Migrant Workers Judgment
15 Sep 2021
It is evident that it is not just pandemic related consequences, but something more fundamental that needs remedying.
Sabrang India
Gauhati HC Sets Aside Ex Parte Order Declaring Person as Foreigner, Says Citizenship Important Right
14 Sep 2021
The court has taken this view in the past while dealing with ex parte orders, and has held that such decisions should be made on merit and evidence adduced by the individual (proceedee)
Rashmi Singh
Losing Our Agency, One Bill at a Time
14 Sep 2021
Till a decade back, our prime concerns as citizens of a developing country used to be limited to procuring a good education and thereafter securing a decent job. Suddenly, the concerns of the general…
Ayaskant Das
Has Congress Reneged on its Promise of Securing Adivasi Rights in Chhattisgarh?
12 Sep 2021
In its pre-poll manifesto, the Congress had promised to formulate rules for the PESA Act, 1996 if elected to power.
The Leaflet
Why Does Bonded Labour Still Persist in India?
12 Sep 2021
While we may have entered the 21st century, bonded labour is still a reality in India. Manav Gupta and Kashish Gupta analyse the laws in India to protect from bonded labour and comment on the…
The Leaflet
Delhi Police’s 2020 Riots Probe: Confusion Worse Confounded
12 Sep 2021
The shoddy FIRs and chargesheets relating to the Delhi communal riots of February 2020 prepared by the Delhi police have much to do with the political interpretation of the events imposed by the…
The Leaflet
Tamil Nadu Becomes Second State After Kerala to Establish Right to Sit for Workers
12 Sep 2021
The recent Tamil Nadu amendment bill seeks to provide mandatory seating facilities for employees in shops and establishments. Dr Kingshuk Sarkar writes about the need for other states to follow suit.
The Leaflet
Allahabad HC Stays Varanasi Court Proceedings on Gyanvapi-Kashi Land Dispute Case
10 Sep 2021
A Varanasi court on April 8 asked the Director-General of the ASI to constitute a five-member committee of eminent persons and experts well-versed with archaeology with two of its members being…
The Leaflet
Deprivation of Health Services to Prisoner Violates the Right to Life: Bombay HC; Directs Transfer of Terminally Ill Person to Hospice
10 Sep 2021
Granting relief to the petitioner, a division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar said Article 21 of the Constitution was a basic postulate of human rights.