16 November 2014 Refusing to give details of foreign tours by ministers and officers, and staff particulars of AG without hearing the appellant was wrong. The Central Information Commission M Sridhar Acharyulu on 12th…
Justice Markandey Katju's Allegations Confirmed by Ex-Law Minister
23 July 2014 When asked about why he waited for 10 years to disclose that an allegedly corrupt judge was allowed to continue in office in the Madras High Court, Justice Markandey Katju insisted…
Different Human Rights Groups welcomes SC commutation of…
27 January 2014 A historic decision by India’s Supreme Court commuting the death sentences of 15 prisoners and setting out guidelines to safeguard the rights of prisoners on death row and their families is a…
Delay in Executing Death Penalty Against Right to…
27 January 2014 Inordinate and unreasonable delay in execution of death sentence is violative of Right to Life, which is the most fundamental of all rights guaranteed by the Constitution, and entails as a ground…
SC commutes death penalty of 15 convicts due…
27 January 2014 In a landmark and significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted death penalty of 15 convicts on the grounds of inordinate delay and mental illness. The apex court said the death…
ACHR welcomes SC commutation of 15 death sentences
27 January 2014 ACHR welcomes SC commutation of 15 death sentences The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has welcomed the judgment of the Supreme Court commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment for 15…
Malegaon case: Stay against interrogation of Purohit extended
8 Jan 2012The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended its order restraining the National Investigation Agency not to interrogate 2008 Malegaon blast accused Lt. Col. Shrikant Prasad Purohit and Sudhakar Dhar Dwivedi till further direction. A…
“Anna’s Movement Or Ramdev’s, We Never Go Anywhere…
4 11 2011 BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Anna Hazare, the party and the RSS.Outlook Interviews Nitin GadkariTwo months short of completing two years as president of the BJP, the rank outsider in national politics,…
A problematic verdict is stayed
May 12, 2011 Editorial in the Hindu on The Supreme Court of India's stay to the judgment of the Allahabad High Court in the Ayodhya dispute The Hindu, 12 May 2011, Editorial The Supreme Court…