Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com Senior journalist and Padma Shri awardee Patricia Mukhim on Tuesday resigned from the Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Tuesday, complaining about what she described as the EGI’s “complete silence” on the high court ruling against her. The Meghalaya high court had recently declined to quash an FIR against her. Patricia Mukhim, the editor
Source:-https://telanganatoday.com Mumbai: Jailed poet-activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, is “fully conscious and oriented”, the Maharashtra government stated in a medical report submitted before the Bombay High Court. However, on the submission of Rao’s counsel Indira Jaising that the report “did not shed any light on Rao’s neurological condition and
Source:-https://www.capitalpress.com Bullhorn-wielding union organizers entering a farm before dawn may seem like a “physical invasion” to many growers. But as long as such incursions are limited to three times per day and 120 days per year, they’re sanctioned under California farm labor regulations. Whether California’s regulatory scheme amounts to an unpaid government easement across private
Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com Several organisations in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district have started an indefinite economic blockade of Nagaland from Tuesday citing alleged illegal encroachments by the neighbouring state. Led by Karbi Students Association (KSA), the organisations blocked NH 39 from 8am. Several trucks carrying goods and other commercial vehicles have been stranded because of the blockade. There
Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The Supreme Court on Monday sought response of the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea challenging the arrest of Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan on his way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V
Source:-https://www.thehindu.com Shakhavat Kha, the maternal uncle of research scholar Atiq-ur-Rehman, says he was detained by the police in Mathura only because the Uttar Pradesh government wanted Muslim “scapegoats” to divert attention from the rape case of a Dalit girl in Hathras. “These are Muslim boys. So they [police] made them scapegoats,” Mr. Kha told The
Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday appealed to the Government of India to safeguard the rights of human rights defenders and NGOs, and their ability to carry out their crucial work on behalf of the many groups they represent. Bachelet expressed regret at the tightening of space for
Source:-https://www.daijiworld.com New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Income Tax Department in a tax evasion case of over Rs 7 crore against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and his wife. “Issue notice returnable in two weeks. The petitioner may serve a copy of these petitions to the office
Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court said on Monday it was trying to discourage the use of a provision that allows incarcerated people to directly approach the top court against violation of their fundamental rights as it felt that high courts were well-equipped to deal with such matters. In a case pertaining to Malayalam journalist Siddique Kappan,
Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com MUMBAI: A magistrate’s court here on Monday granted bail to Nagpur resident Sameet Thakkar in one of the three cases registered against him for allegedly tweeting “objectionable” content against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his minister son Aaditya Thackeray. Thakkar was granted a cash bail of Rs 25,000 by the magistrate’s court in
