2022

by Prof Gull Mohammad Wani *
History tells us that crises can be negotiated in a useful manner to resolve problems facing the world. This can happen if we revisit approaches ,paradigms in vogue for a long time. It is during extraordinary moments that behaviors can shift from confrontation to cooperation and from enmity to intimacy. It is for the second time that Prime Minister of Sri-Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe during an interview to NDTV called for the development of the "South (…)

For all practical purposes and intent, Sri Lanka’s once booming economy has collapsed. With traditional sellers unwilling to supply fuel due to lack of payment for previous shipments and Colombo not having foreign exchange to buy stocks that may be on way, petrol and diesel have almost run out in Sri Lanka.
Whatever quantity the country still has is being made available only to essential services, virtually locking down the island nation of around 22 million people and emptying the streets (…)

by Akanksha *
ABSTRACT
Queer Citizenship, Erotic Citizenship, sexual citizenship and Intimate Citizenship are the several attempts by scholars to bring about a union of two forms of belongingness- sexuality and citizenship. At the very core of this union lies a seeming paradox - how does an intimate identity, a ‘private trouble’ to use a concept from Michael Burawoy like sexuality enters into the public belonging like citizenship? Most accounts sexuality-citizenship interaction (…)

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by a committed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Pracharak, Narendrabhai Damodardas Modi as the country’s Prime Minister since May, 2014 is now busy with its Mission 2025—to ensure BJP/Sangh rule in the entire vast expanse and all the 36 states and union territories that comprise the Union of India.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the BJP intent to capture the entire expanse of remaining states, still out of BJP influence and ensure BJP rule (…)

by Indranil De *
The recent decision of US Supreme Court to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling restores the ability of states to pass laws prohibiting abortion. Abortion will soon become illegal in a large number of states. It erases the constitutional right of women to opt for abortion. This has direct implications on women’s ability to make choices and their empowerment. Women might have to travel other liberal states for abortion increasing cost and time. They may have to depend on (…)

by Arun Srivastava
Speaking at a seminar in San Francisco the Chief Justice of India N V Ramana observed that the fundamental principle behind the existence of an independent judiciary is that its has been answerable only to the Constitution. Justice Ramana was absolutely right. The politicians and the political establishment of the country have already made the other three pillars of a vibrant democracy executive, legislative and media subservient to it. Now they are desperate to bring (…)

by Atul Sharma, Shyam Sunder *
India’s economy recorded growth of 8.7 % in 2021-22. Several agencies such as OECD, Moody’s and IMF slashed India’s growth for 2022-23. Of late The World Bank lowered for the second time GDP growth forecast for 2022-23 to 7.5% from 8% in April and from 8.7% in January, 2022. Even the RBI has cut its growth forecast to 7.2%. The edging down the forecast has been attributed to “headwinds from rising inflation, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical tensions (…)

Citizens for Justice and Peace Statement
We, the trustees of Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) are dismayed and shocked by the recent FIR lodged against Teesta Setalvad and others as also her consequent arrest.
We have been part of CJP since a long time and have known Teesta even longer. We have complete confidence in her integrity and whole heartedly support the litigation concerning the Gujarat carnage of 2002 including the Zakia Jafri Case. It is totally unfortunate that the (…)

All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
05th July 2022
To,
Shri Bhupender Yadav
The Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Government of India,
New Delhi.
Dear Shri Bhupender Yadav ji,
You must be aware that a metro line is being laid in the city of Mumbai under the coalition government led by Shri Devendra Fadnavis and in the earlier plans a metro car shed was supposed to be in a place called Arrey Colony, Goregaon East, with dense greenery. In 2019, suddenly more (…)

CAMPAIGN FOR JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORMS 6/6 basement Jangpura B, Delhi - 110014 judicialreforms.org Patrons: Shri Shanti Bhushan, Prof. B.B.Pande,Dr. Bhaskar Rao, Ms. Arundhati Roy, Shri Pradip Prabhu, Prof. Babu Mathew, Dr. Baba Adhav, Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Shri Mihir Desai, Shri Manoj Mitta Executive Committee: Prashant Bhushan (Convenor), Cheryl D‚ÄôSouza (Secretary), Nikhil Dey, Alok Prasanna Kumar, Venkatesh Sundaram, Indu Prakash Singh, Anjali Bhardwaj, Amrita Johri, Annie Raja, (…)