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• Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and the Board of Governors | Nabanipa Bhattacharjee & Manish Thakur

  1 July 2022, by Nabanipa Bhattacharjee

  by Nabanipa Bhattacharjee and Manish Thakur *
  Under the section “Effective Governance and Leadership for Higher Education Institutions”, the National Education Policy 2020 (hereafter NEP 2020) makes eight references to the Board(s) of Governors (hereafter BoG) of Indian higher educational institutions within a space of two paragraphs. A careful reading of this section reveals the front-staging of the BoGs as effective antidotes to the hitherto ‘heavy-handed’ and bureaucratic regulation of (…)

• Style in Law as Literature: Reflections on the Dissenting Judgement in The Sabarimala Case (2018) | Monika

  1 July 2022

  by Monika
  Abstract:
  [gris]The paper argues that when looking at law as literature, the style of writing a judgement is not merely, as can be considered for literature otherwise, a result of the creativity, predisposition or the literary imagination of a judge as an author but is rather circumscribed (if not determined) by the immediate context or the social imagination they speak to and operate in. The leeway to be verbose, the literary flair, the use of rhetoric and sharp convictions (…)

• Democracy in peril | Sukumaran C.V.

  1 July 2022, by Sukumaran C.V.

  by Sukumaran C.V.
  Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand are the editors of the monthly magazine Communalism Combat. The March-April 2002 issue of the monthly was titled as "Genocide: Gujarat 2002". The Editors’ Note of that issue of the CC says:
  "The torching of bogey S-6 of the Ahmedabad-bound Sabarmati Express at Godhra on February 27, in which 58 passengers, including 26 women and 12 children, were burnt to death, is an unpardonable act. The perpetrators of this grossly inhuman (…)

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  Statements by CPI & CPI(M) Demand Release of Teesta Setalvad & Others

  1 July 2022

  Communist Party of India
  New Delhi,
  June 27, 2022
  Demands Immediate Release of Teesta Setalvad
  Press Release
  The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (on June 27, 2022) demanding immediate release of Teesta Setalvad and others:
  The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India strongly condemns the arrest and subsequent detention of Teesta Setalvad and R B Sreekumar, Ex-DGP who fought for bringing justice to the families (…)

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  Statement by Press Club of India regarding the arrest of arrest of Muhammad Zubair | June 28, 2022

  1 July 2022

  PRESS CLUB OF INDIA WS 1, Raisina Road, New Delhi - 110 001, INDIA 23730248 Email:- pressclubofindia1[at]gmail.com, Web: presscubofindia.org
  PRESS STATEMENT
  New Delhi, June 28:
  The Press Club of India condemns the arrest of Muhammad Zubair, co-founder of AltNews, a fact checking site. The Delhi Police arrested him on June 27 for a tweet of 2018 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
  It is ironic that Muhammad Zubair’s arrest by the Delhi Police came on a day when India joined (…)

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  Joint Forum of Trade Unions (JFTU) in General Insurance Companies justified in rejecting Management’s offer | AITUC Press Release, June 29, 2022

  1 July 2022

  Press Release by AITUC Secretariat, New Delhi
  AITUC says Joint Forum of Trade Unions (JFTU) in General Insurance Companies justified in rejecting Management’s offer.
  The last settlement applicable to the employees of the General Insurance Companies was effective from 2012 to 2017. The next one is due from August, 2017 and not yet finalized. That is 59 months late!
  On 7th June, 2022, a delegation of GIEAIA, the largest union of insurance employees, met Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, the FM, (…)

• Leading India To Darkness: Indian President Idolizes Gita Press That Preaches Enslavement Of Hindu Women! | Shamsul Islam

  1 July 2022, by Shamsul Islam

  It is mandatory for every President of India to take the following oath prescribed under Article 49 of the Indian Constitution before occupying the august office:
  "I, [Name] do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of President (or discharge the functions of the President) of India and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people (…)

• Dear Silent Indians | Bhabani Shankar Nayak

  1 July 2022

  by Bhabani Shankar Nayak
  The majority of Indian citizens are witnessing the persecution and everyday violence against their fellow citizens who are Muslims and religious minorities. The growing assaults on reason, science, secularism, Indian democracy and constitution are going to be landmarks in Indian history of diminishing democracy and citizenship rights. It is clear that Hindutva ideology is directly promoting sectarian politics of hate which is dangerous for the unity and integrity (…)

• Sri Lanka’ 21st Constitutional Amendment and the Future | Gautam Sen

  1 July 2022

  by Gautam Sen
  Sri Lanka still remains in the throws of political and economic turmoil. The 21st Amendment to the state’s Constitution has been approved by the presidential cabinet on 20th June this year for presenting to its Parliament. The Amendment will annul of the 20th Amendment which instituted the executive presidency after the last presidential elections of 2019, and reduce the power of the executive president. But, a consensus among the political parties including a section of the (…)

• Overturning Roe Vs. Wade: Grave Implications For Women’s Rights | Vijay Kumar

  1 July 2022, by Vijay Kumar

  The widely anticipated judgment of the American Supreme Court after the Politico published the Leaked Draft opinion on 2nd May, 2022 in Dobbs v. Jackson overturning 50 years old glorious legacy of the Roe v. Wade judgment is revolting in the extreme. This regressive judgment has baleful impact on constitutionalism, democracy and women’s right. With the appointment of three Conservative Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett by Donald Trump, the Supreme Court has (…)