Along the lines of our posts from December 19, Today’s Indian Express has an opinion piece by Rakesh Shukla on the Supreme Court’s recent judgment regarding the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA):
The distance of the judiciary from the life of an ordinary citizen is nowhere clearer than in the upholding of the pernicious provision penalising […]
The Nanavati Commission has summoned key politicians and police officers, accused of perpetrating violence against the Sikhs in Delhi during the anti-Sikh pogroms of November 1984, to the Commission in January. Outlook India writes:
The Nanavati Commission, probing the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, today asked senior Congress leaders Jagish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar and Pondicherry IGP U […]
An article in today’s Hindu covers the passage of the POTA Amendment Bill:
The Rajya Sabha today passed the Prevention of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2003, to amend the Prevention Of Terrorism Act, 2002, (POTA) after the entire Opposition led by the Congress walked out and the AIADMK insisted on a vote to register their protest against […]
On December 18, 2003, the Supreme Court of India held that state governments cannot withdraw cases brought against accused under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA). The Central government must consent to the withdrawal of the case.
The Hindu has written an editorial on this judgment titled “POTA reinterpreted:”
While upholding the constitutional validity of the […]
The cover feature of the latest issue of Communalism Combat, a monthly magazine published for ten years, is “India: Where Mass Murderers Go Unpunished.” Written by Teesta Setalvad, who is leading the campaign for justice in Gujarat, the article focuses on three regions of state impunity: Gujarat, Punjab and Kashmir. She outlines the different problems […]
“Hawayein” was recently released, and it looks like there are at least two versions going around in the US on DVD. The 3 hour version (by Megstar) has an hour on Sarabjit (Ammtoje Mann) becoming a farmer in Punjab, and later experiencing police harassment. There’s even a scene where the police, after detaining Mann, take […]
Today’s Tribune, published in Chandigarh, India, has a news story titled “10 cops summoned in ‘fake encounter’ case.”
The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) has summoned 10 policemen for allegedly killing a youth of Budha Bhora village of Ropar 10 years ago….In the evening when Paramjit Singh [victim] entered Mohinder Kaur’s house, a team of policemen comprising […]
I’m curious about what readers think about the Punjab case before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). How closely do you follow it? What would you like this blog to write about so that readers can be better informed? Please post your comments!
Given that India’s judiciary—lower and high court—has failed to provide relief, why are […]
This Dec 14, 2003 article from Indian Express describes the cases of people who have attempted to speak up against corruption and human rights violations in India. The second case discussed is of Jaswant Singh Khalra:
[Sanjay Kumar] Singh’s body was later found in the Kaimur forest.
CBI investigations led to the filing of Bihar’s […]