The Office of the Registrar-General of India is following the set of criteria set out by the Lokur Committee nearly 60 years ago to define any new community as a Scheduled Tribe, The Hindu has learnt. In response to a query under the Right to Information Act, 2005, the Office of the RGI on Tuesday said, “For criteria, report of …
Justice Madan B. Lokur, a former judge of the Supreme Court, was among those who expressed outrage at Fr Stan Swamy’s wanton death in judicial custody. Excerpts from the interview: Many individuals, and political parties, have reacted strongly to the circumstances leading to Fr Stan Swamy’s death, and some have even called it a judicial-custodial murder. While rejecting bail, the …
