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3 weeks, 1 day ago

ACPR says gen secy ‘harassed’ by Delhi Police, officers deny

The Association for Protection of Civil Rights has alleged that a Delhi Police team attempted to detain the group’s national general secretary Nadeem Khan on November 30 without a warrant. 30th November, police from Shaheen Bagh police station had arrived in Bangalore to arrest Nadeem Khan from his brother’s house without any warrant or notice,” it said. Only after nearly …

Delhi Video Delhi Police Bangalore Notice Station Fir

5 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill repressive, allows misuse: Civil society

The Hindu

At least seven sections of the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024 are either vague or bypass courts or give overriding powers to the State machinery, which is far beyond the objective of curbing Naxalism that the ordinance is aimed at, said civil society members. Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill will turn Maharashtra into a police State and outlaw dissent …

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7 months ago

PUCL team rebuts police on Bijapur encounter, says it was extra-judicial killing

Hindustan Times

Raipur: A team of People’s Union for Civil Liberties visited the Pedia village in Chhattisgrah’s Bijapur district, where 12 alleged Maoists were killed on May 10 and claimed in its report that the villagers “clearly stated that it was by no means an encounter” as claimed by the police but a clear case of extra-judicial killings by the security forces. …

Security Maoists Report Fir Killed Villagers Forces

8 months ago

HC Calls for Early End To Probe: 2015 Encounter

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court on Friday closed a PIL directing the state police to conclude investigation into the alleged encounter of Tangella Shruti and Vidyasagar Reddy on September 15, 2015, within six months following the guidelines on encounter cases in PUCL v. State of Maharashtra. The panel, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J. …

Investigation Court Civil Order Telangana State Alleged

9 months, 1 week ago

PUCL Intervenes In Calcutta HC Proceedings Over In-Human Prison Conditions, Seeks Study Into Condition Of Women, Children & Transgender Persons In WB Prisons

Live Law

The People's Union for Civil Liberties has intervened in a plea before the Calcutta High Court regarding the condition of prisons in West Bengal, intending to improve living conditions for prisoners.While the matter has been an ongoing public interest litigation since 2017, the issue came to the fore when a lawyer mentioned a plea pertaining to the pregnancies of female …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Why this Dalit quit the RSS

The Hindu

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties – Karnataka Chapter, is holding a talk by author and activist Bhanwar Meghwanshi on his journey as a human rights activist. Meghwanshi, who is also the president of PUCL-Rajasthan chapter, published his book “I could not be Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in the RSS”, translated from Hindi to English by Nivedita Menon, …

Rajasthan Dalit Rss His Book Talk Pucl

1 year, 3 months ago

'Police Briefing Should Not Result In Media Trial': Supreme Court Directs MHA To Frame Guidelines; Asks DGPs To Give Suggestions

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to prepare a comprehensive manual on media briefings by police personnel within a period of three months. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice Manoj Misra also directed Director Generals of Police of all states to submit their suggestions for the manual. In its …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Editors Guild urges Manipur govt. to close cases against its president and fact-finding team members

The Hindu

The Editors Guild of India on September 5 urged the Manipur government to close the cases registered by the State police against its president and the members of a fact-finding team, stating that its report on media coverage of ethnic clashes, was aimed at enabling introspection and reflection on the media’s conduct in such a sensitive situation. Stating that it …

India Media Ethnic State Report Manipur Guild

1 year, 3 months ago

The London Story and founder Ritumbra Manuvie: Connections to Meer Faisal, Islamist orgs, Leftists and their anti-Hindu propaganda

Op India

A week after Islamists ran riots in Nuh district of Haryana, ‘journalist’ Meer Faisal posted a photo essay on the ‘communal violence’ in the State on August 7, 2023. It also threw its weight behind Rahul Gandhi after the Congress scion was disqualified for defaming the Modi community.’ Shielding Islamists involved in Delhi riots ‘Activist’ Ritumbra Manuvie, who disseminated Meer …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Manipur Crisis | People’s Union for Civil Liberties PUCL calls for immediate end to Manipur violence

The Hindu

Published : Jul 31, 2023 18:06 IST - 1 MIN READ The People’s Union for Civil Liberties has issued a series of demands and appeals to address the ongoing conflict in Manipur. The PUCL also demands that the State and central governments take action to address the prevalence of hate speech on social media and the breakdown of constitutional machinery …

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1 year, 6 months ago

The dangerous antecedents of PUCL, which wrote to CJI to stop Mahapanchayat in Purola

Op India

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of India rejected a request to stop a ‘Mahapanchayat’ planned by Hindu organisations in Purola, Uttarakhand. — ANI June 14, 2023 This comes a day after the controversial civil society outfit People’s Union of Civil Liberties wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud alleging that the minority community in the region …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Urgent call for judicial intervention as hate crimes target Muslims in Uttarakhand

The Hindu

Published : Jun 13, 2023 22:59 IST - 5 MINS READ Amidst a surging wave of hate crimes targeting Muslims in Uttarakhand, two prominent public intellectuals, Apoorvanand and Ashok Vajpeyi, have written to the Chief Justice of India and the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand, calling for immediate action to address the deteriorating security situation. Subsequently, posters warning Muslims to leave …

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1 year, 7 months ago

What action has been taken on hate speech incidents, PUCL asks Maharashtra DGP

The Hindu

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties on Monday wrote a letter to the Director General of Police of Maharashtra, Rajnish Seth, asking what action has been taken on incidents of hate speech arising out of the rallies, pursuant to orders by the Supreme Court directing a case of promoting enmity between religious groups should be registered. The letter states, “Overwhelming …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Nagaland’s civic poll conundrum: Reservation and property tax

Hindustan Times

KOHIMA : The freshly-returned Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party and Bharatiya Janata Party -led government headed by chief minister Neiphiu Rio may well be Opposition less in the House, but it is facing its first big hurdle after its formation in the upcoming urban local bodies elections slated for May 16. On April 17, it issued notices to chief minister Rio, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Nagaland CM gets SC notice for ‘violating’ 33% women quota law

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio, state chief secretary and tribal leaders for repealing the Nagaland Municipal Act and violating a undertaking given to the court to roll out 33% reservation for women in local bodies after a gap of more than a decade. Finding the “ingenious” method adopted by the state to …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Manish Tewari | To protect right to privacy, reform intel agencies first

Deccan Chronicle

A news report in the Financial Times of London dated March 31 suggested that our government is in the market for new spyware. It also noted the need for oversight mechanisms over state surveillance, pointing out that such surveillance must be legally valid and have a “legitimate aim”. In extenso, the court’s reading of section 5 of the Telegraph Act …

Law Privacy Surveillance Court Intelligence Right Held

1 year, 8 months ago

SC stays order cancelling Nagaland civic polls with 33% women quota

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Nagaland government and the state election commission for violating its direction last month to implement 33% reservation for women in the upcoming urban local body polls and stayed the decision of March 30 cancelling the elections to 36 town councils and three municipal councils to be held on May 16. Our March …

Elections Women Assembly Court Election Application Order

1 year, 10 months ago

Maharashtra journalist death | PUCL demands impartial probe

The Hindu

The People’s Union of Civil Liberties on Wednesday demanded an impartial investigation into the killing of journalist Shashikant Warishe in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district. Warishe had written about banners with photographs of a local land dealer with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a Marathi daily, Mahanagri Times. The local residents have …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Closing The Gates To Education: Violations Of Rights Of Muslim Women Students: PUCL’s Report On Hijab Ban

Live Law

On 31st December, 2021, Government Girls PU College, Udupi imposed a sudden restriction on the hijab inside classrooms. On January 9, a report was published by People’s Union for Civil Liberties -Karnataka, which had undertaken a study titled as “Closing the Gates to Education: Violations of Rights of Muslim women students.” to investigate the impact of the imposed ban on …

Education India Karnataka Women Students Court Rights

1 year, 11 months ago

Communal incidents on rise in coastal Karnataka, says PUCL member

Deccan Chronicle

MANGALURU: As Karnataka gears up for the Assembly elections, Coastal Karnataka districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada have seen a sharp increase in communal incidents. Data compiled by activist Suresh Bhat B. shows that the communal incidents in the Coastal districts during 2022 were the highest in the last seven years and the second highest since 2010. Suresh Bhat has …

Karnataka Love Jihad Election Incidents Coastal Hindu Vhp

2 years, 2 months ago

Denying safe abortion to single women with pregnancies up to 24 weeks is violative of their reproductive rights, bodily autonomy: Supreme Court

The Hindu

In a historic judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed unmarried and single women whose pregnancies are between 20 and 24 weeks to access safe and legal abortion care on par with their married counterparts. The court said a single or unmarried woman may suffer the same “change in material circumstances” or injury to mental health that a married pregnant …

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2 years, 3 months ago

‘Civil liberties have deteriorated in State’

The Hindu

Civil liberties have deteriorated in Karnataka over the last few years, human rights and civil rights activists in the State contend. And there is a collusion between these two forces,” said Arvind Narrain, president, People’s Union of Civil Liberties, Karnataka. Ever since Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai made the infamous “action-reaction” statement to defend moral policing last year, several fringe Hindutva …

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2 years, 4 months ago

PUCL condemns attack on Salman Rushdie

The Hindu

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties has strongly condemned the recent attack on author Salman Rushdie in New York. In a statement issued on Sunday, the organisation said the Indian-born author has stood throughout his life for the right to artistic expression, to speak truth to power, and to offend, shock and disturb. Quoting the author, the statement said “nobody …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking To Enforce Fundamental Rights Of Persons Trafficked Into Bonded Labour

Live Law

The Supreme Court of India on Monday sought the response of the Central and the State governments in a plea seeking to enforce the fundamental rights of persons trafficked into bonded labour. The Central and state governments' failure to ensure the effective functioning of vigilance committees, as required under the Bonded Labour Abolition Act, 1976 as well as serious lapses …

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ACPR says gen secy ‘harassed’ by Delhi Police, officers deny

Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill repressive, allows misuse: Civil society

PUCL team rebuts police on Bijapur encounter, says it was extra-judicial killing

HC Calls for Early End To Probe: 2015 Encounter

PUCL Intervenes In Calcutta HC Proceedings Over In-Human Prison Conditions, Seeks Study Into Condition Of Women, Children & Transgender Persons In WB Prisons

Why this Dalit quit the RSS

'Police Briefing Should Not Result In Media Trial': Supreme Court Directs MHA To Frame Guidelines; Asks DGPs To Give Suggestions

Editors Guild urges Manipur govt. to close cases against its president and fact-finding team members

The London Story and founder Ritumbra Manuvie: Connections to Meer Faisal, Islamist orgs, Leftists and their anti-Hindu propaganda

Manipur Crisis | People’s Union for Civil Liberties PUCL calls for immediate end to Manipur violence

The dangerous antecedents of PUCL, which wrote to CJI to stop Mahapanchayat in Purola

Urgent call for judicial intervention as hate crimes target Muslims in Uttarakhand

What action has been taken on hate speech incidents, PUCL asks Maharashtra DGP

Nagaland’s civic poll conundrum: Reservation and property tax

Nagaland CM gets SC notice for ‘violating’ 33% women quota law

Manish Tewari | To protect right to privacy, reform intel agencies first

SC stays order cancelling Nagaland civic polls with 33% women quota

Maharashtra journalist death | PUCL demands impartial probe

Closing The Gates To Education: Violations Of Rights Of Muslim Women Students: PUCL’s Report On Hijab Ban

Communal incidents on rise in coastal Karnataka, says PUCL member

Denying safe abortion to single women with pregnancies up to 24 weeks is violative of their reproductive rights, bodily autonomy: Supreme Court

‘Civil liberties have deteriorated in State’

PUCL condemns attack on Salman Rushdie

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking To Enforce Fundamental Rights Of Persons Trafficked Into Bonded Labour