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New Book on Bhima Koregaon Case Tells Uncomfortable Truths, But Brings Hope
Alpa Shah’s book, ‘The Incarcerations’, is alive with stories of fearlessness, but also of the cost it extracts.
#BookReview #BhimaKoregaonCase #BhimaKoregaon #BK16 #AlpaShah #dissent #UAPA #DraconianLaws #HumanRights #BJP #UnionGovt #books #bookstodon #india
https://www.thequint.com/opinion/the-incarcerations-alpa-shah-new-book-bhima-koregaon-case
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Banks Want Forged Paper Trails After Taking Money Illegally From Customers For Modi Govt's Flagship Schemes
Despite media exposés and frequent public complaints, banks nationwide continue taking money without authorisation from accounts to enrol customers in low-cost life-insurance and accident-insurance schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
To meet targets set by the union government, bank offices are now withdrawing money from accounts of many customers en masse, in some cases even forging customer consent and asking local offices to camouflage forgeries.
#IndianBanks #UnionGovt #banking #GovtSchemes #PMJJBY #APY #PMSBY #NarendraModi #elections2024 #india
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'Violated Principles of Natural Justice': Caravan Files Petition Against Govt Order On Army Story
In its petition, The Caravan has underlined that the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting's order asking the magazine to take down its article on allegations of torture and murder against the Indian Army also violated the fundamental right to free speech and expression and the freedom of the press.
#TheCaravan #kashmir #IndianArmy #torture #UnionGovt #IBMinistry #PressFreedom #FreeSpeech #censorship #ITAct #ITRules #IndianArmedForces #journalism #media #india
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Press Club of India, rights groups criticise I&B ministry’s article take down order to ‘The Caravan’
The article was about civilian deaths in Jammu and Kashmir allegedly in Army custody.
#PressClubOfIndia #TheCaravan #kashmir #IndianArmy #torture #UnionGovt #IBMinistry #PressFreedom #censorship #ITAct #ITRules #IndianArmedForces #journalism #media #india
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Read: The Caravan's Article on Army Torture the Union Government Wants Taken Down
"For the affected families, the bundles of cash they received—Rs 10 lakh for the dead and lesser for the injured—were expected to replace their loved ones."
#TheCaravan #kashmir #PressFreedom #IndianArmy #torture #censorship #IndianArmedForces #UnionGovt #media #journalism #HumanRights #india
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Union Govt Uses IT Act to Attack Press Freedom, Asks Caravan to Take Down Report
The magazine was told that if it fails to take down an article on the Poonch killings from its website within 24 hours, the entire website would be taken down. Caravan has said it will be challenging the order.
#TheCaravan #kashmir #IndianArmy #torture #UnionGovt #PressFreedom #censorship #ITAct #ITRules #IndianArmedForces #journalism #media #india
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Parliament Passes Bill On Election Commissioners Appointment; CJI Dropped From Selection Panel
In a significant development during the Winter Session, the Lok Sabha passed the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023 on Thursday (December 21). The bill aims to regulate the appointment, conditions of service, and term of office for the chief election commissioner (CEC) and other election commissioners (EC), as well as outline the procedure for the functioning of the Election Commission.
#ElectionCommissionersBill #ElectionCommission #CEC #ElectionCommissioners #CJI #IndianJudiciary #elections2024 #UnionGovt #india
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Don't Know Why Delhi Riots Order Upset The Government, It Was The Right Thing To Do: Justice Muralidhar
"It does not matter, because many did people feel that it was the right thing to do. In fact, it was. I was later told that many lives were saved with that intervention by the Court," Justice Muralidhar said at a conclave in Bengalulru.
#JusticeSMuralidhar #DelhiRiots #DelhiPogrom #HinduMobs #DelhiPolice #hindutva #UnionGovt #BJP #india
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Gaon Savera’s social media handles blocked after ‘correspondence’ from Indian government
The website’s editor linked it to their coverage of the farmer protests in Punjab.
#GaonSavera #media #SocialMedia #FarmersProtests #punjab #facebook #meta #twitter #x #ITAct2000 #PressFreedom #journalism #censorship #UnionGovt #india
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The blocking of ‘The Kashmir Walla’ underscores India’s draconian censorship of the internet
The government’s powers to censor online content have been further boosted by a Karnataka High Court order and a new data protection law.
#kashmir #TheKashmirWalla #PressFreedom #censorship #ITAct2000 #ITRules2009 #meity #DPDPBill #journalism #KarnatakaHC #BJP #DraconianLaws #UnionGovt #india
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Election Commissioners' Appointment Bill: Farewell to Free and Fair Elections?
Bringing the Election Commission under the control of the political executive is repugnant to the concept of an independent election commission enshrined in the constitution.
#ElectionCommissionersBill #CEC #ECI #ElectionCommissioners #CJI #elections #transparency #ElectoralFraud #UnionGovt #BJP #elections2024 #india
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By Not Standing Up For Justice S Muralidhar, Supreme Court Collegium Fails Yet Another Independent Judge
A judge, who is erudite and independent, who doesn’t hesitate to act urgently to protect the lives of ordinary citizens in moments of danger and is fearless in taking a bold stand against State excesses and inactions, who is held in high esteem by the legal fraternity, certainly deserves to be in the Supreme Court, right?
#JusticeSMuralidhar #AntiSikhPogrom #1984riots #HashimpuraMassacre #BhimaKoregaon #GautamNavlakha #BK16 #DelhiPogrom #DelhiRiots #BJP #SupremeCourt #collegium #UnionGovt #india
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Kiren Rijiju loses law ministry, Arjun Ram Meghwal to replace him
Rijiju termed the collegium system of appointing judges “opaque”, “alien to the Constitution”.
#LawMinistry #KirenRijiju #ArjunRamMeghwal #law #justice #collegium #SupremeCourt #UnionGovt #india
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Supreme Court directs Gautam Navlakha to pay INR 8 lakhs as cost of deploying police for his house arrest
The NIA has been directed by the court to file a counter affidavit on Navlakha’s plea for change of place of house arrest to another part of Mumbai.
#SupremeCourt #GautamNavlakha #BhimaKoregaon #ElgarParishad #BK16 #NIA #activism #justice #dalits #caste #IndianJudiciary #CasteViolence #UnionGovt #brahminism #BJP #india