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                  April  2008
    Clippings and Articles for
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    Human Rights  and Legal Advocacy


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    Title Source and Date Author

    Black Laws
    1
    Where the rifles rule Combat Law Magazine, 01 Mar 2008 Meihoubam Rakesh

    Child Rights
    1 The Supreme Court Judgment Advocacy Internet Newsletter, 01 Sep 2007
    2 Child redefined Frontline Magazine, 11 Apr 2008 T.K. Rajalakshmi
    3 Arresting Child Abuse Combat Law Magazine, 01 Mar 2008
    4 Girls who want to be boys The Telegraph, Calcutta, 10 Apr 2008 Parimal Bhattacharya

    Civil Liberites
    1 Communalism Combat Magazine, 01 Apr 2008 Communalism Combat Magazine, 01 Apr 2008
    2
    Privacy laws are vital for individual protection The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 03 Apr 2008 Gautamaditya Sridhara
    3
    Activists speak up against draconian Acts The Hindu, Chennai, 08 Apr 2008

    Common Property Resources
    1
    Latest to be ‘stolen’: precious water The Telegraph, Calcutta, 07 Apr 2008

    Comunal Violence Bill
    1
    The Communal Violence (Prevention, Control And Rehabilitation Of Victims) Bill, 2005 Legal News and Views, 01 Apr 2008

    Dalit / Scheduled Caste Rights (Atrocities)
    1
    Dalit doc's mother seeks Centre help The Asian Age, Mumbai, 08 Apr 2008 Namrata Biji Ahuja

    Domestic Violence
    1
    Man in jail for calling wife 'black' The Times of India, Mumbai, 06 Apr 2008 Dhananjay Mahapatra

    Environment Law
    1
    UP plans Act to regulate water use by cola firms The Business Standard, Mumbai, 11 Apr 2008 Siddharth Kalhans

    Governance
    1
    Judges Inquiry Bill gathers dust The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 28 Apr 2008 Nagendar Sharma
    2 Corrupt govt official's wife is also guilty: HC The Times of India, Mumbai, 09 Apr 2008 Shibu Thomas
    3 End vigilantism The Hindu, Chennai, 05 Apr 2008
    4 A crime blotter on the police The Asian Age, Mumbai, 02 Apr 2008 Joginder Singh

    Judiciary
    1 Judicial activism: a perspective The Hindu, Chennai, 30 Apr 2008 B.P. Jeevan Reddy
    2 ‘Justice Express’ leaves many stranded Combat Law Magazine, 01 Mar 2008 Vijay Hiremath
    3
    Judiciary under RTI Act:MPs The Times of India, Mumbai, 30 Apr 2008
    4 Long road to justice on a new track The Telegraph, Calcutta, 30 Apr 2008 Saheli Mitra
    5 In Public Interest The Times of India, Mumbai, 10 Apr 2008
    6 Stay Focused The Telegraph, Calcutta, 10 Apr 2008

    Labour & Law
    1
    Maids Of Horror The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 24 Apr 2008 Ramesh Babu
    2
    SC: Can't sack abusive employee The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 04 Apr 2008 Bhadra Sinha
    3 Live And Let Die Tehelka Magazine, 26 Apr 2008 J. John

    Legal Aid 
    1 Arm poor with legal aid Combat Law Magazine, 01 Mar 2008 Rebbeca Gonsalvez
    2 Defending the right to legal aid Combat Law Magazine, 01 Mar 2008

    Media & Rights
    1 Media and gender issues The Hindu, Chennai, 27 Apr 2008 Rochelle Pinto

    Patents
    1
    Is the balance in favour of public interest? The Business Standard, Mumbai, 02 Apr 2008 Latha Jishnu

    Personal Law
    1
    Ailing husbands can get alimony The Telegraph, Calcutta, 07 Apr 2008
    2 "Mistress" at par with wife, says court The Asian Age, Mumbai, 09 Apr 2008
    3 Marriage ties can't be cut instantly: HC The Times of India, Mumbai, 01 Apr 2008 Swati Deshpande
    4 Women’s charter Frontline Magazine, 11 Apr 2008 Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
    5 Prove cruelty to get maintenance: HC The Times of India, Mumbai, 12 Apr 2008 Kartikeya
    6 Eight-yr-old Yemeni girl wins divorce The Times of India, Mumbai, 18 Apr 2008

    Public Interest Litigations
    1
    SC for review  of PILs to test  their utility The Times of India, Mumbai, 09 Apr 2008 Dhananjay Mahapatra

    Religious Minorities & Law
    1
    When Lawyers Turn Judges Tehelka Magazine, 26 Apr 2008 Anil Varghese
    2 Letter from Tihar Combat Law Magazine, 01 Mar 2008
    3 NCM push for Muslims, Christians The Asian Age, Mumbai, 05 Apr 2008 Parul Chandra
    4 An ill-conceived political move The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 01 Apr 2008 Vishal Arora
    5 In khaki terror The Hindu, Chennai, 06 Apr 2008 Harsh Mander

    Reservations
    1
    Supreme Court clears 27% OBC quota in Gol institutes The Business Standard, Mumbai, 11 Apr 2008

    Right to Information
    1
    Central Info panelclueless on RTI pleas The Times of India, Mumbai, 04 Apr 2008 Abhinav Garg
    2
    Judges can’t escape RTI, says House panel The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 30 Apr 2008 Nagendar Sharma
    3
    20,000 RTI queries stonewalled: Report The Times of India, Mumbai, 23 Apr 2008
    4
    Right to know The Asian Age, Mumbai, 23 Apr 2008
    5
    Govt plans Rs 300-cr push for RTI The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 28 Apr 2008 Aloke Tikku
    6
    Killing RTI, with silence MINT, Mumbai, 25 Apr 2008

    Right to Land
    1 SC’s ruling on right to property may land acquisitions in trouble Mint, Mumbai, 07 Apr 2008 Malathi Nayak & Rahul Chandan
    2
    Land as livelihood vs land as commodity Infochange India, 01 Jan 2008 Walter Fernandes
    3
    Govt faces heat over land rehab The Hindustan Times , New Delhi, 23 Apr 2008 Harish V Nair
    4
    The Magarpatta model for land acquisition Infochange India, 01 Jan 2008 Rakesh Ganguli
    5
    The ifs and buts of R&R Infochange India, 01 Jan 2008 Himanshu Upadhyaya
    6 Give SEZ oustees share in project, says Moily panel The Business Standard, Mumbai, 09 Apr 2008
    7 Activists reject land, rehab laws Civil society Magazine, 01 Apr 2008

    Right to Life ( Health)
    1 Tracing Human  Rights in Health Advocacy Internet, 01 May 2007 Vivek Neelakantan
    2 Government's Obligations to Ensuring the Human  Right to Health Internet Advocacy, 01 May 2007
    3 Health and human  rights are  inextricably intertwined Advocacy Internet, 01 May 2007 Advocate Kamayani Bali Mahabal
    4 Questions & Answers on Health and Human Rights Advocacy Internet, 01 May 2007
    5 Recommendations of National Action Plan to Operationalize the Right to Health Care Internet Advocacy, 01 May 2007
    6 The global ‘Right to Health and Health Care Campaign’ Advocacy Internet, 01 May 2007
    7
    What Constitutes Violation of Right to Health For Vulnerable Groups? Advocacy Internet Newsletter, 01 May 2007

    Right to Life
    1 24 persons executed every week, says Amnesty The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 15 Apr 2008
    2 GOING, GOING, GONE? The Times of India, Mumbai, 13 Apr 2008 Bella Jaisinghani
    3 In our metropolis The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 08 Apr 2008 Harsh Mander
    4 God save the farmers Sahara Time Magazine, 30 Mar 2008 Amitabh Srivastava

    Right to Life ( Food Security)
    1
    40% of poor denied benefits under PDS The Times of India, Mumbai, 09 Apr 2008 Pradeep Thakur and Nitin Sethi

    Right to Work
    1
    Renuka's new proposed poses big health risks The Asian Age, Mumbai, 14 Apr 2008 Patralekha Chatterjee

    Rights to Minorities
    1
    'M' for Murder? Combat Law Magazine Magazine, 01 Mar 2008 Aachal Khurana

    Rights of Prisoners
    1
    Victims of Circumstances Combat Law Magazine, 01 Mar 2008 Debashis Banerjee

     Right of Indigenious, Tribal/Nomadic Communities
    1
    Ambiguities, Incongruities, Inadequacies in Scheduled Tribes and OtherTechnical forest dwellers (Recognition of forest Rights) Act 2006 Mainstream Weekly Magazine, 28 Mar 2008 B.K. Roy Burman
    2 PIL filed on Forest Rights Act The Asian Age, Mumbai, 06 Apr 2008 Rashme Sehgal
    3 Govt fails to please tribals as it makes space for tiger habitat MINT, Mumbai, 17 Apr 2008 Somini Sengupta
    4 SC notice to centre on forest rights act Down To Earth Magazine, 30 Apr 2008
    5 Dare not step in Down to Earth Magazine, 15 Apr 2008 A K Gupta
    6 Forest panels set up without election The Business Standard, Mumbai, 02 Apr 2008 R Krishna Das
    7 Forest Rights Act under siege in courts The Business Standard, Mumbai, 02 Apr 2008

    Sexual Minorities & Law
    1
    The Rationing of Rights Tehelka Magazine, 19 Apr 2008 Morgan Harrington
    2
    UN council pulls up The Times of India, Mumbai, 25 Apr 2008 Dhananjay Mahapatra

    Violation of Rights by Police
    1
    Naxal Threat Combat Law Magazine, 01 Mar 2008 Radhika Menon

    Violence Against Women
    1
    Govt cracks whip on agents The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 03 Apr 2008 Nagendar Sharma
    2 Sexual harassment needs zero tolerance The Asian Age, Mumbai, 29 Apr 2008 Joginder Singh
    3
    Quick justice for fair sex The Telegraph, Calcutta, 23 Apr 2008 V. Kumara Swamy

    Women's Rights
    1
    Zenana REPUBLIC Outlook Magazine, 28 Apr 2008 Omair Ahmad