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April 2008 |
Clippings
and Articles for Organisations working on Human Rights and Legal Advocacy |
| sl.no. |
Title | Source and Date | Author |
| Black
Laws |
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| 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 |
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| 1 |
Latest to be ‘stolen’: precious water | The Telegraph, Calcutta, 07 Apr 2008 | |
| Comunal
Violence Bill |
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| 1 |
The Communal Violence (Prevention, Control And Rehabilitation Of Victims) Bill, 2005 | Legal News and Views, 01 Apr 2008 | |
| Dalit
/ Scheduled Caste Rights (Atrocities) |
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| 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 |
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| 1 |
UP plans Act to regulate water use by cola firms | The Business Standard, Mumbai, 11 Apr 2008 | Siddharth Kalhans |
| Governance |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1 | Media and gender issues | The Hindu, Chennai, 27 Apr 2008 | Rochelle Pinto |
| Patents |
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| 1 |
Is the balance in favour of public interest? | The Business Standard, Mumbai, 02 Apr 2008 | Latha Jishnu |
| Personal
Law |
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| 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 |
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| 1 |
SC for review of PILs to test their utility | The Times of India, Mumbai, 09 Apr 2008 | Dhananjay Mahapatra |
| Religious
Minorities & Law |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 1 |
Renuka's new proposed poses big health risks | The Asian Age, Mumbai, 14 Apr 2008 | Patralekha Chatterjee |
| Rights
to Minorities |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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