Dec 11, 2022
“A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies”: NCPCR discovered that children from non-Muslim communities were being admitted to Govt-funded madrasas and provided scholarships, issued notices to conduct a detailed inquiry into all such madrasas
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Friday issued notices to all the Indian states and Union territories asking them to conduct a detailed inquiry into all the madrasas that get funds from the government.
Dec 11, 2022
"You can tell a lot about a civilization by the quality of people found in its jails": President Murmu’s caution on overcrowding of prisons is a wake-up call to the executive & judiciary, says "Hope you understand what I said and what I refrained from”
The crisis at hand is this: According to Prison Statistics India 2021, a report published by the Ministry of Home Affairs, between 2016-2021, the number of convicts in jails decreased by 9.5 percent whereas the number of undertrial inmates increased by 45.8 percent.
Dec 11, 2022
"I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air": Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud urged parliament to revise the age of consent for sex under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, saying this provision poses difficulties for judges
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has urged the parliament to revise the age of consent for sex under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act), saying this provision poses difficulties for judges.
Dec 11, 2022
"A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power": Historic mistake corrected - Karnataka BJP govt renames 'Salaam Aarti' started by Islamic tyrant Tipu Sultan to 'Namaskara', Hindu organizations long pending demand fulfilled
Under pressure from right-wing groups, the Karnataka government has decided to rename some of the names of rituals conducted at several temples across the state.
who had mandated that the temple priests should perform special aarti to the presiding deity in his honour. As per Hindu priest of Kollur -When Tipu Sultan was ruling Mysuru region, he had come to destroy this temple but couldn't enter due to divine powers. pic.twitter.com/UjFrdPEXGc— Satyaagrah (@satyaagrahindia) December 11, 2022
Acting on the recommendations of the Karnataka Dharmika Parishad, the state...
Dec 10, 2022
"We are all born gifted. That is our true inheritance": Supreme Court observes that female tribal is entitled to parity with male tribal in intestate succession, says "Not to grant benefit of 'Survivorship to daughter in father's property' is bad Law"
The Supreme Court recently observed that not granting the benefits of survivorship in father’s property to the daughter is bad law.
Not To Grant Benefit Of Survivorship To Daughter In Father's Property Is Bad Law: Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/fxoxrkkgQM— Satyaagrah (@satyaagrahindia) December 10, 2022
A division bench of Justices MR Shah and Krishna Murari was hearing a plea of a woman who was deprived of her share in the compensation with respect to a land that belonged to her father. It was her claim that there may not be any justification to deny the right of su...
Dec 10, 2022
"Give and take is Principle of diplomacy -- give one and take ten": US State Department says, India doesn't need to be placed on America's Special Watch List for religious freedom violation, Pakistan placed on the "countries of particular concern"
The United States has made it clear that India will not be placed on its list of ‘Countries of Particular Concern’ or ‘Special Watch list’ this year for violations of religious freedom.
"Our Annual Report on International Religions Freedom outlines some of the concerns we’ve taken note of when it comes to India, and we continue to carefully monitor the religious freedom situation in all countries and that includes in India" state dept pic.twitter.com/qOX4P3kee4— Satyaagrah (@satyaagrahindia) December 10, 2022
During the State Department briefing on Decem...
Dec 10, 2022
"How a kidnapping ends depends to a large degree on who the kidnappers are": Telangana - Dentist Vaishali, a 24-yr-old girl abducted from her house in Adibatla, parents allege that around 100 youths barged into house and took their daughter, rescued
"How a kidnapping ends depends to a large degree on who the kidnappers are": Telangana - Dentist Vaishali, a 24-yr-old girl abducted from her house in Adibatla, parents allege that around 100 youths barged into house and took their daughter, rescued
Hyderabad: A mob of around 40 men yesterday forcibly entered a house and kidnapped a 24-year-old Telangana woman on the day she was to get engaged, a chilling video clip of the incident shows. She was safely rescued after an hours-long operation by the police, and some of the accused have been picked up. A case has also been registered.
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Dec 9, 2022
“The truth about injustice always sounds outrageous”: Supreme Court stays death sentence of M Samivel, who raped a minor girl and fearing that the girl might tell someone about the crime, he smashed her head against a tree and dropped her into a pond
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the death penalty of a flower vendor accused of raping and murdering a juvenile in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukkottai in 2020.
Dec 9, 2022
"Festivals are happy places, and you don't really want to enjoy them on your own": CJI, Supreme Court ~ "Why do we always want to portray that religious festivals are the time for riots; for example, there are no riots during Ganesh Puja in Maharashtra"
The Supreme Court of India on Friday deprecated the tendency to equate religious processions with communal riots.