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AAP MLAs' suspension not arbitrary but based on rules, precedent: Delhi Sp
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The suspension of 21 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs from the Delhi Assembly is not arbitrary but based on parliamentary rules and precedent, said Speaker Vijender Gupta on Friday in a letter to the Leader of Opposition in the House, Atishi, who called the suspension an "injustice to opposition"
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World Uyghur Congress condemns China's restriction on Uyghur mobility righ
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
In the press release on February 4, WUC mentioned that while Beijing maintains that the region has "normalized," evidence points to the opposite, and "mass surveillance, arbitrary restrictions, and the weaponisation of passports are part of a deliberate strategy to suppress Uyghur identity a
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Opposition MPs protest expunction of dissent notes on Waqf Bill report
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Opposition MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Md. Nadimul Haque protested the expunction of their dissent notes on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, accusing the committee chairperson of arbitrary action without justification.
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SC declines PIL seeking to scrap TDS system
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
he Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking to declare that the Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) system is "manifestly arbitrary, irrational and violative of various fundamental rights".
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PIL in SC seeks to scrap TDS system
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to declare that the Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) system is "manifestly arbitrary, irrational and violative of various fundamental rights".
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Canada slams China's sanctions against civil society organisations, human
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Canadian government condemned China's imposition of sanctions on two Canadian civil society organisations and 20 human rights advocates, calling it an arbitrary target against those speaking for human rights.
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Canada targets Chinese officials with sanctions over human rights abuses
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Canadian government's decision came in response to ongoing reports of systemic repression and abuses in China, including arbitrary detention, forced labour, and violence against ethnic and religious minorities. Specifically, the sanctions addressed the Chinese government's treatment of U
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AAP opposes action against party legal cell chief; demands BCI to withdraw
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Calling it a 'punishment' for his support of AAP, senior party leader and MLA Durgesh Pathak highlighted that a complaint against Sanjeev Nasiar, dismissed by the Delhi High Court over a year ago, was later referred to the CBI without investigation.
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Pakistan: Nationwide Protests erupt against arbitrary rent hikes by Evacue
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Evacuee Trust Action Committee (ETAC) has launched a nationwide protest campaign in response to the arbitrary hike in rents for properties managed by the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB).
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Geneva: Activists at UN highlight rampant human rights abuses in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Human rights activists condemned Pakistan on Thursday for a range of severe human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and torture aimed at silencing dissent.
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Nepal's lower house endorses bill aiming to complete transitional justice
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Nepal's House of Representatives endorsed the enforced disappearances, Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission (third amendment) Act 2024 on Wednesday. The recently amended bill comes after an agreement in between the major parties to list intentional and arbitrary killings as seriou
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Supreme Court rejects plea challenging NEET-Super Speciality exam 2024
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that the decision by the National Medical Commission (NMC) cannot be called arbitrary to postpone the exam. However, the bench directed NMC to take an early call to hold the NEET-SS 2024 exams so that students could have certainty.
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