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SC reprimands lawyers for filing PIL to declare Articles 20, 22 unconstitu
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reprimanded three lawyers for drafting and filing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to declare fundamental rights under Articles 20 and 22 as unconstitutional and said that they showed a complete lack of knowledge of the law.
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Citizens don't have fundamental right to know about sources of political f
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Attorney General for India, R Venkataramani while defending the validity of Electoral Bonds which facilitate anonymous donations to political parties, has told the Supreme Court that citizens do not have the fundamental right to be informed about the sources of political funding.
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Room to Read India Concludes Successful Fourth Annual Flagship Girls' Educ
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 30: Room to Read India proudly wraps up its fourth annual flagship girls' education campaign, 'Har Kadam Beti ke Sang', with a resounding success. This year's campaign, themed 'Me and My Digital World', focused on empowering and asserting the rights of girls in the
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Bhutan: National Council adopts Convention on Rights of Persons with Disab
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"The adoption of the convention would enable persons with disabilities to have access to fundamental rights, health and education, economic independence and civil and political rights," said Tshering Tshomo, Chairperson of the Social and Cultural Affairs Committee.
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"Rights of queer citizens must be protected...": Advocate Karuna Nundy aft
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"There were four separate judgements. The Chief Justice and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul together elucidated some very important sets of legal and jurisprudential principles. They said that there is no fundamental right to marriage but there are various aspects of the right to marriage locate
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TMC Gen Secy says he will attend Delhi protest despite ED summon on the da
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In a post written on X, the AITC National General Secretary wrote: “The fight against the deprivation of WB and its rightful dues shall persist regardless of the obstacles. No force on Earth can hinder my dedication to fight for the people of WB and their fundamental rights. I'll b
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Indian constitution provides fundamental rights to linguistic minorities:
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A group of NGOs and social activists informed the United Nations about the Indian Constitution which protects the country's linguistic minorities, especially in the Northeast region.
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Indian Constitution protects rights of Dalits in India, student activist t
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
“Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who is known as the "Father of the Indian Constitution" played a crucial role in ensuring that the Constitution guaranteed fundamental rights and equal protection before the law to all citizens, regardless of their caste or religion”, she said in her intervention.
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Bilkis Bano case: Is right to seek remission a fundamental right, SC asks
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday while hearing pleas against the pre-mature release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots, asked whether the right of a convict to seek remission of his sentence of imprisonment comes under any
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Jamaat-e-Islami leader laments denial of fundamental rights to women in Pa
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Ameer Sirajul Haq on Monday lamented the denial of fundamental rights to women in Pakistan and blamed the successive governments for the situation arising out of their failure to uphold the Constitution, The News International newspaper reported.
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Plea in SC seeking NIA probe into nuh violence
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In the plea, the petitioner sought to enforce fundamental rights, particularly the Right to Equality before the law (Article 14), Freedom of speech and expression (Article 19), Right to Life (Article 21) and Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice, and propagation of religion (Ar
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SC seeks Centre's response on Bachpan Bachao Andolan's plea over sexual ab
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre on Bachpan Bachao Andolan's plea, seeking enforcement of the fundamental rights of children subjected to sexual exploitation and abuse.
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