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‘After 23 Years In Prison, I Am In Another Jail’ | Article-14
Oct 5, 2020 · Srinagar: Mirza Nisar Hussain, 40, a resident of downtown Srinagar, was acquitted of all charges and released from a jail in Rajasthan in July last year after 23 years of incarceration in jails in Delhi and Rajasthan. Nisar was among the four men from Jammu and Kashmir acquitted last year by the Rajasthan High Court in connection with the 1996 Samleti bomb blast case.
Inside India’s War To Silence The Free Press | Article-14
Feb 15, 2021 · Among the journalists that the video—it claimed to reveal a “money trail” between the journalists and an “anti-India conspiracy” to draw attention to ongoing protests by thousands of farmers—named were Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub, independent journalist Faye D’Souza, television anchor and owner of Mojo Story Barkha Dutt, senior editor ...
'Extensive Consultations' Before 3 New Criminal Laws, Says Modi …
Jun 3, 2024 · The three new criminal laws, effective from 1 July 2024, to overhaul India’s criminal justice system have faced criticism for increasing police powers and introducing offences like terrorism without proper safeguards. Experts worry about the potential misuse of these new provisions. Right to Information requests filed by Article 14 to obtain information about the laws’ formation and ...
Committed Without Consent: The War Against India’s Mentally Ill
Updated: Nov 25, 2020 Bangalore: It was in the midst of her messy divorce in 2012 that Jhilmil Breckenridge, a Delhi-based mother of four, was forcibly admitted to a mental health hospital. “I was still living in my marital home because of the custody case, as advised by my lawyer," she said. "I had just come home from the bank, and saw my father enter the gate with five-six policemen and ...
How One Bureaucrat Ensured Enough Oxygen For His Remote …
May 6, 2021 · The ultimatum to the Narendra Modi government came after days of fatal sparring between the centre and the state over medical oxygen supplies to the capital: at least 57 hospital patients have died in India’s capital city due to a lack of oxygen, as countless patients and their families desperately hunt for medical oxygen. Following similar deaths in a hospital in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, the ...
2 Modi Govt Advisers Warned New IT Rules Beyond Scope Of …
May 17, 2021 · “A bare perusal of the proposed draft IT Rules 2020 give a wide amplitude to the duties and functions of intermediary which prima facie seems to extend beyond the scope of third party information, data or communication link made available or hosted by him” the joint secretary wrote, reminding the Government that the executive …
SAURAV DAS - Author | Article-14
Exciting things are happening at Article 14 and we don’t want you to miss out. From new databases to expert analyses and research, from book excerpts to our signature in-depth investigations, we’re bringing together new information and new ideas on …
ABHINAV SEKHRI - Author | Article-14
Of 293 pages in the 5 March 2024 Bombay High Court judgement acquitting former Delhi university professor G N Saibaba of terrorism charges, almost 240 examine a litany of procedural non-compliances in the prosecution case against the disabled, 57-year-old who spent a decade in jail without bail or parole, even when his parents died.
Our New Database Reveals Rise In Sedition Cases In The Modi Era
Feb 2, 2021 · This is the first independent database to track and analyse the use of section 124A. The initiative is especially significant since the union home ministry started collecting such data through the National Crime Records Bureau only in 2014.. Section 124A deals with words, signs or visual representation that brings or attempts to bring “into hatred or contempt or excites disaffection against ...