Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Judiciary – Need For Introspection

    by Rajindar Sachar, 21 October 2008

    A discussion is afoot about some important aspect of judiciary. One suggestion of having regional Supreme Court Benches with main Bench at Delhi hearing only constitutional matters has been floating around for over quarter of Century. Though there has been some support from lawyers from some state head quarters there has equally been differences in view not only on basic premises but also on the location of Regional Benches amongst various states (say whether Hyderabad or Chennai for (…)

  • Calling for a judicial enquiry into the Batla House encounter is a not a travesty

    by Harsh Mander, 21 October 2008

    Magazine Section - The Hindu
    The real travesty
    Calling for a judicial enquiry into the Batla House encounter is a not a travesty. Denying the need for one is…
    The boys have been killed, and then charged post-facto of heinous terrorist outrages. They have no way now of defending their names or their lives.
    Unanswered questions: Protestors in Delhi demanding an enquiry.
    These days, there is much to mourn in the national capital of Delhi. I mourn the slaughter of a child who ran (…)

  • Communal Violence in Dhule: A Report by Independent Citizens’ Intitiative

    by Independent Citizens Inititive, 21 October 2008

    Dhule Communal Violence: Independent Citizens’ Intitiative Report

  • Fact finding report on Shahbaz accused in Jaipur Bomb blasts

    by People’s Union for Civil Liberties, U.P. Chapter, People’s Union for Human Rights, 21 October 2008

    A PUCL-PUHR FACT FINDING REPORT ON ACCUSED IN BOMB BLAST INCIDENT, SHAHBAZ AHMED Case of Shahbaz Ahmed arrested in connection with serial bomb blasts in Jaipur Shahbaz Ahmed s/o Mumtaz Ahmed (9889406961), resident of Bhadohi, 32 years old, was a member of SIMI as a student. He completed his B.Sc. and then B.J. from Kashi Vidyapeeth in Varanasi . Two years after completion of his studies he got married to Sadaf d/o Abdul Moid (9792439090) in 2002. Since he was not interested in the (…)

  • Kalpakkam’s forgotten people

    by C Shivakumar, 20 October 2008

    www.expressbuzz.com
    Kalpakkam’s forgotten people have a tale to tell
    FORTY-five-year-old Sundarammal is in immense pain. Sitting beside a pile of dry fish, she touches a large lump on her neck.
    “I do not know how this came. I got it maybe six or seven years ago,” she says, and asks the doctor for some medicine to relieve the pain.
    Sundarammal is, in fact, suffering from thyroid cancer. And crucially, she is a resident of Meiyoor Kuppam, some five km from the Madras Atomic Power (…)

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