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In a ground breaking judgment – the first of its kind in Sri Lanka – which will especially interest proprietors and editors of newspapers, photographers and the media – a three judge bench of our Supreme Court recognized the "Economic Rights" of a newspaper journalist to nine exclusive photographs taken by him. Several years later these photographs had been published in a newspaper without his consent, without his knowledge and without any acknowledgment. The journalist was awarded one million rupees in damages although the claim was for Rs.2.5 million.

Banerji argues that the De-politicization of of Indian women’s oppression stems from India’s own feminist movement. She asserts thatthe globally prominent Indian feminists, who are at the van-guard of India’s feminist movement have insisted to the world that the state of women in India cannot be interpreted in light of a political power struggle, like in the west, but need to be accepted and dealt with in a cultural context.

If only Savarkar’s bodyguard and his secretary had testified against him in court, he would have been convicted for Gandhi’s murder.

On 19 October 2012 the Supreme Court of India granted bail to Kazmi, while ordering him to deposit his passport and not leave the country. In an early reaction, "The [Kazmi Solidarity Committee] deplores the obstructive attitude of the prosecution and the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, which have been perversely attempting to keep Mr. Kazmi in prison despite their inability to file a chargesheet within the extended time granted under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act."

Order given by Supreme court of India on19th Oct 2012 granting bail to Journalist Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi