The Allahabad High Court rewarded the criminals who placed the Ram Lalla statue under the dome illegally in 1949 and destroyed the mosque in 1992 by giving them two-thirds of the property they had stolen, thus undermining the rule of law. But these were no ordinary, trivial thefts. They were part and parcel of a larger agenda to annul India’s democratic constitution and turn India into a Hindu Rashtra, by actors who made no secret of their admiration for Hitler and especially the way in which he had dealt with minorities.
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Politics, History, Religion and The Law: The Ayodhya Verdict
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Love Commandos Against Honour Killings
10 October 2010A spate of brutal killings in northern India has spurred a group of volunteers to set up a helpline to rescue couples whose lives are in danger because they want to marry across caste lines
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Eight reasons why you should oppose the UID - An appeal to all citizens
9 October 2010The National Identification Authority of India Bill approved by the Union Cabinet on Friday has sidestepped critical privacy aspects relating to profiling and function creep — a term used to describe the way in which information is collected for one limited purpose but gradually gets used for other purposes.
Here are some reasons why you should oppose this Bill
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Right to Food Campaign’s reaction to the statement by India’s Prime Minister on food, courts and policy
8 October 2010The Right to Food Campaign is shocked at the Prime Minister’s statement made to the editors’ conference on 6th September, 2010, stating (with reference to the Supreme Court’s direction of free distribution of grain to the poor) that the Supreme Court “should not go into the realm of policy formulation”. This statement confirms the anti-poor outlook of this Government. We believe that when people use their constitutional rights - the right to life, right to freedom of speech and expression as well as right to approach courts - the Head of the Indian Executive should not interfere with their right to seek justice. This comment is all the more objectionable as it is likely to have a cascading effect down the bureaucratic chain and may lead to questioning of judicial intervention.
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Press statement from CHT Commission’s Mission in September 2010
by , 8 October 2010The International CHT Commission (CHTC) conducted a mission to Bangladesh from 4 to 10 September 2010, including a visit to the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The purpose of the mission was to assess the overall political developments related to the CHT Accord and follow up on issues raised in the CHTC’s memo to the Prime Minister following its visit to the CHT in June 2010
