04-Nov-2024 MHA asks States/UTs to implement section 479 of BNSS for providing relief to under trial prisoners Section 479(1) of BNSS, 2023 facilitates the release of under trial prisoners who have undergone detention for one-half of the maximum period of imprisonment but does not include those who are held for offence in which the punishment has been specified of death or life imprisonment; earlier the SC had also directed States/UTs that this provision shall/must apply to all under trials in pending cases irrespective of whether the case was registered against them before July 1, 2024
14-Feb-2024 CJP EXCLUSIVE: How the Union of India took a giant step towards both NPR & NRC in 2015 without informed consent This step was taken when information contained in the Aadhaar database was linked with the NPR database without informed consent, a CJP investigation with collaboration indicates
04-Jan-2023 अगस्त 2019 की NRC एक पूरक सूची: गृह मंत्रालय राज्य सभा में गृह मंत्रालय के वक्तव्य के अनुसार सुरक्षा तंत्र स्थापित करने के बाद ही सरकार को उपलब्ध कराए जाएंगे एकत्रित आँकड़े
21-Dec-2022 क्या हैं CJP द्वारा धार्मिक जुलूसों के संदर्भ में दिशानिर्देश जारी करने को लेकर डाली गई जनहित याचिका के मायने? मई 2022 में दायर की गई इस याचिका को 9 दिसम्बर को सुनने के बाद अदालत द्वारा खारिज कर दिया गया। इस याचिका में गृह मंत्रालय द्वारा 2019 में जारी एक ऐडवाइज़री, भारत में अपराध संबंधी कानून विशेषकर भारतीय शस्त्र अधिनियम (Arms Act) एवं विभिन्न न्यायिक जांच आयोगों (judicial commission) की रिपोर्टों में जुलूसों पर सख्त पाबंदियाँ लागू करने को लेकर की गई सिफारिशों आदि के उल्लंघन संबंधी प्रश्न उठाए गए थे।
12-Dec-2022 NRC of August 2019 was a supplementary list says MHA The Union Home Ministry said in Rajya Sabha that only after implementing security regime for the collected data, will it be made available to the government
12-Dec-2022 What was CJP’s PIL seeking directions for implementation of law for regulation of religious processions all about? The PIL, that was filed in May 2022, was heard and dismissed on December 9, raised issues of how a 2019 MHA Advisory, Indian criminal law and Arms Act as well as judgements & Judicial Commission Reports required implementation of strict norms and restrictions on all processions, that were often breached
11-Nov-2022 Has implementation of CAA 2019 already begun? The MHA has delegated to 31 districts powers to grant citizenship as per the CAA
17-Jan-2022 Communal Violence in the year 2021 Part – 1 Promoting Hindu Heritage through higher state expenditure
26-Aug-2020 A closer look at the new Criminal Law Reforms Committee Concerns raised about it being hasty and non-inclusive
08-Jun-2019 New MHA order setback for citizens’ rights in Assam? Order grants multiple officials right to make FT reference, FTs get unspecified powers