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HNLU Extends a Helping Hand to the Migrant Workers Amid COVID Lockdown
The Legal and Social Service Committee of the Hidyatullah National Law University (HNLU) has collaborated with the Centre for Social Justice to extend a...
NALSAR Alumni & Students Come to the Aid of Migrants and the Cyclone Hit...
The students and alumni of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad has successfully raised funds worth Rupees twenty-five lacs; to...
Supreme Court Allows NHRC’s Petition Concerning Miseries of Migrants
The National Human Rights Commission filed an application before the Supreme Court. It was concerning the plight of migrant workers; stranded in different parts...
No Transparent, Rational Policy to Commute the Registered Migrants: Karnataka HC
Karnataka High Court directs the state government to submit the report concerning the transportation of more than six lakh people. They are yet to...
NHRC Seeks Response from Yogi Government on Human Rights Violation of Migrant Laborers
Migrant laborers yet again faced a classic example of serious violation of their human rights in broad daylight. According to a media report, Vipin...
130 Migrant Labourers Die Walking Home, Apex Court Takes Cognizance of Their Plight
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu (on its own) action of the problems of the migrant labourers. “We take suo motu cognizance of problems and miseries...
Andhra High Court Drafts Model for Shifting of Migrant Workers
On May 22, 2020, the Andhra Pradesh High Court drafted a model in the State for the shifting of migrant workers. For the reason...
Petition in SC Seeks Compensation for Families of Migrants Who Died Walking Home Amid...
Advocate Deepak Kansal sought compensation for the families of persons who died or suffered injuries while walking back to their homes amid lockdown; vide...
Cabinet Approves AtmaNirbhar Bharat Package For Foodgrains To Migrants
Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to the AtmaNirbhar Package for the allocation of foodgrains. It is to be from Central Pool to...
Migrant Birds Die Mysteriously, Rajasthan High Court Takes Cognizance
A division bench led by Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty of Rajasthan High Court; took suo moto cognizance of the plight of death of migratory...
Human Rights of Migrants at Stake: NHRC Intervenes
The media reports concerning a mother pulling a suitcase with her small child hung over it, is hitting the headline. The media persons captured...
NHRC: Death of 16 Migrant Workers Could Be Averted, District Administration at Fault
A rather ghastly incident occurred between Badnapur and Karmad stations in Nanded Division in the early hours of May 8, 2020. In the said...
Plea in SC Seeking Return Of Indian Migrants from Kuwait In Chartered Flights
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the Supreme Court seeks return of Indian migrants from Kuwait. Done through a specific direction permitting only chartered flights...
MHA Allows Special Trains For Stranded Migrant Workers, Students
Two days ago, MHA allowed migrant labourers, students, pilgrims or tourists with no COVID-19 symptoms to return to their home states. For this reason,...
PIL Filed in the Interest of Migrant Workers amid Extended Lockdown
Public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Supreme Court to allow migrant workers across the country to go back to their homes amid the...
SC Adjourns PIL Seeking Reliefs for Migrant Workers
A PIL filed seeking immediate payment of wages to migrant workers amid COVID-19 lockdown. Filed by Harsh Mander and Anjali Bhardwaj, the PIL was...
Government Orders Stand Unstirred, Migrant Workers Continue to Suffer
Social activist Harsh Mander and Anjali Bharadwaj filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court of India seeking relief for migrant workers in the...
Justice Ravi Shankar Jha: How Power Structures keep the Judiciary on its toes
Becoming a High Court Judge in India
The dream of becoming a High Court judge in India is a challenging one. As of July 2021,...
Umar Khalid -Mastermind Behind the Delhi riots, 2020?
In New Delhi, a human rights activist and former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student, Umar Khalid, was arrested by the Police's special cell under...
Do We, The People Of India, Have The Question Hour In 2020 OR Not?
While the Modi government struggles to contain the spread of the catastrophic virus, the monsoon session of the Parliament has been scheduled from 14th...
India’s Quest Against COVID-19 Pandemic: The Health Care Industry at a Glance
India has been hanging on a shoestring since the COVID-19 pandemic has been infiltrating across the nation. On March 14, 2020 the Government notified...
A New Twist in the 20 year old Babri Masjid verdict: Will the case...
Mejbel Al Sharika has insisted to draw the Babri Masjid Case into the International Court. He is an eminent lawyer from Kuwait and a...
COVID-19: An epidemic of Uncertainties and Mental Health Crisis for India’s Youth
In another perplexing incident, a 16-year-old girl committed suicide by shooting herself; starting another conversation about mental health. What left many eyebrows raised was...
Centre has no Money to Pay States their GST Compensation @14% of the Revenue...
Three years after launching of the GST, the centre has for the first time admitted that it has no money to pay the state...
India and Germany Hold Virtual Foreign Secretary-level Consultations
India and Germany held a virtual Foreign Secretary level consultations on June 26, 2020. Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Foreign Secretary of India and Miguel Berger,...
Bombay High Court Quotes Tryst With Destiny While Hearing PIL on Issues Surrounding COVID-19
The Bombay High Court while hearing the Public Interest Litigations concerning the state of Public healthcare amid the pandemic in the State of Maharashtra;...
NHRC Issues Notice to UP Government Over Medical Apathy Towards Two Expecting Women; Cites...
It seems that another gory event has dotted the landscape of Uttar Pradesh; an incident highlighting yet another example of violation of human rights....
Can Violation of Human Rights be Passed of as Side Effects of Measures to...
"Human Rights are not a privilege conferred by the government. They are every human being's entitlement by the virtue of their humanity."~Mother Teresa
Human Rights,...
Centre Argues Against a CBI Probe in Nizamuddin Markaz Case; Negates Claims of Failure...
The Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA), in its affidavit before the Supreme Court, has clarified that no further CBI probe is required in the Nizamuddin...
Serving the Shramiks: A NLSIU- BITS- Akshaya Patra Foundation Initiative for Provision of Food...
In light of the deplorable condition of migrant workers travelling via Shramik trains, highlighted by various news reports, the Akshaya Patra Foundation has taken...