Rights Issues

Centre tells Assam government that their cases cannot be tried at tribunals The Centre has told the Assam government that Gurkhas living in the State cannot be sent to detention centres. Nor could their cases be tried at the Foreigners’ Tribunals. An estimated 1,00,000 of some 2.5 million Gurkhas in …

The deportation of illegal immigrants, the petition argued, is required to restore the “socio-economic, socio-political and socio-cultural equilibrium” of the State. It argued that the petition has been filed in a ‘representative capacity’ of a majority of the indigenous people living in Tripura for enforcement of their fundamental rights. “The …

The lifting of the prohibition at the instance of third parties, in spite of opposition by a large section of women worshippers, is anomalous, the petition said. Another review filed by Chetna Conscience of Women, represented by advocate K.V. Muthu Kumar, argued that a Pandora’s box would be opened if …

Victims must face no age bar: Maneka Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi has asserted that adult survivors of child sexual abuse must be allowed to file an FIR at any point in their lifetime. In a letter this month to Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, a …

Ready for talks, says Chief Minister With sporadic protests erupting across the State against the Supreme Court judgment allowing women of all age groups to enter the Sabarimala temple, the government has asserted that it was left with no option but to implement the verdict. It reiterated that it would …

Issues notice to govt.; CJI-led Bench to hear the petition The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the government on a public interest litigation to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Tripura, as is being done in Assam, in order to detect and deport the “illegal immigrants” …

Chief priest’s family, Pandalam palace reject CM’s talks offer The Kerala government’s efforts to find a solution to the row over entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala temple faced a setback on Sunday with the family of the Tantri (chief priest) and the Pandalam palace rejecting Chief …

Safe now in Bangladesh’s sprawling camps, refugees are haunted by the violence that forced them to flee and seek assurances before they return Mohammed Nikaruzzaman, the sub-district officer in charge of Kutupalong, can never forget the sight that he witnessed on September 6, 2017. That rainy evening, while driving towards …

‘Report on likely implementation is false’ The Home Ministry said on Friday that no decision has been taken to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Tripura, after a similar exercise was carried out in Assam to identify illegal immigrants. In a statement, the Home Ministry said a delegation …

Refugees say they won’t return home till safety is ensured The 235 Rohingya refugees staying at the Kalindi Kunj camp are worried about their future after the government deported seven of them on Friday. The Supreme Court had on Thursday refused to stay their deportation. Most of refugees in the …

Court raises concern over undetected cases of child abuse The Supreme Court on Thursday gave voice to its apprehension that the rape and abuse of minor girls in the Muzaffarpur shelter home in Bihar may be a tip of the iceberg. There may be other undetected cases of sexual abuse …

Immigration officials take custody of 7 men Seven Rohingya Muslim men, arrested in 2012 for illegally entering Assam, were on Thursday officially handed over to Myanmar authorities at Manipur’s border town Moreh. The deportation from the immigration point at Moreh Gate No 2 took place at 1 p.m. soon after …

Demands include water, forest and land for Adivasis; Rahul to meet protesters Nearly 27,000 farmers, labourers and tribals under the banner of Ekta Parishad launched a protest march to Delhi from Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior on Thursday in protest against unfair distribution of land and allotment of their land to corporates. …

Myanmar has accepted them, says Addl. Solicitor General The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an application to stop the government from deporting seven Rohingya men detained in Assam since 2012. A Bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S.K. Kaul and K.M. Joseph refused to intervene in a plea …

The seven Rohingya Muslims being deported from Assam had settled near Nagatilla area on the outskirts of Silchar after entering India illegally in 2012 but were picked up by the police that year. Officials said they wanted to return home in Rakhine province of Myanmar. All the seven are residents …

‘How can HC end house arrest when Supreme Court extended it for 4 weeks?’ The Maharashtra government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against a Delhi High Court order setting aside the transit remand of activist Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case and releasing him from house arrest. The …

A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court to restrain the government from taking steps to deport Rohingya refugees lodged in jails or detention centres in Assam or other parts of the country. The plea has been made by Mohammed Salimullah, the lead petitioner in a PIL plea against …

Quashes transit remand for Navlakha given by lower court The Delhi High Court on Monday set free journalist and social activist Gautam Navlakha from house arrest, quashing a local court order granting transit remand to the Maharashtra police to transfer him to Pune in connection with Koregaon-Bhima violence case. A …

The Supreme Court dismissed the argument that the prohibition was an essential part of religion. The Chief Justice said the inclusion of women, rather than their exclusion, is the essential part of the Hindu religion. ‘Nature not changed’ “By allowing women to enter Sabarimala temple for offering prayers, it cannot …

Justice Chandrachud calls to balance group rights with individual freedoms Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, in his separate opinion in the Sabarimala case on Friday, proposed a new method on how courts should deal with ecclesiastical matters of religion and faith. The judge observed that courts should adopt a deferential attitude to …