She had the courage to not cow down before the entire law and order apparatus, to remain sane and human despite inhuman suffering meted out to her and her family.
"Drug abuse is a social malady. While drug addiction eats into the vitals of the society, drug trafficking not only eats into the vitals of the economy of a cou
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it has become a trend now to level allegations against Judges ahead of their appointment to a higher court or to a post.
This poignant observation came from a bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian while dealing with the case of a District Judge, whose chances of getting considered for appointment as a High Court Judge were spoiled after a women colleague accused him of sexual harassment. Ironically, the woman judge later refused to give evidence against him before the gender sensitization committee (GSC).
Safeguarding Human Rights
Muneeb Rashid Malik
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. […] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.” – Eleanor Roosevelt.
Human Rights Day is observed on 10th December every year. It is the day when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. TheUniversal Declaration of Human Rights is a document that proclaims the rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being. This year’s theme for Human Rights Day was related to the COVID-19 pandemic and it focused on the need to build back better by ensuring human rights are central to recovery efforts. In India, the statute which deals with the protection and promotion of huma
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