People-centred Democracy: The Case for Electoral Reforms in India
In a landmark ruling on 15 February 2024, the Supreme Court delivered a significant blow to the electoral system by…
THE ELECTORAL BONDS JUDGEMENT AND THE STONEWALLING BY SBI
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India headed by the Chief Justice of India, D. Y. Chandrachud struck…
Human rights activist Mahaboob Batcha is no more
Human Rights activist and advocate A. Mahaboob Batcha of the Society for Community Organisation (SOCO) Trust, Justice Shivaraj V. Patil…
Women’s organisations call for Termination of WFI to prevent return of Sexual Predators in wrestling
We reproduce below the statement of several women’s organisations calling for termination of WFI. Women’s organisations call for Termination of…
Election Commission should fulfill its constitutional Mandate to conduct Free and Fair Election-Memorandum thereof…
We are reproducing below a memorandum presented by Shri MG Devasahayam to the CEC and Election Commissioners on behalf of…
UTTARAKHAND TUNNEL DISASTER: LESSONS FOR THE PEOPLE OF INDIA
For over 17 days, 41 workers were trapped in a tunnel under construction in Uttarakhand. Their condition was extremely precarious…
Protest action to mark 31 years after the demolition of Babri Masjid
On December 6, 2023, Lok Raj Sangathan and several other organisations held a militant protest action near Parliament. The main…
ACROSS THE WORLD PEOPLE DEMAND A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA
On 12th November 2023, India voted for a resolution in the UN General Assembly that, with a majority of 145…
Women’s Reservation Act 2023: One Step Forward, Many Steps Back?
The enactment of a law to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and in state legislative assemblies was…
Need for a law that ensures command responsibility for communal and sectarian violence
The genocide of Sikhs in 1984 was followed by a familiar pattern of mass killings in Mumbai in 1993, in…