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The India Justice Report, a first of its kind study is an initiative of Tata Trusts undertaken in partnership with Centre for Social Justice, Common Cause, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, DAKSH, TISS-Prayas and Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. This is a pathbreaking endeavour consolidating the efforts of numerous individuals and organizations working towards the improvement of the...Read More
As per the Supreme Court of India’s judgment dated March 9, 2018, the following Advance Medical Directive has been executed by me to lay down clear and specific instructions during the course of my treatment, as well as to strengthen the mind of the treating doctors that they are acting in a lawful manner. I ___(name)__ am an adult of a sound and healthy state of mind and in a position...Read More
The launch of the Status of Policing in India Report 2019 : Police Adequacy & Working Conditions at the India International Centre, featured a panel discussion on 'Indian Police and the Rule of Law in Practice'. The event also entailed a panel discussion on the topic of the Indian Police and the Rule of Law in Practice. It was chaired by Justice (Retd.) Jasti Chelameswar and had Ms...Read More
The Status of Policing in India Report 2023 was launched at the India Habitat Centre by a panel of eminent personalities, followed by a discussion on rethinking surveillance. The theme of this year’s report is surveillance and privacy, and in his keynote address, Justice (Retd.) J. Chelameswar, a former Supreme Court Judge, said that only a robust privacy law can determine if the data of...Read More
Common Cause and Centre for the Study of Developing Societies invite you to the release of Status of Policing in India Report 2019: Police Adequacy and Working Conditions, followed by a Panel Discussion on Indian Police and the Rule of Law in Practice on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 6:00 pm at Lecture Hall 2, IIC Annexe, India International Centre, Max...Read More
Download the updated report: http://commoncause.in/pdf/SPIR-2018-c-v.pdf If you have the first edition of the print copy of the report, kindly download the updated version from the above link. Alternatively, you can download the corrigendum here: http://www.commoncause.in/uploadimage/page/735077824Corrigendum%20SPIR%202018.pdf ...Read More
In response to a Common Cause petition, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has appointed a seven-member committee to monitor violation of road construction rules and to address environmental concerns in the Chardhaam Project. The four-judge Bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel also held that while no development project is acceptable at the cost of endangering human health...Read More
The Supreme Court has come down heavily on the Centre, directing it to spell out a specific time frame within 10 days for appointment of Lokpal. The Apex Court has instructed the central government to file an affidavit within the stipulated period, detailing the exact steps it is likely to take in the Lokpal appointment. A two-judge bench, comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R Banumathi,...Read More
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