Over the past decade, cybercrime has become part of everyday life in India -touching people's money, their data, and their sense of safety online. It doesn't stay confined to one place or one kind of victim: anyone with a phone, a bank account, or a social media profile is at risk. Traversing jurisdictions, affecting multiple institutions and communities, and evolving into a highly organised ecosystem, cybercrime networks have proliferated…
We believe that this will make the electoral process more transparent even though a lot more needs to be done to safeguard democracy from the curse of money and muscle power. We are committed to continuing our fight for free and fair elections in India through democratic means. Common Cause and ADR, the original petitioners in the Electoral Bonds case, stand vindicated by Supreme Court verdict which struck down the Electoral Bond Scheme 2018…
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 to communicate, relate and comprehend the purpose and…
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 private citizens is being collected for the public good…
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 Launch of the Status of Policing in India Report 2018 on May 9, 2018 Common Cause and Lokniti Programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), launched India’s first Status of Policing in India Report (SPIR 2018) at the India Habitat Centre on May 9, 2018. The release was followed by…
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W.P. (C) 215/2005
In a landmark order, the Supreme Court on March 9, 2018 has allowed living will and passive euthanasia. It has held that the right to die…
WP 114 of 2014
In the context of a public outcry over massive mining scandals in various parts of the country, the Government of India had set up the…
WP 423 of 2010
Common Cause filed the petition in public interest seeking appropriate directions for cancellation of the entire allocation of 2G spectrum…
WP (C) 13 of 2003
Petitioner has claimed that the prominent display of politicians and their parties is for the sole purpose of advertisement. In light of…
WP 21 of 2013
Common Cause filed a petition seeking to challenge the constitutional validity of various provisions of the amended Information Technology…
FAQ #CheckYourChallan Q. Have you checked your challan? Well, if you have that’s great but in case you haven’t, you should immediately get to it. According to a report in the Hindu, between March 23 and June 15, 2020, over 16 lakh challans were issued in Delhi alone. The report attributed this rise to (a) extensive deployment of CCTV cameras and (b) over speeding by vehicles, particularly after the lockdown, which resulted in empty roads. Recently, the Times of India has reported that 27 lakh…
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Common Cause launched its ambitious booklet in Hindi ‘Humara School, Humari Rakhwali,’ in July, 2018, aimed at empowering the members of the School Management Committees (SMCs) to improve community participation in the running of schools, particularly in slums and urban villages. This exercise was undertaken to make SMCs equal partners in school development and to strengthen the hands of those NGOs who are working towards the implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory…
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