The most pessimistic of India watchers would grant that things are no longer the same in this benighted country. Given to despairing over a spluttering economic growth, policy paralysis, rampant corruption, rising social tensions and a polarized polity, they are pleasantly surprised to find that the long suffering Indian people have served notice that they would not allow political parties to treat them as mere vote banks to be visited at election time and ignored until the next election. They w... Read More

The most pessimistic of India watchers would grant that things are no longer the same in this benighted country. Given to despairing over a spluttering economic growth, policy paralysis, rampant corruption, rising social tensions and a polarized polity, they are pleasantly surprised to find that the long suffering Indian people have served notice that they would not allow political parties to treat them as mere vote banks to be visited at election time and ignored until the next election. They w... Read More

We have approached the Supreme Court to seek appropriate writs to the Union of India to undo the mala fide  favours shown to Reliance Industries Limited and its associate, NIKO, in the working of the Production Sharing Contract for Krishna-Godavari Basin Gas Block and a thorough court monitored SIT inquiry into the collusion between the establishment and the said corporates. The petition, which prays for cancellation of the RIL lease and/or an appropriate penalty for its failure to ... Read More

COMMON CAUSE wrote a letter to the Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting on May 31, 2013, highlighting the iniquity of the extant government policy that bars private FM radio channels and community radio stations from broadcasting news and current affairs programmes. It was pointed out that this exclusion violates the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression and flies in the face of the ruling of the Supreme Court in Ministry of I & B v Cricket Association of Bengal &... Read More

To All Members of COMMON CAUSE, The Annual General Meeting of COMMON CAUSE Society will be held at COMMON CAUSE HOUSE, 3rd floor, 5, Institutional Area, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110 070, on March 1, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. The Agenda will be as follows: Consideration of the Annual Report and adoption of the Annual Accounts along with the Auditors Report for the year 2012-2013. Appointment of Auditors for the year 2013-2014. Activities and Programmes. Elec... Read More

The Society during the year under report carried forward the legacy of its Founder-Director, Shri H.D. Shourie, and strove to secure the resolution of the common problems of the people. It received the full cooperation and support of like-minded civil society organizations and activists in its various initiatives. I. Advocacy initiatives a. Police reforms agenda: Common Cause persevered to push its police reforms agenda during the period under review. Along with Commonwealth Human Rights I... Read More

1. Name: 2. Father's Name: 3. Mother's Name 4. Date of Birth: 5. Educational Qualification: 6. Occupation: 7. Permanent Address: 8. Mailing Address: (a) Email ID : 9. Next of Kin (Name & Address): 10. Membership Sought. (Tick any one block): Categories Ordinary Life Individual 500.00 P.A 2500.00 (with voting rights) Associate 100.00 P.A 500.00 (without voting rights) 11. Why do you wish to join COMMON CAUSE (upto 80 words)   ... Read More

*Swapna Jha The Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment on July 10, 2013, striking down the provision in the Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951 (RPA), that protected convicted legislators from disqualification in the event of an appeal being filed in higher courts within three months of conviction. The order led to a series of developments that would have done credit to the theatre of the absurd. Instead of using the opportunity offered by it to press forward with much needed elector... Read More

We are presenting here a recapitulation of the activities of Common Cause and the significant developments in its various initiatives during the period since October 23, 2013. - Editor Public interest litigation a. New intervention: WP (C) 7240/2013 in the Delhi High Court: Actionable evidence of corruption against Shri Virbhadra Singh- Our counsel, Shri Prashant Bhushan, had requested the CVC and the CBI in January 2013 to act on the unrebutted documentary evidence of corr... Read More

The trouble with being the best man at a wedding is that you don't get a chance to prove it. ••••••••• The judge addresses the man in the courtroom: `Don't you feel ashamed, coming here for the third time?' The man replies: `I'm here for the third time, but you come here every day!' ••••••••• My wife asked me to post a letter at the railway station. `Please don't forge... Read More