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Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Apoorva Mandani May 23, 2018 11:14 pm Change Font Size Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad has been appointed as the Chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI) for a second term. The decision was reportedly taken by a three-member committee headed by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu in a meeting held last week. Justice Prasad had taken over from Justice Markanday Katju in November, 2014. More recently, journalists from eight media houses had issue a statement expressing “grave concern” about the decisions taken by Justice Prasad to form the 13th Press Council. They had alleged that he had “overlooked precedence and adopted a process to keep out certain media associations and candidates”. The joint statement was issued by the All India Newspaper Editors Conference, Indian Journalists Union, Indian Newspaper Society, Working News Cameramen Association, Hindi Samachar … [Read more...] about Justice CK Prasad Gets Second Term As Press Council Of India Chairman [Read Notification]

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: akanksha jain November 6, 2018 8:23 pm Change Font Size The Delhi High Court has directed Rattan India Nasik Power Ltd, formerly called Indiabulls Power, to give at least 10-day notice to Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) in case it intends to invoke or encash its bank guarantee of Rs 263 crore submitted by the latter under phase -I of the Nasik and Amravati Thermal Power Project. Justice Rajiv Shakdher passed the order after BHEL moved court seeking protection against possible invocation of bank guarantees in light of the financial distress Rattan India is in as it reportedly reels under a debt of over Rs 20,000 crore. BHEL, which was represented by senior advocates Rajiv Nayar and Ciccu Mukhopadhaya along with the team from K.N. Legal, led by Kartik Nayar and comprising advocates Mohit Mahla, Rishab Kumar and Sarthak Malhotra, told the high court that it apprehends Rattan India invoking the bank guarantee in the light … [Read more...] about Delhi HC Tells Distressed Rattan India To Give 10-Day Notice To BHEL Before Invoking Bank Guarantee [Read Order]

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Sri Lanka constitutional crisis grows as president dissolves parliament New Maldives government begins untangling previous government’s secret deals with China Sri Lanka constitutional crisis grows as president dissolves parliament There are major individual government crises in progress in both the Maldives and Sri Lanka, and they are linked by China’s interference in the affairs of both countries by using “debt trap diplomacy” related to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Sri Lanka’s president Maithripala Sirisena dissolved parliament on Friday after his administration promised that he would not do that. Sirisena fired Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on October 26 and appointed a new Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sirisena wanted the parliament to confirm his actions, but after it became clear that he would not have the votes, he dissolved parliament to prevent a vote. An … [Read more...] about World View: China and India Compete for Influence in Sri Lanka and Maldives Constitutional Crises

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Kashmir experiences bloodiest year since 2009 India and Pakistan approve the Kartarpur Corridor, connecting Sikh shrines Corridor raises concerns about activating the Sikh separatist Khalistan movement Kashmir experiences bloodiest year since 2009 November was the bloodiest month of the year for separatist militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir. According to official figures from Indian security forces, 37 separatist militants were killed in November and 227 militants have been killed in Kashmir this year. The Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), which supports the separatist militants, does not dispute those figures, but goes farther and says that 2018 was the bloodiest year for everyone in Kashmir since 2009. JKCCS says that 528 people were killed in Kashmir in 2018, of which 145 were civilians, 234 were separatist rebels, and 142 were Indian security personnel. There are three major Pakistan-sponsored … [Read more...] about World View: Pakistan and India Agree to Support Sikhs as Separatist Violence Surges in Kashmir

I am privileged to be given this opportunity to present the Second H.R. Khanna Memorial Lecture.I remember the days of Emergency when we, the public, were very unaware of what was happening as there was total censorship of newspapers.During the height of emergency, the people of the country were wholly unaware of what was happening in regard to the challenges which would have an impact upon the future of the country. During these times, I myself had appeared in various political detention matters in the Karnataka High Court and in matters such as the dismissal of the Karunanidhi Government on 31st January, 1976 just before the General Elections were to be held in Tamil Nadu State, really with intention of eliminating the political rival in the State. If any attempt was made by newspaper to publish any of the news relating to challenges to the Central Government, the censure would straightway cut it out and there would be a white blank triangle, square or rectangle where the news would … [Read more...] about The Rule of Law and Human Rights in India