As India grapples with a significant backlog of cases across various levels of the judiciary and increasing litigation expenses, the Central Government is introducing a proposal for gram panchayat-level mediation to address minor civil and criminal disputes. This initiative draws inspiration from the successful models implemented in Bihar and Himachal Pradesh.
Decolonization under the Trusteeship Council was finally concluded on November 1, 1994 after the last UN trust territory Palau gained independence. However, almost two decades later, colonialism.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Legal experts on Thursday decried the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju s remark in Parliament that the Supreme Court should not be hearing "bail pleas and frivolous PILs" amid soaring pendency of cases, terming it as "pathetic" and "absurd". India News | Legal Experts Decry Kiren Rijiju s Remarks on SC Hearing Bail Pleas.
Legal experts on Thursday decried the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's remark in Parliament that the Supreme Court should not be hearing bail pleas and frivolous PILs amid soaring pendency of cases, terming it as pathetic and absurd .
The reemergence of the Naxalites (rechristened Maoists) after 30 years of near lull has been an issue that has generated a lot of public debate. Despite getting more than its share of media coverage, it has not been easy to construe the pith and substance of the multi-faceted issue.
State Supporters v. Maoist Sympathizers
The debate surrounding Maoist violence has been extremely polarized. Things didn’t help when Home Minister Chidambaram took a Bush like -with us or against us- stance on the issue.
While a set of people completely thrash state violence, the others thrash Maoist violence. Paradoxically both groups maintain- we condemn all forms of violence. While state supporters described the Maoists as “bloodthirsty terrorists” and “cowardly killers,” the sympathetic descriptions have ranged from “misguided ideologues” to “Gandhians with guns.”