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WHEN PROTESTS ACROSS the world erupt regarding inequality within schools and neglected educational priorities, led primarily by students, there is hope that they are asking democracies to honour two connected promises: quality education for all and the freedom to demand it. Whether the questions revolve around missing teachers or broken infrastructure, the demand reflects the distance between equality promised within a democracy and the actual opportunity it provides or fails to provide. The school protests in France have been indicative of simple demands surrounding adequate staff, usable facilities, and fairer learning conditions. Reverberating these demands across multiple countries in Europe Spain, Portugal, even Germany - and in India, the Cockroach Janta Partys (CJP) School Thik Karo (Set Right the Schools) campaign makes a comparable demand by publicly scrutinising government schools. These demands fall within the scope of international defence of public education and democratic participation with a shared claim to equality, rather than evidence of a single, centrally organised worldwide movement. European Protests: What they Reveal, International Law, and Collective Rights In France, pupils in disadvantaged Paris suburbs have turned deplorable school conditions ranging from consistent teacher shortages, overcrowding, inadequate facilities, and inequality across neighbourhoods into a national political issue highlighting that ones address should not be the sole determinant of their future . Enrolment in public schools alone cannot ensure access to quality education. So the question is not merely about education budget or even policy, per se but rather who are the direct beneficiaries of an enhanced budget (if any)? Whether a mere national average is concealing the unequal burdens borne by particular communities, and even the unequal burdens of apparent neutral allocation may actually leave the children facing the greatest obstacles with the least institutional support. A placard in France read, Four riot police for one student/ One professor for thirty five. It underlined the pitiable conditions caused by shortage of teachers in French schools and heavy deployment of police forces to deal with protesters. Even though France seems to be leading the charge on the scale of protests, there seems to be a wider European concern regarding the state of schools ranging from Romanian teachers demonstrating against austerity measures, Greek students recurringly demanding better teachers, decent facilities, and meaningful investment in public education. Here, international law can be indicative, providing a framework for understanding these protests Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) protects peaceful assembly, and Article 19 protects freedom of expression. More often than not, in a democratic society, when read together, they safeguard essential means through which people question public decisions and organise demands for change. While this right is qualified by the touchstones of national security, public order, public safety, public health, morals, and the protection of others rights, these restrictions demand justification. Mere inconvenience or governmental embarrassment cannot be a substitute for showing why a particular restriction is necessary or proportionate . Even the mere disruption of traffic or everyday activity does not, by itself, constitute violence, and such a right to protest needs to be protected and enabled by the State. Peaceful disobedience , even with isolated violent acts, should not be automatically attributed to other participants or even to the entire assembly, which is largely peaceful. These distinctions matter when images of burning objects or clashes overwhelm discussion of a movements demands, where authorities have responded to violence and protect people from harm. However, the authorities have to assess individual conduct and the circumstances of the gathering and peaceful participants do not lose their rights individually or collectively simply because someone nearby commits an offence. Equally, a legitimate and overall peaceful educational demand does not make every protest tactic lawful, such as blocking access to a school, which can affect other childrens education; prolonged obstruction can raise serious competing interests. The legal task is to assess the actual conduct, harm, and available alternatives , as automatically organising every blockade is as inadequate as treating every disruptive gathering as a security threat. In this case, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) serves as an indicator of the scope and legal application of the right to peaceful assembly, particularly under Article 11. The European Court of Human Rights guidance recognises that authorities must tolerate a degree of disruption, while the extent and duration of the disturbance remain relevant, and identifies duties to take reasonable measures to enable lawful demonstrations to proceed peacefully. Recently, there has been an international recognition of collective action from the International Court of Justices Advisory Opinion (ICJ AO) on the right to strike under ILO Convention No. 87. The Court confirmed that the Convention protects workers right to strike , while leaving the precise content, scope and conditions of its exercise unresolved by not expressly mentioning that right . Highlighting these different international legal instruments is important, as a teachers strike involves the withdrawal of labour, whereas a student demonstration or parents rally engages the separate protections of expression and peaceful assembly. These actions may converge around the same demand for functioning public schools, but their legal foundations remain distinct. While the ICJ AO did not establish a general right to protest or automatically legitimise every school blockade, its relevance to the wider argument is that international law recognises collective action as a protected means of defending interests. This recognition challenges the expectation that those affected by institutional failures should confine themselves to deferential requests. The Hungarian Protests showcase this collective action, as Teachers and students opposed changes to educators working conditions and restrictions affecting their collective action . In 2023, the European Trade Union Committee for Education criticised legislation adopted despite sustained protests and urged meaningful consultation; the ability of teachers to defend their profession belongs within the debate over the quality of education children receive. While these international legal instruments reflect the rights to peaceful assembly, freedom of expression, and collective rights in the European context, these rights have been contextualised in the context of Indias protests. The ICCPR binds its contracting states, including France and India ; the ECHR and ILO bind France and other European nations but not India. Its jurisprudence nevertheless offers a useful comparative perspective alongside the separate obligations India bears under the ICCPR. Hence, the legal case for protecting peaceful school protests rests on Indias own constitutional guarantees and its applicable international human rights obligations. Even with these restraints, European protests offer an uncomplicated model for India to emulate, as its own schools and governments face similar concerns regarding the quality of education and, therefore, equality of opportunity. The value of the comparison lies in recognising that material prosperity and an enhanced education budget (8.27% increase) or a new educational policy do not automatically secure a fair public education system. Political choices still determine which children receive reliable public provision and which are expected to tolerate its deterioration. Indias Parallel Demand In India, protests stemming from the NEET paper leak scandal (following irregularities in the medical entrance test) have now snowballed into the recent controversy over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and questionable functioning of the Chief Election Commission er. However, between the two distinct protests, there was a call for a campaign often described as a movement to save schools, reported under the name School Thik Karo. Announced by CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, the leader behind the NEET Protests and the SIR Protests, the initiative invites parents and village representatives to inspect government schools to ascertain if electricity, safe drinking water, toilet facilities, and mid-day meals are provided to children or not. It also calls them to document deficiencies through forms and videos. The method matters, as CJP asked for a social audit and turns a broad allegation of neglect into questions that an administration should answer. Is the water available? Do the toilets work? Who must authorise repairs? When will the deficiency be corrected? Such questions connect everyday experience with public responsibility. The campaign has also announced an Adivasi School Thik Karo initiative to document conditions in tribal areas across several states. Its announced focus on teachers and basic facilities makes the distributional question explicit: whose schools receive sustained public attention? There are important differences between a French suburban lyce and an Indian village school. Caste, tribal marginalisation, geography, language and household resources require attention on their own terms. Nevertheless, both settings invite the same democratic test: does the public system offer children a credible opportunity to learn, irrespective of the social position into which they were born? Community participation must also have limits, and the right to access equitable education should not be a mere burden on the parents. Parents should not have to finance essential repairs or repeatedly publicise deprivation before officials act to address it. Citizen audits can expose failures; responsibility for remedying them remains with public authorities. The substantive basis for the right to education also exists in international and national law. For instance Article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), provides that education must be . At the national context in India Article 21A of the Constitution of India mandates that The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in such manner as the State may, by law, determine. Article 2 of the ICESCR requires states to take steps towards realising Covenant rights using the maximum of their available resources, while guaranteeing non-discrimination. The requirements enshrined in Articles 2 and 13 of the ICESCR emphasise that there should be functioning institutions providing access without discrimination . These also underline the necessity for ensuring quality education, responsive to learners needs. While financial constraints are real and Governments must choose between competing demands, international law does not erase those choices. An appeal to limited resources should prompt scrutiny of spending decisions, rather than close discussion of neglected schools, especially with yearly increases in education allocations. As stated earlier India already has a constitutional foundation for this scrutiny through Article 21A, which guarantees free and compulsory education for children aged six to fourteen, and Article 19, which protects citizens freedom of expression and peaceful, unarmed assembly, subject to constitutional restrictions. Demands for better schools and the freedom to voice them therefore belong within Indias own constitutional commitments.These constitutional safeguards are also backed by legislative action under the Right to Education Act, which requires school norms to include access to drinking water and toilet facilities. Asking whether these exist is a request for compliance with and enforcement of an established legal framework, not merely an unnecessary demand. These protests or public audits are emboldened by the fact that children, and even future generations, have concrete rights, such as the right to express views on matters affecting them under Article 12 and the freedoms of association and peaceful assembly under Article 15 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). These rights have been invoked by youth globally for climate change and affirmed by the Supreme Court of India for the rights of future generations, as well as by the ICJs Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. Democracy Must Answer Hence, peaceful protest is a hallmark of democracy because elections cannot communicate every grievance or correct every administrative failure. Between elections, collective action enables people with little individual influence to make neglected conditions visible. Its democratic value is especially clear when those people cannot vote at all. This wider international mobilisation around education contains different histories, organisations and demands, and Indias campaigns need no European endorsement. Their resonance with European struggles demonstrates how widely citizens are questioning the unequal provision of institutions that governments describe as universal. While European students can be admired as politically aware, Indian children making comparable demands are dismissed as manipulated or disruptive. The standard should remain consistent across borders. Ask whether participation is peaceful, whether the grievance deserves investigation and whether the states response respects rights. From France to India, those demanding decent schools are asking which lesson their governments intend to deliver. A well-functioning democracy teaches its children something through every response to protest: that public promises are open to challenge and that institutions must explain their failures, or it can teach them that equality belongs in textbooks while obedience governs everyday life.
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA , through the Preamble of the Constitution, apart from solemnly resolving to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC vowed to secure to all its citizens, among others, liberty of thought, expression The sanctity of liberty of thought and expression is inviolable regardless of any development including unprecedented technological innovations taking place during the last two decades. Therefore, privacy, integrally associated with liberty of thought, has now been reckoned with as key aspects of right to life, dignity and freedom. It is well documented that privacy has always changed with technology. As new tools make it easier to observe, record and analyse and surveil people, the law must reconsider the limits of that access. The internet changed privacy from a concern about physical space to a concern about personal information. Smartphones, biometric systems, facial recognition and artificial intelligence have expanded that concern even further. Neurotechnology takes the issue to a deeper level. Traditional surveillance usually observes what a person does or says. Neurotechnology may go further by recording or analysing neural activity and drawing conclusions about attention, memory, emotions, cognitive abilities and, perhaps one day, intentions. This raises a difficult question: If privacy protects a persons private life, should it also protect the mind from unauthorised technological access and influence? This question is particularly important in India. In Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India , the Supreme Court recognised privacy as a fundamental right connected with dignity, liberty and personal autonomy. Privacy is not limited to secrecy or physical seclusion. It includes bodily privacy, decisional freedom and control over personal information. The decision in Selvi v. State of Karnataka is also significant. While considering involuntary narco-analysis, polygraph tests and Brain Electrical Activation Profile tests, the Supreme Court recognised that privacy includes the realm of mental processes. The fact that a technology exists does not mean that the State may automatically use it. Its use must respect autonomy, dignity and the protection against compelled disclosure of personal knowledge. These decisions provide a constitutional foundation for neuro-privacy. Even though the Constitution does not expressly use that term, Articles 14, 19, 20(3) and 21 contain principles that can protect people from unjustified interference with their neural information and mental processes. What Neuro-Privacy Means Brain data or neural data can include raw information recorded directly from neural activity, such as electrical signals collected through an electroencephalogram or an implanted device. It can also include conclusions produced when artificial intelligence analyses those signals. The concern is therefore not limited to what a device directly records. A system may try to infer whether a person is tired, distracted, anxious, emotionally distressed or likely to behave in a particular way. The person may never have consciously revealed this information. An algorithm may nevertheless attempt to construct a profile from neural or related physiological signals. This makes inference as important as collection. A persons neural signals can become the starting point for creating new information about their mental and emotional life. A legal framework that protects only information deliberately disclosed by an individual would not be sufficient. Neuro-privacy can therefore be understood as the right to control access to, collection, analysis, inference, sharing and use of information connected with neural activity and mental processes. It need not initially be recognised as a completely separate constitutional right. It can develop as a specific application of existing protections relating to privacy, dignity, bodily integrity, personal liberty, decisional autonomy and freedom of thought. Why Brain Data Is Different Brain data deserves special care not simply because it is sensitive, but because of what it may reveal. An address can show where someone lives. A purchase history can suggest economic preferences. A medical record can reveal a physical condition. Neural information may reveal how a person thinks, remembers, feels, reacts and makes decisions. The brain is not merely another source of biometric information. A fingerprint mainly identifies a person, and a photograph records their appearance. Neural data may expose or generate conclusions about a persons inner life. That creates a direct connection between data processing and mental autonomy. Artificial intelligence makes this risk greater. A neural signal that seems meaningless on its own may become significant when processed by a sophisticated model. Such conclusions could affect employment, education, healthcare, insurance, criminal investigation, political communication and consumer decisions. The issue is not only brain reading. It is also brain inference: the creation of a probable picture of a persons mental state without a conscious statement from that person. The law must address both. Article 21 and Mental Autonomy Article 21 offers the strongest constitutional basis for protecting neuro-privacy. The Supreme Court has understood Article 21 as protecting dignity, liberty and the freedom to develop ones personality. Privacy makes meaningful choices possible. If the Constitution protects the body and intimate personal decisions from unjustified interference, it should also protect the mental sphere. A person should not be treated merely as an object to be watched, predicted, classified or influenced. Unauthorised access to neural information may affect how people form beliefs, make decisions and exercise their freedom. Mental privacy should therefore include the right to decide whether, when and why another person or institution may access and interpret information about ones mental processes. This may be described as mental or cognitive autonomy. It means having control over ones thoughts, mental experiences, cognitive responses and psychological information. It also includes protection against systems designed to predict or influence mental states without genuine authorisation. The related idea of mental integrity is equally important. Physical integrity protects the body. Informational integrity protects personal information. Mental integrity protects the cognitive and psychological sphere. A device that enters the body, records neural activity and influences brain function may threaten all three forms of integrity at once. Article 19 and Freedom of Thought Freedom of speech and expression depends on the freedom to form, change and communicate beliefs. People need an internal space where they can think without feeling that every reaction is being measured. The danger is greater when governments, political parties or companies use neural and behavioural data to identify mental vulnerabilities and target people through them. Persuasion can become manipulation when it relies on hidden information about a persons emotional or cognitive susceptibility. Democracy requires citizens to form political opinions independently. Protecting an unmonitored mental sphere supports dissent, independent judgment and the freedom to develop unpopular or unconventional ideas. Why Consent Is Not Enough Consent is important, but it cannot be the only protection. Consent may not be meaningful when there is a strong imbalance of power. For example, an employer may ask workers to wear a device that measures attention, fatigue or emotional engagement. An employee may technically agree, but economic dependence may make refusal unrealistic. A school may similarly require children to use attention-monitoring technology, leaving families with little genuine choice. Consumers face another problem. They may accept long privacy policies without understanding how neural information could later be used for artificial-intelligence training, health predictions, behavioural profiling or targeted advertising. People also cannot reliably predict what future technologies may infer from information collected today. Consent should therefore be supported by clear limits on purpose, necessity, proportionality, data collection, retention and harmful inference. It should be specific, informed, voluntary and revocable. It must not become a legal fiction through which people permanently surrender control over information about their minds. Artificial Intelligence and Inference Artificial intelligence can identify patterns in large amounts of data and produce predictions that human observers may not be able to make. As these systems improve, the value of neural data may increase. More data may lead to better models, better models may produce more detailed inferences, and those inferences may create pressure to collect even more data. The law should not assume that information may be collected simply because it could be useful in the future. Technological possibility is not the same as legal necessity. Purpose limitation and data minimisation should apply to the original collection as well as to later model development, profiling and inference. Should Brain Data Receive Enhanced Protection? Brain data should receive enhanced protection under Indian law. However, merely adding it to a list of sensitive personal information would not solve the entire problem. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 uses a broad framework for personal data and does not follow the earlier model of separately classifying sensitive personal data. Neural information may therefore fall within personal data generally, but information capable of revealing or predicting mental processes deserves more focused safeguards. Protection should cover at least: Raw neural signals and recordings; Information about neurological or cognitive conditions; Data concerning emotional and mental states; Neural biometric information; AI-generated conclusions about cognition, emotion, memory or intention; Behavioural or multimodal data capable of producing similar mental-state inferences. The law should be technologically neutral. If protection applies only to information collected through a brain sensor, organisations may use other forms of data to reach similar conclusions. The sensitivity of the inference and the consequences of its use should matter as much as the source of the data. The Right Not to Know and Mental Silence Neurotechnology may create a new form of autonomy: the right not to know. Suppose a system predicts that a person may develop a neurological condition in the future. Should that prediction automatically be disclosed ? The answer is difficult, especially when the prediction is uncertain. Such information may affect employment, insurance, family relationships and mental well-being. It may create fear or stigma even if it later proves wrong. People should therefore have a say in whether they receive certain predictions about their own neurological or mental condition. Neuro-privacy is not only about keeping information secret. It is also about controlling ones relationship with information about oneself. The right to mental silence is similarly important. If people know that their attention, emotions or cognitive responses are constantly monitored, they may change their behaviour and even their thoughts because they expect to be observed. This could create a new chilling effect. Freedom of thought requires an inner space where people can explore ideas, question beliefs and experience emotions without fearing that every response will become data. Mental privacy is therefore necessary not only for individual dignity but also for intellectual freedom and democracy. From Neuro-Reading to Neuro-Manipulation The debate should not stop at reading or inferring information from the brain. The more serious future concern may be the ability to influence neural activity. Neuro-reading involves extracting or interpreting information from neural signals. Neuro-writing involves influencing, modifying or stimulating neural processes. Neuro-writing raises difficult questions about identity, responsibility, consent and autonomy that ordinary data-protection law cannot fully answer. If technology moves from observing the mind to changing it, the law will need to protect both informational access to the mind and freedom from unwanted technological influence. Developing an Indian Framework India should develop a comprehensive neuro-privacy framework within constitutional law and data-protection law. It should treat neural information as high-risk personal information and cover both directly measured signals and AI-generated mental-state inferences. The framework should provide for: Specific, informed and revocable consent; Strict limits on secondary use and repurposing; Data minimisation and short retention periods; Impact assessments for high-risk processing; Tight limits on workplace monitoring, except in narrowly defined safety-critical settings; Prohibition or strict control of routine neural monitoring in schools; Protection against discrimination by employers, insurers, schools and political organisations; Judicial or independent authorisation for highly intrusive State uses; Rights to access, correct and delete information; Clear explanations of automated conclusions about mental or cognitive characteristics; Effective remedies, compensation and institutional accountability. The law should also consider the consequences of processing. Recording neural activity may create one level of risk. Using an inferred emotional or cognitive profile to deny employment, change insurance terms or influence political behaviour creates a much greater risk. Protection should reflect both the sensitivity of the information and the importance of the decision affected by it. Cognitive Liberty Cognitive liberty means the freedom to govern ones own mental processes and remain free from unjustified interference with thought and cognition. Indian courts need not immediately declare it to be a completely separate fundamental right. A cautious approach would develop it from the combined values of Articles 14, 19, 20(3) and 21, including privacy, bodily integrity, freedom of thought, freedom of conscience, decisional autonomy and personal liberty. This approach would allow constitutional law to respond to new technology without creating unnecessary categories of rights. If future developments make existing protections inadequate, Parliament and the courts may later consider more explicit recognition. From Data Protection to Human Protection Neuro-privacy should not be treated as merely another part of data protection. Data protection asks how information should be collected, processed, stored and shared. Neuro-privacy raises an earlier question: should certain forms of access to the human mind be allowed at all, even when a person has formally consented? Ordinary compliance procedures and financial penalties may not always be enough. A violation of mental privacy can be irreversible. Once information about a persons mental processes has been extracted, analysed or shared, deleting the original file may not restore the persons previous privacy. The individual is not merely a data subject. The individual is a constitutional person whose dignity and autonomy place limits on what technology may extract from the body and mind. Conclusion One of the most important privacy questions of this century may be who can access the human mind. Neurotechnology challenges the old boundary between what people voluntarily communicate and what technology can infer without any word uttered by them. Indias Constitution has strong principles for responding to this challenge. Puttaswamy supports privacy, dignity, autonomy and control over personal information. Selvi is especially relevant because it recognises the constitutional importance of mental processes and limits compelled access to them. Together, Articles 14, 19, 20(3) and 21 support protection against arbitrary classification, covert manipulation, compelled neural evidence and unjustified interference with mental autonomy. Brain data should therefore receive heightened legal protection in India. But the goal should be greater than simply adding brain data to a statutory list. The deeper goal is to protect mental privacy, cognitive liberty and mental integrity. Neurotechnology can serve valuable purposes, including restoring communication, treating disease and assisting persons with disabilities. It can also enable surveillance, discrimination, coercion and manipulation. The right response is neither to ban innovation nor to leave it unregulated. It is to build a rights-based framework that permits responsible uses while protecting human freedom. The real question is not whether technology should help us understand the brain. It is whether the power to understand the brain will become the power to control the person. Technological ability does not create a legal right to enter someones mind. protecting the individuals ability to remain an autonomous human being. The Constitution protects more than what people own, say or do. It also protects the conditions that allow people to think, choose, believe, dissent, imagine and become who they are. As technology approaches the mind, protecting that inner freedom may become one of the most important constitutional tasks of our time. Privacy should not end where the skull begins!
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Retired judicial employees meet Chief Justice
Srinagar, Oct 25:A delegation of retired judicial employees has met the Chief Justice of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh and raised concerns over the delay in implementation of the recommendations of the Shetty Commission. The delegation comprising Mangat Ram Parihar, Bilal Ahmad Shah, Mohammad Abdullah Wani and Muhammad Amin Mir apprised the Chief Justice of the long-pending issues of retired judicial employees, according to a statement. The delegation has sought implementation of the Shetty Commission recommendations in accordance with applicable directions and orders, according to a statement. The delegation has expressed serious concern over the alleged delay by the Government of Jammu & Kashmir in implementing the recommendations. The Chief Justice gave the delegation a patient hearing and assured them that the concerns and pending issues raised by the retired judicial employees would be considered and efforts made to address their grievances. The delegation described the meeting as a significant development, stating that it was the first time that a delegation of retired judicial employees had been given an opportunity to meet the Chief Justice personally and present their long-pending grievances. The retired employees expressed gratitude to the Chief Justice and Principal Secretary to the Chief Justice, Haq Nawaz Zargar, for facilitating the meeting. They expressed hope that the initiative would pave the way for early resolution of their pending issues and implementation of the Shetty Commission recommendations in accordance with applicable directions and orders.
Former CJI D Y Chandrachud was more deferential to govt than needed, says Justice Kaul
Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul has expressed concerns about how former Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud dealt with the government. He believes Chandrachud was too lenient during the process of judicial appointments, which raises worries about the independence of the judiciary. This could potentially undermine the separation between the courts and the government, according to Kaul.
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Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. With these words ends the 1942 masterpiece, Casablanca, as Humphrey Bogart (as Rick Blaine) somehow makes Claude Rains (as Captain Louis Renault) find humanity, hinting at the two join the Resistance in Nazi Occupied France during World War II.
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Crime Branch registers three more cases in Kerala PSC exam fraud
Ongoing investigation reportedly finds malpractice in three other examinations conducted between 2019 and 2023; alleged irregularities relate to examinations conducted for the posts of Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector, Fisheries Officer and Inspector in the Khadi Board
Sanjay Kishan Kaul has raised concerns regarding the judicial appointment approach of former Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud. Legal experts have expressed differing opinions on Kaul's criticisms, with some defending Chandrachud's tenure and others supporting Kaul. Senior advocates have highlighted issues related to judicial independence and the allocation of sensitive cases during Chandrachud's administration. While some praise his leadership, others suggest he was deferential to the government.
The Madras High Court Judge also says very few sitting judges possess the expertise to deal with applications under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. He feels that change of arbitration portfolio from one judge to another every three months may not help in speedy delivery of justice
Mumbai Crime Branch seizes codeine cough syrup worth Rs 75,000 in Chembur
According to the police, the team detained the man and searched him, recovering 75 bottles of Codeine Cuff Syrup, each containing 100 ml. The accuseds identity has not been disclosed
Independence of Judiciary and Justice Sanjay Kaul
THE REPORT OF RITU SARIN in Indian Express on October 10, 2026, with a screaming headline that As Chief Justice of India, Justice D Y Chandrachud was too deferential to the Government when it came to appointments remind Mahatma Gandhis article, The Hallucination of Law Courts published in Young India on October 6, 1920. Ritu Sarins report is based on the forthcoming book Without Fear ofFavour of justice ((Retd) Sanjay Kaul of Supreme Court being published by Juggernaut later this month. It devastatingly brings out justice Kauls account that at one time, Chandrachud as Chief Justice sought Governments nod before the Collegium had met and, once, even voiced the Governments bizarre query regarding the caste of a minority-faith judge candidate. In such expose that former CJI Chandrachud was deferential to the Government there is an echo Mahatma Gandhis statement in his aforementioned article, The Hallucination of Law Courts . With deep anguish he wrote in it, The worst is that they(law courts) support the authority of a government. They he remarked are supposed to dispense justice and are therefore called the palladile of a nation's liberty. But when they support the authority of an unrighteous Government they are no longer palladile of liberty, they are crushing houses to crush a nation's spirit, he sharply stated. Proceeding further he emphatically and presciently wrote, Let no one suppose that these things would be changed when Indian judges and Indian prosecutors take the place of Englishmen. So, Gandhis utterances of 1920 that The worst is that they(law courts) support the authority of a government and Let no one suppose that these things would be changed when Indian judges and Indian prosecutors take the place of Englishmen are playing out in the expose of justice Kaul that former CJI was deferential to the Government. Nehru on Independence of Judiciary On 24 th May 1949 Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru participated in the discussion in the Constituent Assembly on Article 103 of the draft Constitution (now Article 124 of the Constitution) dealing with the establishment and constitution of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice and other judges. While doing so he very boldly said, It is important that these judges should be not only first-rate, but should be acknowledged to be first-rate in the country, and of the highest integrity, if necessary, people who can stand up against the executive government, and whoever may come in their way. Executive Court Nehrus words that the judges should have the courage to stand up against the executive government, and whoever may come in their way deserve to be recalled and reiterated particularly when, of late, independence and integrity of people appointed as judges of Supreme Court and High Courts are being questioned with credible material. In his article The Troubling Legacy of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi , Gautam Bhatia charged that the Supreme Court was made to ally with the Government and very sharply remarked, His tenure will be remembered for the rise of the Executive Court, one which has made the Supreme Court indistinguishable from the executive. Justice Kauls remarks that CJI Chandrachud was deferential to the Government reinforces the remark made by Bhatia in his seminal article. Independent Judiciary, Signifies Independence of India Such worrisome developments clearly underline the demolition of independence of judiciary from the executive as mandated by the Constitution. Indira Jaisingh, former Additional Solicitor General of India and Senior Advocate in her interview to the DeKoder, two months back in August this year, candidly stated that The capture of the Supreme Court by the ruling parties worried her the most. Reflecting on crucial importance of independence of judiciary to safeguard of the country she very profoundly said, If You Dont Have an Independent Judiciary, Youre Not an Independent Country. She told that when young lawyers approached her seeking advice how to discharge their duties in such an atmosphere she asked that to work in manner as if they owned the court. What is troubling is that the loss of independence of judiciary because of the deferential attitude of Chief Justices and charge that the SC has become an executive court spells calamitous consequences for the freedom, liberty and independence of India. Look at the remark of Justice Joymalya Bagchi of the supreme court who nonchalantly remarked that 2.7 million voters in West Bengal would vote in next elections because their appeals for getting enrolled in the voter list are being adjudicated by judicial tribunals. And when by elections were conducted recently to two Assembly constituencies and lawyers pleaded that those voters could not vote again in this election cycle as well he famously dismissed by saying this is only by election. One wonders how a judge could be so indifferent and insensitive to the constitutional right to vote guaranteed to all citizens from 18 years of age onwards. SC on Test Indian Express in its editorial The knock on the Supreme Courts door published on October 6, 2026 referred to its expose of September 23 unmasking of malfunctioning of Election Commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in implementing SIR leading to mass scale disenfranchisement of voters. It then observed The citizens fundamental right to participate in the electoral process has to be protected at all costs. But even as the EC went back on its own record of inclusiveness, even as it shifted the burden of proof onto the vulnerable voter and set up a hurdle race at every stage of the SIR, the Court kept giving it the benefit of every doubt. Going ahead, therefore, not just the EC, the Court is also on test. The crisis of credibility plaguing the Supreme Court is getting accelerated. It would spell disastrous consequences for our Republic. Can the Chief Justice of India and other judges question the Government of the Day and hold it account for its acts of commission and omission egregiously violating the Constitution and rule of law? Only if the CJI and other judges can do so the independence of judiciary can be upheld. Failure to do so would constantly remind the forceful utterances of Indira Jaisingh that, If You Dont Have an Independent Judiciary, Youre Not an Independent Country. It has now become a categorical imperative for the judges to restore the independence of judiciary to save the Constitution and safeguard the independence of India.
New Future City Police Commissioner conducts crime review meeting
Hyderabad: Newly appointed Future City Police Commissioner Dr Tarun Joshi reviewed 108 criminal cases under his commissionerate on Saturday, October 24. Amongst these, 68 are non-grave and 40 are registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act. The meeting focused on strengthening investigations, addressing delays in pending cases, improving coordination among investigating officers and Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS .
Future City Police Commissioner Tarun Joshi Holds Crime Review Meeting
During the meeting, a total of 108 cases, including 68 non-grave cases and 40 grave, old pending and SC/ST cases, were taken up for review.
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IGP Kashmir reviews crime disposal, winter preparedness, policing measures
Srinagar, Oct 24: The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir Zone, Sujit Kumar, on Saturday chaired a meeting in hybrid mode to review crime disposal, security preparedness and various policing measures across Kashmir Zone. The meeting was attended by all three Range DIGs and District SSPs of Kashmir Zone. During the meeting, IGP Kashmir reviewed the progress of crime disposal and stressed the need for timely investigation and disposal of cases within the stipulated 60/90-day timelines under the relevant provisions of the new criminal laws (NCLs). He also reviewed theft-related cases, recovery rates and measures to dismantle organised theft networks. IGP Kashmir directed officers to strengthen intelligence gathering and take effective action against overground workers (OGWs), hybrid terrorists and other elements inimical to peace and security. He stressed close monitoring of emerging security challenges and coordinated efforts to maintain peace and public order. The meeting also focussed on winter preparedness, with particular emphasis on heating arrangements and the availability of essential facilities for police personnel deployed at police stations and other establishments. IGP Kashmir stressed that adequate arrangements must be ensured for personnel performing duties under harsh winter conditions. Kumar further directed officers to make police nakas more dynamic, effective and intelligence-driven while ensuring minimum inconvenience to the general public. He also stressed on the need for strengthened inter-agency coordination and increased synergy on ground to enhance operational efficiency and address security concerns. Reviewing pending cases and cases stayed before courts, IGP Kashmir stressed the importance of proper monitoring and timely follow-up in accordance with judicial directions and established legal procedures. The meeting also deliberated on identifying suitable police stations for development as Model Police Stations as well as upgrading existing police stations and police posts to improve policing standards, infrastructure and public service delivery. Highlighting the importance of community engagement, IGP Kashmir stressed the need for regular police-public meetings to address public grievances, promote community participation and further strengthen public trust in the police. During the meeting, the IGP Kashmir directed all officers of Kashmir Zone to ensure close supervision of crime disposal, strengthen preventive and intelligence-based policing, ensure adequate winter preparedness and maintain coordinated efforts to uphold peace, security and public safety across Kashmir Zone.
Ahmedabad Crime Branch Busts Liquor Smuggling Operation Disguised as Peanut Shipment
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Kashmir Police Focuses on Swift Crime Resolution and Winter Preparedness
IGP Sujit Kumar emphasizes timely crime investigations and winter readiness during a high-level review meeting in Kashmir. Kashmir Police Focuses on Swift Crime Resolution and Winter Preparedness
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J-K Crime Branch files chargesheet against health worker over alleged forged Class 10 certificate
Jammu, Oct 24: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Jammu on Saturday filed a chargesheet against a health department employee for allegedly securing a government job as a dental assistant using a forged Class 10 certificate nearly two decades ago, an official said. The chargesheet was filed against the employee, Sohan Lal Singh, and his deceased father, Veer Singh, before the court of the fourth Additional Munsiff, Jammu, in a case registered last year, a Crime Branch spokesperson said. The case originated from a communication received from the CID Headquarters, Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that Singh had been working as a dental assistant at the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Arnia, Jammu, for nearly two decades on the basis of a fraudulent matriculation certificate purportedly issued in Bihar or Uttar Pradesh, the spokesperson said. The investigation revealed that Singh had passed Class 8 but had never cleared the Class 10 examination through his school, he said. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Jammu, confirmed erasures and chemical alterations in the mark sheet, while school records revealed discrepancies in his date of birth, the spokesperson said. Statements and other evidence corroborated that Singhs father, who has since died and worked as a driver in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, had allegedly procured forged documents for his minor son. The falsified records were subsequently used to establish his eligibility for dental assistant training and secure an appointment through the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board, he said. The spokesperson said offences under various sections of law had been established against the accused based on the evidence collected during the investigation. The chargesheet has been filed for judicial determination, he added.
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By Inderjit Badhwar The Kolkata tragedy is a reminder that public safety cannot be left to chance, political expediency or promises of compensation after lives have been lost. There are few contradictions more painful than a gathering devoted to the triumph of good over evil ending in the deaths of those who came to worship. [] The post When Faith Meets The Failure Of Governance appeared first on India Legal .
Nineteen people, including two children, were crushed to death at a Kolkata Durga Puja pandal when a sudden downpour and a panic-inducing announcement triggered a deadly surge inside a reportedly unsafe structure. The tragedy raises urgent questions about crowd management, official negligence, political accountability and the duty of the state to protect life The post Death By Devotion appeared first on India Legal .
Exclusive interview with Marco Rubio: 'Five years from now, India and America will have one of the strongest ties in the world'
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When Justice Threatens A Dharna
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Children, The Internet And The Right To Freedom
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'Iran's Plot Against Americans Have Reached Advanced Stages': US Spy Chief
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Plea in Supreme Court seeks expert committee led by former CJI to scrutinise Election Commission
A petition before the Supreme Court has sought the constitution of an independent expert committee headed by a former Chief Justice of India to examine the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI), including its decision-making processes, electoral roll revision mechanisms and electronic voting machine (EVM) protocols. The plea raises concerns over the functioning [] The post Plea in Supreme Court seeks expert committee led by former CJI to scrutinise Election Commissions functioning appeared first on India Legal .
Congress Leader Supports Sharjeel Imam, Criticizes Judiciarys Injustice
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