The consultation brought together leading transgender rights activists, academics, and lawyers to gather their feedback and inputs on the first draft of the book “Transforming Courts: Courts Decisions on Transgender Rights in India”.
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‘Reimagining Bail Decision Making: An Analysis of Bail Practice in Karnataka and Recommendations for Reform’
India’s ballooning under-trial population is a serious challenge to the effectiveness and legitimacy of the criminal justice system. The most recent, yet dated Prison Statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in 2018 pegs India’s under-trial prison population at around 67 % or two-thirds of the total prison population. Academic and policy literature on prisons and under-trial detention have conventionally focused on a doctrinal analysis of provisions on bail or on the conditions of detention, relying primarily on data from prisons and police stations, compiled by the NCRB. However, the crucial point of entry of a person into the prison system at first production in the courts after arrest has received no research attention.
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CLPR calls upon India to protect Privacy against unchecked Internet Surveillance
CLPR has endorsed a set of international principles against unchecked surveillance. The 13 Principles set out for the first time an evaluative framework for assessing surveillance practices in the context of international human rights obligations.
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Karnataka HC passes interim order in Consumer Law PIL
The Karnataka High Court passed an Interim Order directing the State to fill up of vacancies in consumer forums in Karnataka.
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CII Confluence 2013 – Creating Social Value
The definition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) continues to evolve over time. While ideas like diversity, inclusion and affirmative action have evolved in the West, they are at a relatively nascent stage in India. On the other hand, India is charting fairly unexplored territory with the proposal to make CSR spending mandatory. This summit brought together leaders in CSR, Disability and Affirmative Action from diverse organizations on a platform and help attendees gain actionable insights on how their organizations can weave CSR initiatives in the very fabric of business and nurture holistic and sustainable social development.
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Seminar Magazine: The Supreme Court on 2G: signal and noise
Volume No. 642 of ‘Seminar’ published in February 2013, featured an article “The Supreme Court on…
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The Economic Times: Why the Supreme Court is not the Bulwark of the Constitution it is made out to be
Sudhir Krishnaswamy from CLPR and Abhayraj Naik from the Law, Governance and Development Initiative of the Azim Premji University,…
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Hoping for change: What might the Justice Verma Committee say?
January 5, 2013 must have been a busy Saturday for the members of the Justice…