Akshay Mehta in Nanavati Commission
APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICE AKSHAY MEHTA (Retd.) IN NANAVATI INQUIRY COMMISSION - CAN A PERSON BE THE JUDGE IN HIS OWN CAUSE?
-By S.H. Iyer
Advocate
Jan Sangharsh Manch, Ahmedabad
The cardinal principle of administration of justice that – a person can not be the judge in his own cause, is put to test before the Enquiry Commission headed by [...]
Mining of Miliolite Limestones
MINING OF MILIOLITE LIMESTONES
The coastal region of Gujarat stretching from Kutcch to Bhavnagar District contains large deposits of limestones, which are geologically known as Miliolite. These stones act as barrier between seawater and the underground Sweetwater of the land. In recent past the Government of Gujarat has granted mining lease and license to several mining [...]
Crime against women
A signature campaign was carried out by Jan Sangharsh Manch in April 2002 and the letter below along with the signatures was sent to the President of India, Prime Minister of India, Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court and the Governor of Gujarat.
JANSANGHARSH MANCH
104, Maharanapratap Centre, Near Ellisbridge Post Office, Ahmedabad- 380006. [...]
Wild Life and Reliance Industries Limited
SHOOTING DOWN THE WILD LIFE PROTECTION ACT
( By Dilip M Naik, I.F.S., retired Chief Conservator of Forest, Gujarat)
Hunting had been a great sport in the past for the rich and powerful of this Country. The fading photographs of the Maharajas, with their foot planted on the carcass of some poor animal still adorn [...]
Deadly Plan
Day 1 (Feb 27th 2002):
- Around 12 noon, 59 dead bodies were removed from a single coach in the Sabarmati Express, which had caught fire at the Godhra station. A huge crowd gatherered all around the bodies which had been laid in the railway yard. The inquest, carried out by police officer Mirza, started at [...]
OUTNUMBERED OR OUTRIGHT COLLUSION?
Within 48 hours of the fire on Sabarmati Express, which killed 59 Karsevaks (Hindu religious activists), near the Godhra railway stationon Feb 27, 2002, a most horrific genocide was executed in Gujarat. Over a thousand Muslims were killed by rampaging Hindu groups in and around Ahmedabad.
The police force of Ahmedabad did little to prevent the [...]
