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Judicial Activism on Right to Shelter - Rights of the Urban Poor
By S.H. Iyer
Advocate
JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND RIGHTS OF THE URBAN POOR IN INDIAN CITIES
A poor homeless person was sleeping in the premises of a court. The Marshal came and scolded him. He was asked to go away. The man who was woken up from his slumber said ‘I am prepared to leave [...]
Report and Resolutions of NCAF
NATIONAL CONFERENCE AGAINST FASCISM
Report, Proceedings and Resolutions
1st September, 2007
VENUE: Town hall, Ashram road ,Ahmedabad
Inaugural Session.
(Presided by Shri A.P.Ravani, Retd Chief Justice Rajasthan High Court)
After registration of the delegates, the conference began with the screening of the film `Come see America’ by Sashi, highlighting [...]
Minorities in India - An Introduction
Minorities in India - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
By Mukul Sinha
Today: The serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008 and the pictures of the dismembered bodies of scores of victims, brought back the spectre of the riots of 2002. Would there be another communal conflagration like in 2002? The authorities did [...]
Encounters of Gujarat
The Encounters
Sameer Khan Pathan was killed on 22.10.2002 at 1.55 am while in the custody of the Gujarat Police on the allegation that he was about to attackl the policemen.
Sadik Jamal Mehtar was killed on 13th January, 2003 near Galaxy cinema , Ahmedabad on the allegation that he had come to murder Narendra Modi as [...]
