Ahmedabad/GandhinagarThe minister was termed absconder by special team probing 2002 riots State Congress leaders on Monday reiterated their demand that Minister of State for Women and Child Welfare Dr Maya Kodnani must step down after being declared absconder by the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT). Elsewhere, no one from the state government was [...]
While Muslims from Azamgarh demonstrated in New Delhi against random arrest of Muslims in the name of terrorism, Gujarat Muslims avoid any democratic agitation against indiscriminate arrest. While some say it is `fear psychosis’ others hold community’s ‘mercantile culture’ responsible for it. By TwoCircles.net special correspondent, Ahmedabad: When hundreds of innocent Muslim youths were arrested [...]
Prof. Bandukwala wants Muslims to stay away from politics; Dr. Manzoor Alam of All India Milli Council (AIMC) wants Muslims to give top priority to politics in the present political scenario when success in all walks of life depended on political influence of the community. By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Ahmedabad: Divergent views were expressed here [...]
STATUTORY PREVARICATION COMMISSION OR OMMISSION? (Mukul Sinha) Prologue: Six months back, when I was asked by Lassnet to send the summary of what I would be presenting in January, 2008, I had said that the Commission of Inquiries Act, as implemented in the present days, provided a convenient machinery for prevarication. I had even [...]
There may be many a slip before the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime (Gujcoc) (Amended) Bill, 2003, passed in the State Assembly on Wednesday, becomes an Act, especially with the new government at the Centre promising to repeal Pota. Framed on the lines of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), 1999, it may [...]
Anti-Terror Laws Would GUJCOC inhibit the Growth of Terrorism? (Mukul Sinha) Opening Remark: The word terrorism in the modern times is really a gift from the American establishment after the 9/11 attack in NY that led to collapse of the world trade building. Be that as it may, without entering into the realities [...]
Police are the biggest organised gang of criminals, says lawyer quoting an Allahabad High Court judgment Speakers at an anti-GUJCOC rally organised here on Saturday asked the central government not to accept the demand of Chief Minister Narendra Modi for passing the GUJCOC (Gujarat Control of Organised Crime) Bill, 2003, maintaining that it was a [...]
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 America as the root cause of [...]
To protest against price rise, speculative trading, FDI in retail sector, non implementation of social security laws and other labour laws effectively and globalisation in several sectors, the Trade Union Centre of India (TUCI) will organise a march to Parliament on August 29. Workers’ contingents from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Orissa, Mahrashtra, Gujarat, Bengal and [...]
The Gujarat government’s fresh demand for immediate Presidential assent to the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime (Gujcoc) Amendment Bill, 2004, has triggered protests from social activists in the state. Reacting to the relevant resolution passed recently at a Cabinet meeting, human rights activist and high court advocate Mukul Sinha, said that the BJP was making [...]
