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Wired: Armed Forces Tribunal | Intelligent safeguards | Euthanasia denied | whistleblower protection

Armed Forces Tribunal: Jharkhand high court Chief Justice Prakash Tatia’s name has been proposed for heading the Armed Forces Tribunal to succeed former Supreme Court justice AK Mathur who retires as the tribunal’s head next week [PTI]

Intelligent safeguards: The Intelligence Bureau (IB), the RAW, and the NTRO – India’s intelligence agencies – may now have external oversight through inspector generals who will be appointed to check the legality of their intelligence operations – according to recommendations in a letter from the National Security Advisor to the telecom ministry and union home ministry. The proposal comes soon after the CBI in the course of its investigation of the Ishrat Jahan encounter case alleged that a senior IB official was part of a conspiracy to kill Ishrat and her companions in 2004 [DNA]

Euthanasia denied: A British court of appeal rejected the plea of petitioners’ asking for euthanasia yesterday, holding the practice illegal. The petitioners had claimed that in not being able to choose their time and manner of death their rights under the European Convention of Human Rights were being violated [TOI]

Whistleblower protection: The Supreme Court has asked the Central Vigilance Commission to report on the steps it has taken for the protection of whistleblowers – after the CVC was made the nodal agency for their safety after the year 2004 murder of an IIT Kanpur student. An NGO Parivartan had alleged in its PIL that the system for whistleblowers’ protection had failed [DNA]

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