The Mental Health Act Bill 2016 was passed in the Rajya Sabha on 8th August 2016 and is expected to be discussed in Lok Sabha during next session. The Bill repeals the existing Mental Health Act, 1987. The Bill  is aimed...

ABSTRACT Freedom of / Right to Information (FOI/RTI) has now been universally recognized as a Fundamental Human Right. Such a wide recognition of the important right has perhaps propelled nearly 104 countries so far to bring into operation specific legal instruments...

Greetings citizens of India. This November 5th, the Anonymous India collective will again descend on central New Delhi. We invite all the activists, the workers, the students, all doctors, nurses and all those that want to see a positive change in...

As we proceed towards the end of the phenomenon valedictory episode,  for which we have Justice Hon'ble Justice N.V. Ramana, Judge, Supreme court of India as the cheif guest for the event His words of wisdom included a brief speech on...

In this post, I am going to discuss how a certain brand of nationalism which I would call perverted nationalism is used to corrupt understandings of terrorism and insurgency in our legal system, which ultimately leads to a gross violation...

Does God believe in Human Rights? Or shall I say, are we making our God to believe in Human Rights? We have been guaranteed the Freedom of Religion and Conscience under Articles 25 to 28 of the Constitution of India. But,...