Civil Society

Setback for BJP as foreign parliamentarians demand action on human rights...

By P P Jaseem Parliamentarians from several countries have come together to express their profound concern over escalating human rights violations in India. This came following...

Foreign entities funding NGOs to stall public projects: I-T Dept to...

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was hearing an appeal of the NGO challenging the November 8 order of last year...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Shoma Sen In Bhima Koregaon Case...

By Gyanvi Khanna The Supreme Court (on April 05) granted bail to former Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen who is booked under the Unlawful Activities...

FCRA registration of five NGOs cancelled by MHA for ‘violation’ of...

The Home Ministry cancelled the FCRA registration of the NGOs for allegedly utilising funds for works that were not in their mandate By PTI The Union...

Death By Detail: How The Govt Has Used Penalties In Law...

While foreign funded NGOs have always been under scrutiny, the introduction of new laws in September 2020 intensified the crackdown. Among the methods used...

Gujarat: Former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt Convicted By Palanpur Sessions Court In...

A probe by the Rajasthan police later revealed that the lawyer was falsely implicated and allegedly abducted by Banaskantha Police from his residence in...