Law

PETA protest for Animal Welfare Act
'Proposed law will protect animal rights'
GOI Monitor Desk


Savage Garden may sing paeans for life of animals, the truth is they have a tough time putting up with us humans. India is soon going to have a law with better provisions to ensure ethical treatment of animals

Protest by differently-abled children
'Most cases of humiliation go unreported'
Dhairya Maheshwari

THINK OF disability and what comes to mind is pity, charity and discrimination. The fact that differently abled want equality instead of charity is rarely acknowledged. Javed Abidi, the convenor of Disabled Rights Group, and a vocal activist who has been at the forefront of disability revolution in India, talks to GOI Monitor about the present state of affairs and lacunae in laws

Mining limestone
Mining, moolah and miserable future
R Sreedhar

Around 90 per cent of mining being done in India is illegal. Instead of regularising it, the government is opening up more areas to exploration

Narcotics
Drug users yet to secure legal immunity
GOI Monitor Desk

Law provides immunity to drug users undergoing de-addiction treatment but courts have, so far, ignored this protective intent of the law

Tripti Tandon of Lawyers Collective talks to GOI Monitor about a recent case which brought the issue of immunity for drug users  under treatment into limelight

hiv bill
Reaching out for better care and attention
Manu Moudgil

Millions of people living with HIV/AIDS in India are disappointed with the latest response of Union Health Ministry to the much delayed HIV/AIDS Bill. Are we back to square one?

serve
Right to service should not promote litigation
H C Arora

State governments need to learn lessons from the experience of RTI Act before implementing the right to public service

144
The unremitting march against Section 144
Suyash Deep Rai

Arbitrary imposition of Section 144 goes against our fundamental right to protest peacefully. The attitude of authorities needs an overhaul

Benami land deal
Immunity to proxy play
GOI Monitor Desk

Political and bureaucratic indifference to legislation prohibiting benami transaction means the country is missing on revenue worth crores
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