The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on December 17, 2021. Even though the Amendment Bill proposes several significant changes which will ensure better conservation and management of wildlife, the draft still holds space for improvement. We are glad to share … Continue reading Comments on Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021
Human Rights Weekly Round-up| June | Week 4| 2020
Outrage is mounting in India over alleged torture and deaths of P Jeyaraj, 58, and his son Fenix, 38, who were arrested for allegedly keeping their stores open past permitted hours and were kept in police custody an entire night and died within hours of release; two days later owing to custodial violence. Click to … Continue reading Human Rights Weekly Round-up| June | Week 4| 2020
The Apocalyptic Saga of the Kangaroo Island
As bushfires rage through the Australian continent, desertifying many metric hectares of land mass, killing humans and millions of wild animals, destroying properties worth millions of dollars, a dawn of impending climate change risk is upon us. Climate change risks have never looked so tangible and direct, be it the massive fires in the Amazon … Continue reading The Apocalyptic Saga of the Kangaroo Island
Human Rights Weekly Round-up| September| Week 2 | 2019
The UN Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, cites the civil wars sparked by a warming planet and the plight of indigenous people in an Amazon ravaged by wildfires and rampant deforestation in order to establish that climate change is not only having a devastating impact on the environments we live in, but also on respect … Continue reading Human Rights Weekly Round-up| September| Week 2 | 2019
Human Rights Weekly Round up | May | Week 3 | 2019
After a wait of 10 years, the South Mumbai Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum recently directed the doctors and the Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre to grant a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh to a woman who contracted a life-threatening virus after undergoing a Click to Read – The Hindu Per the report of Human … Continue reading Human Rights Weekly Round up | May | Week 3 | 2019
Human Rights Weekly Round-up | April| Week 1| 2019
Supreme Court reprimands the State of Assam for its submission that thousands of illegal immigrants declared as foreigners by its Foreigners Tribunals have absconded and merged with the general public and stops short of issuing non bailable warrant against the Chief Secretary, miffed by his absence in the court. Click to Read – News 18 … Continue reading Human Rights Weekly Round-up | April| Week 1| 2019
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