India's Report to UN on Human Rights A G Noorani The proposed National Human Rights Commission will have no jurisdiction over paramilitary forces and will have no power to hold any inquiries on...
Civil Liberties
Co-Operation in Protecting Liberty A G Noorani It would be well worth the while of Indian civil libertarians to draw on research undertaken elsewhere, especially by organisations such as Britain's...
Pakistan's Civil Liberties Watch-Dog The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has done extensive and courageous work in defending civil liberties in the country. The task of protecting civil...
them. He remained too stupefied to take any action for more than 48 hours. Later, after unconstitutionally dismissing the BJP governments in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Hiraachal Pradesh, he stood...
Censoring Video Magazines A G Noorani The news-stands are stacked with periodicals containing colour photos of the demolition of Babri Masjid and the riots that followed. Yet, the December issue of...
Hate Speech and Free Speech A G Noorani In regard to the law against hate speech responsible for inciting communal passions, the central reality in India is not abuse of the law, but persistent...
Foreign Comment on Human Rights in India A G Noorani BY now S B Chavan, the union home minister, has acquired an unenviable record for gaffes and volte faces. On September 21 in London he invited...
Secrecy and Judicial Proceedings A G Noorani The public and the press have a right to attend criminal courts unless there is an overriding public interest which requires that the proceedings be in...
Minority Rights and Human Rights A G Noorani It might interest our anti-minorities BJP and its fellow-travellers in the media and academia to know that the world over there is growing concern over...
European country for the purchase of either crude oil or oil products or for the construction of a refinery. That the Shell, Stanvac and Caltex refineries were forced to renegotiate the 'refinery...
Free Speech and Meetings A G Noorani In Tamil Nadu it is not only the freedom of the press which is in peril The right to hold public meetings has also come under a cloud as result of orders by...
intellectuals to emancipate themselves from the constraints of a leftist past and to uphold new mainstream humanist moral values. Andre Glucksmann, once a Maoist who deems himself a neutral,...
Local Bodies Cannot Sue for Libel A G Noorani In India the Criminal Procedure Code was amended to provide a special procedure for prosecuting persons who have defamed 'public servants' in respect of...
Can a Source Sue a Journalist? A G Noorani Can a journalist voluntarily disclose a source of information in breach of a promise of secrecy to the source? There is no ruling of Indian courts on the...
Libel by Misquotation A G Noorani The US Supreme Court has held that an altered quotation is protected from the charge of libel as long as it was a 'rational interpretation' of what was said.
