The petitioners/law students undertook a detailed study and found that no adequate safety equipment was provided to workers Manual Scavengers Act A Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Ajai Kumar Srivastava has taken cognisance of a Public Interest […]
MYSURU: Farmers, dalit and labour unions in Mysuru on Thursday called off Friday’s proposed bandh against the recently-enacted farm laws. Instead, only a protest march will be taken out in the city. “We could not talk to all the like […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — The government order on the night of March 24, 2020, was abrupt but clear: In four hours, India and its 1.4 billion people would be locked down entirely because of the coronavirus. Ganesh Chaurasia, 42, a […]
In a statement on the condition of India’s migrant workers one year after the COVID-19 lockdown, the Working Peoples Charter (WPC) network has regretted that “India does not have a central, formidable policy or law to safeguard its migrant workforce […]
The plea seeks invoking of charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against employers of manual scavengers, who end up dying on the job By Sanchita Kadam Manual Scavengers The Supreme Court has adjourned a plea filed in 2019, […]
According to the Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project, the vulnerable were hurt disproportionately. By Anurag Ekka On March 24, 2020, the Union government announced a stringent lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. A slew of disaster management regulations […]
In The Swaddle’s interview series Tell Me More, we discuss crucial cultural topics with people whose work pushes societal boundaries. By Aditi Murti Dr. Sylvia Karpagam is a public health doctor and researcher, with a focus on public health systems […]
Marking International Women’s Day and Savitri Bai Phule’s Death Anniversary, the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), which observed Feminist Week of Resistance and Reflections from March 7 March 14, has recalled “responsibility” of the state for ensuring the ‘basics’ […]
The court directed the state to pay compensation of Rs. 10 lakh in addition to the compensation paid by the contractor Manual Scavengers The Kerala High Court has directed the Kerala Water Authority to ensure payment of compensation of Rs. […]
The Court opined that heads of corporations and municipalities should be personally held responsible for deaths of manual scavengers Amidst persistent incidents of manual scavenging deaths in the state, the Madras High Court, on March 16, opined, “It is high-time […]
