Verdict on Prashant Bhushan: Display of Intolerance

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 17THE verdict of the three-member bench of the Supreme Court holding senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court is unfortunate and uncalled for.

Anti-betterment Levy Struggle in Punjab

THE heroic struggle of the Punjab peasants against the betterment levy in 1959, added a glorious chapter to the history of the Indian peasant movement.

KARNATAKA: CPI(M) Condemns Bengaluru Violence, Facebook Post that Acted as Trigger

THE Karnataka state committee of CPI(M) has condemned the violence in DJ Halli and KG Halli areas of Bengaluru earlier this month, during which four people were killed and properties worth crores of rupees, including two police stations and the house of the local MLA, were damaged.

Will There Ever Be Elections Again in Bolivia?

ON November 10, 2019, President Evo Morales Ayma of Bolivia announced his resignation from the presidency. Morales had been elected in 2014 to a third presidential term, which should have lasted until January 2020. In November 2019, protests around his fourth electoral victory in October led to the police and the military asking Morales to step down; by every description of the term, this was a coup d’état.

Hollow on Health, Jobs and Economic Revival

THE prime minister’s speech on Independence Day was watched with anticipation to see if he would announce any new initiatives to deal with the health crisis caused by the pandemic and the related economic crisis which has resulted in large-scale loss of jobs and livelihoods.On both counts, the speech disappointed. In the past six months, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the pathetic state of public health care in India. Over the decades, successive governments have neglected public health and government expenditure on health is barely one per cent of GDP. With the pandemic still ragi

Drive for Privatisation of Healthcare: NDHM

IN his Independence Day speech this year, the prime minister has made a ‘major’ announcement. It is about the launching of NDHM (National Digital Health Mission). He said, “From today, a major campaign is being launched in which technology will play a big role. The National Digital Health Mission is being launched today. This will bring a new revolution in India’s health sector and it will help reduce problems in getting treatment with the help of technology,” PM has said.What NDHM scheme proposes to do for the citizen’s healthcare?

CTUs Condemn FIRs on Activists for Aug 9 Protest

THE joint platform of central trade union organisations condemned the filing of FIRs against the workers who were peacefully protesting against the labour policy, disinvestment and privatisation of public sector enterprises on August 9.

An Elementary Misconception about the Hindu Rashtra

THE BJP as we know is a Hindu-supremacist party. It is the political front of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a fascistic organisation which believes in establishing a Hindu rashtra. Though the BJP itself cannot openly espouse this vision because of its need to remain within the four corners of the constitution, it is trying its best to realise this vision de facto. But what does a Hindu rashtra really mean? The fact that it entails the subversion of secularism and the reduction of the Muslim minority, in particular, to the status of second class citizens, is clear.

Conviction of Prashant Bhushan for Contempt of Court Alarming: AILU

THE All India Lawyers Union (AILU) has expressed its deep concern and anguish over the recent conviction of Prashant Bhushan for criminal contempt of court by the Supreme Court. The judgement sets a bad precedent and hampers free speech and fair criticism of the Supreme Court, the judiciary and its role in India’s democracy.Judgments of the Supreme Court in several landmark cases – A K Gopalan case, bank nationalisation case, Kesavananda Bharati case, ADM Jabalpur case, Maneka Gandhi case, S R Bommai case, Fourth Judges case, privacy matter, aadhaar case, Sabarimala case, etc.

AIDWA Hails SC Judgement on Equal Coparcenary Rights for Women

THE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) in a statement issued on August 10, has expressed its agreement with the latest three bench Supreme Court judgement which clarifies the law relating to a daughter’s right under Section 6 of the amended Hindu Succession Act (HSA) in 2005. The amendments in the HSA in 2005 made the daughter an equal coparcener (member) in the joint Hindu family governed by the Mitakshara law and removed the restriction on her from asking for partition of a joint family property.

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