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New Delhi, 30/07/2015: Journalists wait outside Supreme Court to hear final verdict on Yakub Memon's mercy plea. For the first time in an un- precedented overnight hearing SC ruled out mercy plea, clears the way for Yakub Memon's execution for his role in 1993 Mumbai Blast. Yakub, who turn 53yrs today, will hang at 7 a.m. at Nagpur Jail.
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Legal crusaders

The death penalty litigation clinic provides legal representation and aid to death-row convicts, especially those from the economically and socially b

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An Indian man surfs the internet inside an internet cafe in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. India's top court reaffirmed people's right to free speech in cyberspace Tuesday by striking down a provision that had called for imprisoning people who send 'offensive' messages by computer or mobile phone. The provision, known as Section 66A of the 2008 Information Technology Act, says sending such messages is a crime punishable by up to three years in prison. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Gags in virtual space

The revelation that the government has been blocking websites causes concern.

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A worker carries coal in a basket at a coal wholesale market in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. India, the world’s third-largest coal consumer, imported 43 percent more of the fuel than a year ago on increased demand from power stations and steelmakers, according to shipping data, and is set to eclipse China as the top importer of power station coal by 2014. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

Privatising profits

The privatisation move comes against the backdrop of a Supreme Court judgment against mala fide and arbitrary allocation of natural resources to priva

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DHANBAD, JHARKHAND, 13/01/2014: Cautious stance: Blanket cancellation of blocks will hamper investments into the sector. Workers are uploading coals on the Truck at Dhanbad Coal Mines on Janury 13, 2014.
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Mines of scam

The Supreme Court’s landmark judgment on coal mines has led to the demand for the withdrawal of illegal allocations to private companies. It is pointe

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NEW DELHI, 08/05/2013: Advocate Prashant Bhushan, petitioner in the coal block allocation case, arrives to addressing the media persons after hearing on the coal blocks, at the Supreme Court, in New Delhi on May 08, 2013. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar.

For private interests

In the coal blocks allocation case, the government tries to buy time citing inflated investment costs and putative losses of corporates as a defence a

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Miners work at the Gevra coalmines in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Asia's largest opencast coalmine, November 21, 2009. Although India has announced a new climate plan which identifies renewable energy such as solar power as key elements, coal remains the backbone of energy supply in India where almost half the 1.1 billion population still has no electricity. Picture taken November 21, 2009. To match feature INDIA-CLIMATE/COAL. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT)

Vassal States?

The affidavits filed by State governments in the Supreme Court in the coal block allocations case indicate that the Centre considerably curtailed thei

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Taking on patriarchy

In Tamil Nadu, there are Muslim women activists fighting on all fronts for gender justice.

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Fiber optic cables carrying internet providers are seen running into a server room at Intergate.Manhattan, a data center owned and developed by Sabey Data Center Properties, during a tour of the facility in lower Manhattan, in New York, March 20, 2013.The 32-story building will be the largest high-rise data center in the world with 600,000 square feet (55,742 square meters) of data center floor space and 40 Megawatts of electrical capacity. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY REAL ESTATE BUSINESS)

Indian help

Network security agreements that Reliance Communications and VSNL signed with U.S. government departments oblige them to share data carried on their i

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B.LINE:Employees of BSNL/MTNL during a demo demanding immediate repatriation of non-optee ITS officers who are working on depution in BSNL/MTNL since its formation . in the Capital on 22-11-2011. Pic : Kamal Narang

Skewed plan

The Department of Telecommunications’ plan to revive BSNL and MTNL primarily hinges on massive job cuts while leaving unaddressed policy decisions tha

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New Delhi, February 19, 2009 : Management Guru and Director, IIPM, Arindam Chaudhuri in New Delhi on Thursday, February 19, 2009. Photo by - Rajeev_ Bhatt.

Cyber crackdown

The blocking of a large number of URLs containing allegedly defamatory content against the IIPM raises concerns about the frequent use of interim inju

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