Tag: high court

  • Callousness over Rampal power plant, and cruelty

    They started work on awarding India a job of building and operating coal power plants back in early 2010 – soon after the prime minister signed a 55-point joint communique with Manmohan Singh including the one involving power sector cooperation. No protests were there about the agreements until early 2011 when the PDB held a…

  • Bangladeshi Hindus: The Satkhira frustration

    Published on ebangladesh.com So, still, there are some people, belong to different political organisations or they might be fans of influential personalities, either religious or social, who do not think twice before swooping on the minorities physically or verbally when they hear of any sort of threat is made against them or coming towards ‘Islam’.…

  • Death penalty for contaminating fruits

    The High Court Wednesday ordered police to file criminal cases against culprits for using toxic chemical to ripen and preserve fruits and sell them under the Special Power Act. The maximum punishment for such offence is “death penalty”. The order comes following a writ petition filed by lawyer Manzill Murshid as public interest litigation on…

  • Remove power plant from the Sundarbans

    Published on ‘Responding to Climate Change’ on 23 February 2012 The Sundarbans are located in the dark green areas (NASA) The Sundarbans is one of the largest remaining mangrove forests in the world, and lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. The area is rich in…

  • Laws, not only be followed, but also be stricter

    HC GUIDELINES ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT The High Court in its order on May 14 last year laid some guidelines and asked the authorities to set up sexual harassment complaint centres at work places, educational institutions and constitute committees to investigate charges. A woman will head such committee that will have no fewer than five members,…

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