Topic: draconian laws

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to all states, Union territories and Registrar Generals of all High Courts over the use of the section 66A of Information Technology (IT) Act, despite it being struck down in March 2015.

The DNA Profiling Bill (officially known as the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019) is yet another draconian legislation in the making, which has urgent implications on questions of justice, privacy, and rule of law in India.

Jaiswal is a member of the Committee on Judicial Accountability which is a group of eminent lawyers of India who work to improve the accountability of judges. In July, the veteran lawyer spoke with Maktoob's Shaheen Abdulla about the depleting trust among law fraternity to access justice.

Abdul Wahid Shaikh's 500 plus pages book published by Pharos publication, will be one of the most poignant contemporary prison literature, which has scanned and exposed the Indian state apparatus most blatantly.

Supreme Court has on Monday ordered release of Manipur based political activist Erendro Leichombam, who was detained under the draconian National Security Act over a Facebook post that cow dung or cow urine will not cure COVID-19.

According to the Union Home Ministry data, a total of 326 cases were registered in the country under the draconian law on sedition between 2014 and 2019 in which just six persons were convicted.