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MJ Akbar V. Priya Ramani
IN THE COURT OF SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, ACMM-01, ROUSE AVENUE DISTRICT COURTS, NEW DELHI Complaint Case No. 05/2019 CNR No. DLCT12-000025-2019 Mobashar Jawed Akbar Vs. Priya Ramani 17.02.2021 ID No. : 05/2019 CNR No. DLCT12-000025-2019 Date of commission of offence : 08.10.2018 Date of institution of the case : 18.10.2018 Name of the complainant : Mr. Mobashar Jawed Akbar S/o Sh. Sheikh Akbar Ali, Name of accused person and : Ms. Priya Ramani address Offence complained of : U/s 500 IPC read with Section 499 IPC Plea of the accused : Pleaded not guilty Final order : Accused acquitted regarding commission of offence punishable U/s 500 IPC. Date of judgment : 17.02.2021 . -2- J U D G M E N T 1. As per complaint of the complainant, complainant Mobashar Jawed Akbar is a Politician who was Minister of State in External Affairs and is a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh State. It is averred that complainant is a veteran indian journalist and is author of several renowned books. It is also averred that complainant is married having two children. It is averred that he was Member of Parliament between 1989 and 1991. It is also averred that he was appointed as National Spokes Person during the year 2014 in General Elections and in the July 2015, he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand State. It is averred that complainant had a long carrier in journalism and he launched India©s First Weekly Political News Magazine, Sunday in the year 1996 and two daily Newspapers, The Telegraph and The Asian Age in the year 1989 and 1994 respectively. -
Resistance from Within Muslims Against the Practice of Thple Divorce
S THE DEBATE OVCT the issue Aof triple divorce is becoming more and more pronounced and sharply focused, it is evident that a majority of the educationally and Resistance From Within economically well-off Muslims, both men and women, are against the Muslims against the Practice of THple Divorce pronouncement of triple divorce in a Askari Zaidi single sitting. Most of the lower income Muslim men, however, appear to be in favourof its continuation, It was a routine fatwa given by a the Shariat Act, 1937. It would be valid though their women differ from them. scholar belonging to the Jamiat Ahle only if three pronouncements are This was clearly brought out by a Hadees, a small Muslim sect which made in three consecutive terms of survey conducted jointly by MRAS/ believes in the supremacy of Hadees “ritual purity” (monthly menstrual Burke, a market research agency, and (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad), course). The Pioneer in Delhi and Lucknow, in May this year that sparked off the The Jamiat Ulemai Hind (JUH), a as well as a convention held in the controversy. The fatwa, first body of Muslim theologians capital on August 8. pub-lished in the Jamiat’s magazine belonging to the Deoband Darul The day-long convention was titled Jarida Tarjumaan, of May 21, Uloom, however, called a press called by the Muslim Intelligentsia and later quoted in several newspaper conference in July and denounced the Meet (a social movement launched in re-ports, was generated from a case stand taken by the Ahle Hadees. The tfie aftermath of the Ayodhya tragedy) involving aman of western Uttar JUH holds the view that the to evolve a consensus in the Pradesh who had pronounced ‘talaq’ pronouncement of triple divorce in community on the issue of triple thrice to his wife in a fit of anger but one sitting is irrevocable, and if the divorce. -
The Saffron Wave Meets the Silent Revolution: Why the Poor Vote for Hindu Nationalism in India
THE SAFFRON WAVE MEETS THE SILENT REVOLUTION: WHY THE POOR VOTE FOR HINDU NATIONALISM IN INDIA A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Tariq Thachil August 2009 © 2009 Tariq Thachil THE SAFFRON WAVE MEETS THE SILENT REVOLUTION: WHY THE POOR VOTE FOR HINDU NATIONALISM IN INDIA Tariq Thachil, Ph. D. Cornell University 2009 How do religious parties with historically elite support bases win the mass support required to succeed in democratic politics? This dissertation examines why the world’s largest such party, the upper-caste, Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has experienced variable success in wooing poor Hindu populations across India. Briefly, my research demonstrates that neither conventional clientelist techniques used by elite parties, nor strategies of ideological polarization favored by religious parties, explain the BJP’s pattern of success with poor Hindus. Instead the party has relied on the efforts of its ‘social service’ organizational affiliates in the broader Hindu nationalist movement. The dissertation articulates and tests several hypotheses about the efficacy of this organizational approach in forging party-voter linkages at the national, state, district, and individual level, employing a multi-level research design including a range of statistical and qualitative techniques of analysis. In doing so, the dissertation utilizes national and author-conducted local survey data, extensive interviews, and close observation of Hindu nationalist recruitment techniques collected over thirteen months of fieldwork. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Tariq Thachil was born in New Delhi, India. He received his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Stanford University in 2003. -
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Evening daily Imphal Times Wanted man joining protest at Keishampat Leimajam Leikai Community Hall Regd.No. MANENG /2013/51092 Volume 4, Issue 184, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 www.imphaltimes.com Maliyapham Palcha Kumshing 3414 2/- Najma Heptulla Wanted man Khomdram Ratan Amnesty Intl. India appointed issued a rebuttal of Manipur joins relay hunger strike the charges against it Governor IT News Imphal, Aug 17: The man who By : Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar was declared ‘wanted’ by the Amnesty International India, which was booked in a case state police department and of “sedition” and “promoting enmity” by Bengaluru police which carries a cash reward of on Independence Day, has issued a detailed rebuttal of the Rs. 5,00,000/- to any persons allegations levelled against it. The organisation was booked who can provide information for putting together an event on the violation of human about is whereabouts on June rights experienced by families from Jammu and Kashmir. 2, 2016 – Khomdram Ratan The organisation has said it was independent of any today joined relay hunger political, economic or ideological interests, stating that its PTI strike protest being underway vision is for every person in India to enjoy the rights New Delhi, Aug 17: Former at Keishampat Leimajam Leikai enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Union Minister Najma Community Hall demanding other international human rights standards and those Heptulla was today made implementation of the Inner guaranteed by the Constitution of India. Governor of Manipur while Line permit System in the state. Amnesty said the allegations levelled against it were ex-Rajya Sabha MP V P Interestingly the relay hunger baseless, pointing out that three of the families interviewed Singh Badnore goes to strike is being underway, since no arrest has been made. -
NHD 2019 Shah Bano National
Shah Bano and India’s Postcolonial Predicament: Gender vs. Religion Ishan Prasad Senior Division Historical Paper Paper Length: 2,498 words “And for divorced women is a provision according to what is acceptable—a duty upon the righteous.” - The Qur’an, 2:241 In April 1978, Shah Bano, a 62-year-old Muslim woman from the north Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, filed a suit demanding maintenance payments from her husband after he kicked her out of the family home. Little did she know that her small plea for gender justice would result in sectarian strife on a scale not seen since the birth of the nation. Neither communalism nor misogyny is new to India, but during the Shah Bano case, gender and religion briefly shared the same stage, each staking out competing claims.1 For while Shah Bano petitioned the courts for legal rights promised to all female citizens, her ex-husband, Mohammad Ahmad Khan, asserted that Islamic law exempted him from providing for her. India, then, found itself between Scylla and Charybdis, as women clamored for gender rights and the Muslim minority fought to preserve its religious identity. Women’s rights advocates initially triumphed with a favorable Supreme Court ruling, but their victory was short-lived, as Parliament quickly passed legislation overturning the Court’s decision. Thus, political considerations, in concert with powerful colonial legacies, led to the triumph of religious rights over gender rights. Shah Bano’s loss was decried as a tragedy by women’s organizations, while Muslim leadership hailed triumphant in their quest to safeguard Muslim religious practice. -
Annual Report 2019-20 | 1
CENTRE FOR WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT STUDIES Annual Report 2019 - 2020 25, Bhai Vir Singh Marg ( Gole Market) New Delhi - 110 001, India Ph.: 91-11-23345530, 23365541, 23366930 Fax:91-11-23346044 E.mail: [email protected] / [email protected] http://www.cwds.ac.in C o n t e n t s From the Director’s Desk ii Introduction 1 Organisational Structure 3 Research Activities 6 Action Research 26 Teaching Women’s Studies 33 Policy Perspectives’/ Advocacy and Networking 38 Library and Information Services 41 Seminars/ Workshops/ Conferences 46 Publications and Faculty Participation 61 Financial Report 78 List of Life Members, Staff 79 i From the Director’s Desk TTThe annual report of CWDS for the year 2019-20, gives an overview of our activities during the academic year. As is evident from the report, CWDS activities during the period were diverse, though research remained our primary focus. Despite the small size of the faculty, we have taken up many research activities and have been able to contribute and intervene effectively. A few research projects were completed and the rest are ongoing, of which some were initiated in 2019-20. Efforts to build new collaborations and partnership continued, as these efforts have not only helped the centre to generate additional funds but also widen the areas and scope of research and other related activities. The action research project in parts of West Bengal which continued with the ongoing project on Tasar silk cultivation in Bankura supported by the Department of Sericulture came to an end in March 2020. -
635301449163371226 IIC ANNUAL REPORT 2013-14 5-3-2014.Pdf
2013-2014 2013 -2014 Annual Report IND I A INTERNAT I ONAL CENTRE 2013-2014 IND I A INTERNAT I ONAL CENTRE New Delhi Board of Trustees Mr. Soli J. Sorabjee, President Justice (Retd.) B.N. Srikrishna Professor M.G.K. Menon Mr. L.K. Joshi Dr. (Smt.) Kapila Vatsyayan Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, Director Mr. N. N. Vohra Executive Members Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, Director Professor Dinesh Singh Mr. K. Raghunath Dr. Biswajit Dhar Dr. (Ms) Sukrita Paul Kumar Cmde.(Retd.) Ravinder Datta, Secretary Cmde.(Retd.) C. Uday Bhaskar Mr. P.R. Sivasubramanian, Hony. Treasurer Mrs. Meera Bhatia Finance Committee Justice (Retd.) B.N. Srikrishna, Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, Director Chairman Mr. P.R. Sivasubramanian, Hony. Treasurer Mr. M. Damodaran Cmde. (Retd.) Ravinder Datta, Secretary Cmde.(Retd.) C. Uday Bhaskar Mr. Ashok K. Chopra, Chief Finance Officer Medical Consultants Dr. K.P. Mathur Dr. Rita Mohan Dr. K.A. Ramachandran Dr. Gita Prakash Dr. Mohammad Qasim IIC Senior Staff Ms Omita Goyal, Chief Editor Mr. A.L. Rawal, Dy. General Manager Dr. S. Majumdar, Chief Librarian Mr. Vijay Kumar, Executive Chef Ms Premola Ghose, Chief, Programme Division Mr. Inder Butalia, Sr. Finance and Accounts Officer Mr. Arun Potdar, Chief, Maintenance Division Ms Hema Gusain, Purchase Officer Mr. Amod K. Dalela, Administration Officer Ms Seema Kohli, Membership Officer Annual Report 2013-2014 It is a privilege to present the 53rd Annual Report of the India International Centre for the period 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014. The Board of Trustees reconstituted the Finance Committee for the two-year period April 2013 to March 2015 with Justice B.N. -
Defence Reforms: a National Imperative Editors: Gurmeet Kanwal and Neha Kohli
DEFENCE REFORMS A National Imperative DEFENCE REFORMS A National Imperative Editors Gurmeet Kanwal Neha Kohli INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES & ANALYSES NEW DELHI PENTAGON PRESS Defence Reforms: A National Imperative Editors: Gurmeet Kanwal and Neha Kohli First Published in 2018 Copyright © Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi ISBN 978-93-86618-34-4 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without first obtaining written permission of the copyright owner. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this book are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, or the Government of India. Published by PENTAGON PRESS 206, Peacock Lane, Shahpur Jat New Delhi-110049 Phones: 011-64706243, 26491568 Telefax: 011-26490600 email: [email protected] website: www.pentagonpress.in In association with Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses No. 1, Development Enclave, New Delhi-110010 Phone: +91-11-26717983 Website: www.idsa.in Printed at Avantika Printers Private Limited. Contents Preface vii About the Authors xi 1. Introduction: The Need for Defence Reforms 1 Gurmeet Kanwal SECTION I REFORMS IN OTHER MILITARIES 2. Reforms Initiated by Major Military Powers 17 Rajneesh Singh 3. Military Might: New Age Defence Reforms in China 28 Monika Chansoria SECTION II STRUCTURAL REFORMS 4. Higher Defence Organisation: Independence to the Mid-1990s 51 R. Chandrashekhar 5. Defence Reforms: The Vajpayee Years 66 Anit Mukherjee 6. Defence Planning: A Review 75 Narender Kumar 7. -
India Diversity on the Brink
40 IFJ PRESS FREEDOM REPORT 2018–2019 INDIA DIVERSITY ON THE BRINK olitics is always first on the order of business of the Indian offence over social media is detected. press, the calendar in a complex, federal polity being Responding to an urgent call from the ECI on March 19, packed with electoral contests at some level or the other. social media platforms and internet services instituted a claimed Five keenly contested elections to state legislative stringent audit of content. According to its public affairs head for assemblies in the latter half of 2018 were a prelude to South Asia, Facebook appointed seven fact-checkers specifically the seven-stage poll by which India will elect its 17th tasked with monitoring election related content in India. PLok Sabha, or lower house of parliament, by May 23, 2019. But However, the process is for Facebook to refer specific stories the polling process in the world’s largest democracy took place which are flagged by users to the fact-checking process. against a backdrop of serious allegations of bias in the Indian The three-page code drafted by social media platforms media and the growing problem of fake news. Until recently, and internet services gives a commitment to keep a channel the main challenge that election oversight bodies faced was open to the ECI on all matters of priority, submit featured identified as ‘paid news’, or candidates obtaining favourable political advertising to certification by an empowered body, media coverage in exchange for cash. But fake news and online and ensure the transparency of promotional material using abuse, propelled by social media, have been game-changers. -
Parliamentary Documentation
Parliamentary Documentation Vol. XXXV (16-31 January, 2009) No.2 AGRICULTURE -AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES-TEA 1 ROY, Subrata Cheer runneth over. BUSINESS INDIA, No.804, 2009(11.1.2009): P.116-118 Assesses the growth of tea industry in India. ** Agriculture-Agricultural Commodities-Tea. -AGRICULTURAL POLICY-(INDIA) 2 Indian agriculture and globalisation process. MONTHLY PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY, V.54(N.3), 2008(December 2008): P.3-6 ** Agriculture-Agricultural Policy-(India). -AGRICULTURAL TRADE 3 Global trade in farm commodities. MONTHLY PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY, V.54(N.2), 2008(November 2008): P.2-8 ** Agriculture-Agricultural Trade. -ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 4 LANDGE, S.P. Constraints in goat farming in Marathwada region of Maharashtra. INDIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, V.49(No.4), 2008(Oct- Dec 08): P.401-404 Highlights the problems of goat keepers. ** Agriculture-Animal Husbandry. -FARMS AND FARMERS 5 JOHL, S.S. Organic farming useful. TRIBUNE, 2009(28.1.2009) ** Agriculture-Farms and Farmers. -FERTILIZERS AND MANURES 6 Pesticides hazard (Editorial). ASSAM TRIBUNE, 2009(31.1.2009) ** Agriculture-Fertilizers and Manures. ** - Keywords 1 -FISHING AND FISHERIES-SHRIMP FARMING 7 SWATHI LEKSHMI, P.S. and OTHERS Perception of attributes of shrimp farming technologies by shrimp farmers. INDIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, V.49(No.4), 2008(Oct- Dec 08): P.369-383 ** Agriculture-Fishing and Fisheries-Shrimp Farming. -FORESTS AND FORESTRY 8 KOHLI, Kanchi and MENON, Manju Lost in the woods. HINDUSTAN TIMES, 2009(29.1.2009) Comments on the Government for passing of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2008, in haste. ** Agriculture-Forests and Forestry. 9 Save forests (Editorial). ASSAM TRIBUNE, 2009(17.1.2009) Expresses concern over large scale enchroachment of forests in Assam. -
Resources Against Communalism and Religious Fundamentalism in India
Resources Against Communalism and Religious Fundamentalism in India Researched and compiled by Harsh Kapoor WLUML Research, Information & Documentation Unit Bibliographies and Resources Series April 1995 2 Preface India’s most noble commitments to secularism and democratic governence have been under the most brazen attack in the last fifteen years. The forces of Hindutva have been steadily undermining the painfuly accumulated secular achievements of the freedom movement and the Nehru period in independent India. Since Nehru’s death, successive governments have more or less allowed the communalist tendency in the country to go unchecked. They have been appeasing communal elements among majority (the Hindus) before and after the destruction of the mosque in Ayodhya, and at the same time encouraging the most communal reaction amongst Muslims, as is evident from the Congress government’s support of the Muslim Women’s Bill. They must do this for their survival because it is the only way for them to retain some measure of their once populist base, given the fact that that base has dwindled because of the governments manifest failure to solve the basic problems of economic deprivation of the majority of its population and social discrimination against its lowest castes and tribes. Communal politics thrives under these conditions and even avowedly secular governments and political parties too succumb to it. It would be an understatement to say that there is now a crisis. The crisis has set in deeply, communal forces are in power in some of the most politically important regions of the country, and the destruction of the mosque in Ayodhya has shown that these forces have no regard for the basic constitutional commitments of the country. -
Lok Sabha Debates
1LQWK6HULHV9RO;,,,1R10 Friday-DQXDU\11 3DXVD1 6DND /2.6$%+$'(%$7(6 (QJOLVK9HUVLRQ 6L[WK6HVVLRQ 1LQWK/RN6DEKD 9RO;,,,FRQWDLQV1RWR /2.6$%+$6(&5(7$5,$7 1(:'(/+, 3ULFH5V CONTENTS rNinth Series, Vol. XIII, Sixth SClsion, 1991/1912 (Saka)] No. 10, Friday, January 11, ] 991 IPausa 2], 1912 (Sata) COLPMNS Papers Laid on the Table ]-6 Message from Rajya Sabha 7 Rt:. Alleged Relnarks made by Prime Minister about 7-32 Functioning of Tamil Nadu Government Re. Holding of UPSC Examinations in all Indian 34-40, language'i 46-58 Re. Establishment of Statutory Development Boards 41-46 for Vidarbha, Marathwada and Konkan in Maha- rashtra Statement by Minister 86-90 The Budget Defictt-Aprd-November, 1990 Shri Ya'thwant Sinha Central Agricultural Univer'lity BilJ- 'ntroduced 91 Joint Committee on Representation of the People 92-96 (Amendnlcnt) Bill Nomination of Members of Lok Sahha to the Committee Matters under Rule 377 96-106 (0 Need to take steps to check increase In 96-97 accident<; on National Highways Shr) C. P. Mudala Giriyappa (ii) Need to give priority to construction of main 97 J'ailway line between Latur Road and Kunad- wadi via Osmanabad in Maharashtra Shli Arvind Tulshiram Kamble (Iii) Need to conduct U.P.S.C. Examinations in 98 all Indian languages Shri KapiJ Dev Sha~tri (iv) Need to expedite construction of Malayora 98-99 Railway Line from Angamaly to Achencoil in Kera'a Shri P. C. Thoma" (I) (ii) COLUMNS (v) Need to reinstate the victimised railway 99 employees Shri A. K. Roy (vi) Need to implement National Industrial 99--·100 Tribunal award regarding payment of salary and allowances to employees of Regional Rural Banks at par with those of sponsored Banks Shri Chitta Basu (vIi) Need for adequate supply of LPG in the 100-101 country Shri Satynarayan Jatiya (viii) Need to streamline the procedure of issuing 101 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe(,j certificates Shri Chand Ram (ix) Need to bring Hindustan Shipyard Limited.