T. K Naveenachandran, Nervazhi; Bidyut Mohanty, SPREAD; Bijo Francis, Dr. Rajat Mitra, Shiv Karan Singh and Avinash Pandey, all from A LRC 1. Are all persons and authorities bound by […]
India: Prosecutorial division is one of the most corrupt
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India’s dharmachakra seen but not felt
Bijo Francis, Programme Officer, Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong The concept of justice was once not alien to India. The logo of the Supreme Court depicts the dharmachakra, the […]
Book review: Memories of a father
Bijo Francis, Advocate, Kerala, India Varier, T V Eachara, Memories of a father, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong, China, May 2004, ISBN 962-8314-23-8, 116pp. Torture and disappearances have […]
Broken-down prosecutors, thrown-out victims
Bijo Francis, Advocate, Kerala, India The acquittal of the accused in the ‘Best Bakery case’ arising out of the Gujarat massacre epitomises the decline of the Indian judicial system. Recently […]
‘Modi-tva’ and Indian nationalism after Gujarat
Meryam Dabhoiwala, Researcher, Asian Legal Resource Centre 15 August 2007 will mark India’s 60th Independence Day celebrations. Hopefully those celebrations will truly be celebratory in nature, fulfilling the promises […]
India’s graduate schools of crime
– Bijo Francis, Advocate, Kerala, India The condition of the jails in India is deplorable even in comparison to any of its other basic public facilities. The money spent on […]