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CBI to face legal hurdles for extradition from 158 countries despite Law Commission’s recommendations to apply death penalty only in terror cases

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New Delhi:  Asian Centre for Human Rights in its report, “India: Not Safe for Extradition of those facing Death Penalty?” released today stated that despite the Law Commission’s recommendations for speedy abolition of the death penalty from the statute books, except in cases where the accused is convicted of involvement in a terror case, the Central […]

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ACHR welcomes commutation of death sentence of Krishna Mochi & others by President Pranab Mukherjee

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New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today welcomed the commutation of death sentence of four death row convicts i.e. Krishna Mochi, Nanhe Lal Mochi, Bir Kuer Paswan and Dharmendra Singh @ Dharu Singh by President Pranab Mukherjee. They were convicted in the Bara massacre case of 13 February 1993 in Bihar. The State Government […]

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The MTP Amendment Bill, 2014: India’s Beti Mar Do Campaign

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In its pursuit of introducing India’s civilisational values in the field of medicine, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led Government of India has proposed further amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971 in October 2014 to allow AYUSH practitioners (excluding Yoga and Naturopathy), homeopaths, nurses and auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) to conduct […]

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