The Supreme Court and High Court must act to restore the public faith that the judiciary does bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution. Read statement by People’s Union for Civil Liberties-Karnataka and All India Lawyers Association for Justice: ...
June 18, 2024 PUCL Karnataka is deeply shocked to observe a steep rise in the number of murders and akin violence against people in inter-community relationships. In the last decade, it has been reported that the number of reported murders of people in inter-caste and inter-faith relations, referred to in the media as ‘honour killings’, ...
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ತಾರೀಕು 17.05.2022 ರಂದು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರವು ಒಂದು ಅಸಾಧಾರಣ ಕ್ರಮದ ಮೂಲಕ “ಕನಾ೯ಟಕಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರದ ಹಕ್ಕು ರಕ್ಷಣೆ -2022” ಎಂಬ ಸುಗ್ರೀವಾಜ್ಞೆ ಹೊರಡಿಸಿದೆ. ಈ ಸುಗ್ರೀವಾಜ್ಞೆಹೊರಡಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಸನ್ನಿವೇಶವಾಗಲೀ , ತುರ್ತಾಗಲೀ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಇದು ಭಾರತದ ಸಂವಿಧಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ಘೋರಅಪಚಾರ. ಇದು ಸಂವಿಧಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಶಾಸಕಾಂಗ, ಕಾರ್ಯಾಂಗ ಮತ್ತು ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗಗಳಿಗೆ ವಿಧಿಸಿರುವ ಅಧಿಕಾರವಿಭಜನೆಯ ತತ್ವಗಳ ಅಣಕವಾಗಿದೆ. ಶಾಸಕಾಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಶಾಸನ ಮಾಡುವ ಅಧಿಕಾರವನ್ನು ಸಂವಿಧಾನನೀಡಿದೆ. ಕಾರ್ಯಾಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಈ ಅಧಿಕಾರ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಈ ತಿದ್ದುಪಡಿ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಭಾರತೀಯರಿಗೆ ಸಂವಿಧಾನ ಖಾತ್ರಿ ಪಡಿಸಿರುವ ...
On the 17th May, 2022, the Governor of Karnataka in an extraordinary move, promulgated The Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2022. There were no urgent circumstances necessitating the promulgation of the ordinance. The promulgation of this ordinace is a ‘fraud on the Constitution’ and makes a mockery of the theory of ...
PUCL is shocked at the continuing inaction on the part of the Karnataka Government and as well as the State Education Department failing to step in and put an end to the needless controversy at PU College in Kundapura around the right of Muslim women to attend college wearing the hijab. By their continued inaction, ...
PUCL Statement: Oppose Dilution of Labour Laws!!Labour Laws Necessary to Protect Fundamental Rights of Workers PUCL is deeply concerned at the swiftness with which many states in the nation are dismantling the protection afforded to workers under their various labour laws. These laws provide many of the basic guarantees to workers – ensuring that employees ...
Documents related to PUCL’s writ petition in the High Court of Karnataka pertaining to the COVID 19 Lockdown Letter from PUCL-K to the CJ of Karnataka is here Order dated 26 March is here Order dated 30 March is here Order dated 3 April is here Order dated 7 April is here Order dated 9 ...
PRESS RELEASE | BANGALORE, 12 April , 2020 PUCL feedback report on the status of implementation of the food security shemes and old age pension scheme in Karnataka shows several gaps Government needs to address these gaps immediately , else issue of malnutrition will become worse This to bring to the kind notice media with ...