Universities must protect the spirit of critical inquiry, not surrender to the blackmail of mob violence! Government of Karnataka must unilaterally withdraw the prosecution which targets the students! PUCL Karnataka strongly condemns the attack on students of Azim Premji University and the members of Spark Reading Circle by members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. ...
A fact-finding report on the human rights violations in Honnavar by All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), Fridays For Future Karnataka (FFF-K), and People’s Union for Civil Liberties-Karnataka (PUCL-K) was released on 4th November, 2025 at Press Club, Bengaluru. The report is a follow-up to a fact-finding conducted in 2024, to document more ...
PUCL-K is shocked that Mr. Mankal Vaidya, a sitting Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying of Karnataka, addressed a press briefing on February 3, 2025 and threatened to shoot and kill those who smuggle cattle in the state. He also made communal remarks, suggesting that the BJP MLA Dinakar Shetty is now Dinakar Khan, ...
We herewith inform the Government officials, Bank officials, the District Collector and District Superintendent of Police and other officials, Media, as well as to bring the attention of the general public of Dakshina Kannada, to the findings of the National Enquiry Committee of the PUCL, which enquired into allegations against R. Eswarraj, Haneef Saheb Pajapalla, ...
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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 ...