IndiaNewsWatchMay 21, 2024

After NHRC Loses Its UN Links, India Might Lose Vote at Human Rights Body

India has been repeatedly told of concerns about the lack of diversity in the NHRC, and asked to have a “pluralistic balance in its composition and staff” by ensuring the representation of a diverse Indian society including, but not limited to religious or ethnic minorities. Aakar Patel writes.

#NHRC #UNHRC #UNGA #GANHRI #HumanRights #diversity #communalism #ArunMishra #BJP #CBI #IB #corruption #UN #UmarKhalid #KhurramParvez #dissent #PressFreedom #india

https://thewire.in/rights/after-nhrc-loses-its-un-links-india-might-lose-vote-at-human-rights-body

After NHRC Loses Its UN Links, India Might Lose Vote at Human Rights Body

India has been repeatedly told of concerns about the lack of diversity in the NHRC, and asked to have a “pluralistic balance in its composition and staff” by ensuring the representation of a diverse Indian society including, but not limited to religious or ethnic minorities.

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IndiaNewsWatchAug 19, 2023

Complaints, non-compliance, pro-govt stance: Inside the rise and ruin of India’s human rights regime

Before coming to power, the BJP had stressed on the importance of independent appointees. But in 2016, NHRC saw its first political appointee.

#NHRC #HumanRights #BJP #manipur #ManipurViolence #ArunMishra #india

https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/08/18/complaints-non-compliance-pro-govt-stance-inside-the-rise-and-ruin-of-indias-human-rights-regime

Complaints, non-compliance, pro-govt stance: Inside the rise and ruin of India’s human rights regime

Before coming to power, the BJP had stressed on the importance of independent appointees. But in 2016, NHRC saw its first political appointee.

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IndiaNewsWatchFeb 6, 2023

Justice Arun Mishra’s Final ‘Gift’ of Rs 8,000 Crore to Adani

On August 31, 2020, a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Arun Kumar Mishra, that included Justices Vineet Saran and M R Shah, ruled in favour of a company in the Adani group in a dispute with public sector power distribution companies in Rajasthan. The verdict, issued three days before Justice Mishra retired from the court on September 2, has granted Adani Power Rajasthan Limited (APRL) – which owns a 1,320 megawatt capacity thermal power station in Kawai, Baran district – “compensatory tariffs” worth over Rs 5,000 crore and penalties and interest payments of nearly Rs 3,000 crore.

#archives #ArunMishra #AdaniGroup #AdaniPower #APRL #adani #VineetSaran #MRShah #rajasthan #SupremeCourt #IndianJudiciary #GautamAdani #gujarat #CronyCapitalism #PSUs #business #industry #billionaires #india

https://www.newsclick.in/Justice-Arun-Mishra%27s-Final-Gift-of-8000-Crore-to-Adani

Justice Arun Mishra’s Final ‘Gift’ of Rs 8,000 Crore to Adani | NewsClick

On August 31, a Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra approved the decision by electricity regulators to grant Adani Power “compensatory tariffs” amounting to Rs 8,000 crore for electricity generated at its power plant in Rajasthan. The verdict, just before Justice Mishra’s retirement on September 2, is the seventh judgment since the beginning of 2019 in which benches headed by him have ruled in favour of Adani group of companies.

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ShaswatSep 3, 2020
As Judge, #ArunMishra Was Almost Predictable When the State Was Before Him
In Part III of his series on Justice Arun Mishra. @vvenkatesan sees a pattern when the state brought a case to him on appeal
https://thewire.in/law/justice-arun-mishra-predictable-legacy
As Judge, Arun Mishra Was Almost Predictable When the State Was Before Him

When the state was appellant, he invariably found for the state. When the state was a respondent, he also normally found for the state, except in a handful of cases where his rulings were controversial.

The FederalMar 16, 2020
The SC said that #NirbhayaCase convict, #MukeshSingh has availed all available remedies and dismissed the #petition. A bench of Justices #ArunMishra and #MRShah held the #plea as not maintainable. #NirbhayaVerdict
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SC rejects Nirbhaya convict Mukesh’s plea seeking restoration of remedies

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a fresh request of Mukesh Singh, one of the convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya case, seeking restoration of his legal remedies.