Press Statements
PUCL welcomes the initial step towards the complete repeal of the colonial law of Sedition
12 May, 2022The Peoples Union for Civil Liberties welcomes the order of the Supreme Court dated 11.05.22 in the petition filed by Army veteran Major-General SG Vombatkere (Retired) as well as PUCL and a range of other petitioners challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. In its petition, the PU...
Prof Vinay Kantha is no more. Our deepest condolences!
01 Feb, 2018NAPM expresses its deepest condolences at the sudden demise of Prof. Vinay Kantha on 25th December 2017 at PSRI hospital, Sheikh Sarai, Delhi. Vinay Kantha ji was suffering from non alcoholic cirrhosis of liver and we were hoping for his quick recovery. However, he suffered brain haemorrhage on 17th and could not recover from ther...
Statement Condemning the Attack by Hindu Religious Extremists at Bhima Koregaon
01 Feb, 2018PUCL condemns the pre – planned attack by Hindu religious extremists on people gathered at Bhima Koregaon, on 1st January 2018. Thousands of people predominantly from the Dalit community gather every year on 1st January at Bhima Koregaon (30 kms from Pune) to pay homage to the Dalit warriors who won victory over the Brahmi...
Press Statement of PUCL Tamil Nadu & Puducherry: 19th January, 2018
19 Jan, 2018Note: On 8th January, 2018, noted Tamil poet and lyricist, Vairamuthu, gave a speech in a public platform chronicling great Tamil writers and poets from the ancient Sanga period to modern times. One amongst the prominent women writers he chose to talk about was Poet Andal, the only woman amongst the 12 Alvar saints of Srivaishnava...
We Salute the Four Hon’ble Judges
14 Jan, 2018The four senior most judges of the Supreme Court have done a singular service to the nation by highlighting their concerns by way of the Press conference. It is obvious that their main purpose was to warn the nation against the dangerous drift towards arbitrariness and questionable procedures adopted by the Chief Justice of Ind...
PUCL Statement on Concerns Raised by 4 Seniormost SC Judges on 12th January, 2018
12 Jan, 2018The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) is seriously concerned over the implication of issues raised by the 4 senior most SC judges after the Chief Justice of India (CJI) going public about their disagreement with the CJI over functioning of the judicial institution both in its administrative as also judicial sphere of...
Jaipur for Aman &Sadhbhavna: Rally Demands cases against MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja and Banwari Lal Singhal and arrests of all accused and conspirators for all killings lynchings
03 Jan, 2018Report of the Rally in Jaipur on 3rd January. Savitri Bai Phule Jayanti. “Against Hate, for Peace, Harmony and Justice” Nafrat ke Virudh, Aman, Sadbhavna aur Nyaya ke liye, Rally demands* Arrest of MLAs, Gyan dev Ahuja and Banwari Lal Singhal, for their hate speech utterances. Vasundhara Raje as CM, ensure justice for all thos...
PUCL informs with Regret the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Vinay Kanth, National Vice-President, PUCL in the early hours of Monday, 25th December 2017 (Monday) in Delhi.
01 Jan, 2018A pillar of the civil liberties movement in Bihar and with National PUCL, Prof. Vinay K. Kanth, a retired Professor of Mathematis of Patna University, was known for his razor sharp intellect, wide ranging knowledge of many branches of learning covering scientific, social, political, economic, cultural, legal, environmental and edu...
The Commission of Inquiry Report on the Incident of Kalinganagar Firing Justifies State Violence on Citizens A Citizens’ Response, December 18, 2017 Bhubaneswar
18 Dec, 2017Police firing on adivasis leading to 13 deaths in Kalinganagar on January 2, 2006 to acquire land for a private company to usher in industrialization had sent shock waves across the country. Today, it is equally painful and shocking to see the findings of the P K Mohanty Commission of Inquiry that was constituted to inquire into t...
Press Note of Concerned Citizens of Vadodara (In the context of the Gujarat Assembly elections)
12 Dec, 2017Do the political candidates vying to win the Vidhan Sabha elections care about environmental issues facing our cities, including Vadodara? Once elected will they do something about these issues? Development seems to mean constructing more and more without being constructive and foresighted. Why do we suffer from water-logging and...