HC Notice to Govt for Withdrawal of Cases against Anti-Nuclear Activists
ASIA--PACIFIC, BRICS, ENVIRONMENT, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, JUSTICE, ECONOMICS, ENERGY, KUDANKULAM ANTI-NUCLEAR SATYAGRAHA, INDIA, 24 Jun 2013
The Hindu – TRANSCEND Media Service
The Madras High Court on Tuesday [11 June 2013] ordered issue of notice to Tamil Nadu Government asking why steps were not taken to withdraw cases filed against anti-nuclear activists protesting against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project.
First Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Kumar Agrawal and Justice M. Sathyanarayanan, ordered notice to the state government and sought reply within three weeks.
The notice was issued on a petition which sought a direction to the state government to withdraw all criminal cases filed against anti-nuclear activists, who have been protesting against the Indo-Russian project in Tirunelveli District.
The petition referred to the Supreme Court’s direction to the state government to withdraw all criminal cases against the protestors.
DISCLAIMER: The statements, views and opinions expressed in pieces republished here are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of TMS. In accordance with title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. TMS has no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of this article nor is TMS endorsed or sponsored by the originator. “GO TO ORIGINAL” links are provided as a convenience to our readers and allow for verification of authenticity. However, as originating pages are often updated by their originating host sites, the versions posted may not match the versions our readers view when clicking the “GO TO ORIGINAL” links. This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
Read more
Click here to go to the current weekly digest or pick another article:
ASIA--PACIFIC:
- Child Labor
- America’s Longest War: An Afghan’s Perspective
- The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads for Children
BRICS:
- Brazil: 6 Patients Die of Asphyxiation as Hospitals in Manaus Run Out of Oxygen
- Why Are People Going Hungry in India Despite a Massive Grain Surplus?
- The Year That Was-->India’s People Fight Back a Hostile Government
ENVIRONMENT:
- You Don’t Want to Imagine an Ocean without Coral Reefs—but You Might Have to
- 2020 on Track to Be One of Three Warmest Years on Record
- EPA Finds Glyphosate Is Likely to Injure or Kill 93% of Endangered Species
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION:
- Major Japan Life Insurers Shun Investing in Nuke Weapon-Linked Firms
- 2045: A New Rallying Call for Nuclear Abolition
- 26 Sep: International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
JUSTICE:
- Upcoming Ruling in Assange Trial Threatens More Than Just Freedom of the Press
- The Slow-motion Assassination of Julian Assange
- In Closing Argument for Assange’s Extradition, Prosecutors Cast WikiLeaks as Criminal Enterprise
ECONOMICS:
- Personal Reflections on Exposing the Myths of Money
- Appropriator Financial Fabric, the Case of BlackRock
- Why Bitcoin Is Not a Socialist’s Ally – Reply to Ben Arc
ENERGY:
- A Simple Way to Understand What’s Happening … and What to Do
- The 7 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Not the Answer to Solve Climate Change
- Japan Races to Build New Coal-Burning Power Plants, Despite the Climate Risks
KUDANKULAM ANTI-NUCLEAR SATYAGRAHA, INDIA: