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TopicActivist lawyer

Topic: activist lawyer

Prominent Pakistan lawyer sentenced to 17 yrs for calling Pakistan ‘terrorist state’, criticising army

Imaan Mazari, daughter of former minister Shireen Mazari, has represented victims of human rights violations and is an outspoken critic of extrajudicial killings and abductions.

New book exalts democracy & Constitution through lawyer K.G. Kannabiran’s courtwalks

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘The Speaking Constitution: A Sisyphean Life in Law,’ by K.G. Kannabiran, translated by Kalpana Kannabiran will be released on 16 December on ThePrint’s Softcover.

Madhusudan Das — the lawyer who unified Odisha and reformed Indian judiciary

Celebrated as ‘the grand old man’ of Odisha, Madhusudan Das was a pioneer of Odiya unification and women’s rights. He stood up for his people.

SC says attributing political motives to judgments is gravest form of contempt

Two-judge bench hits out at 'activist' advocates and judges, says some lawyers think they are the only champions of causes. 

On Camera

What Indira Gandhi said in her first speech as PM, 60 years ago

On 26 January 1966, Indira Gandhi delivered a speech that was broadcast over All India Radio. This was her first address to the nation after becoming India’s first woman prime minister.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

US officially calls China ‘second most powerful country’, new strategy softens stand against Beijing, Moscow

New defence strategy marks clear break from Biden-era Pentagon policy, softening tone on China & Russia, while pushing allies to shoulder more responsibility with less US backing.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.