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As per the Supreme Court of India’s judgment dated March 9, 2018, the following Advance Medical Directive has been executed by me to lay down clear and specific instructions during the course of my treatment, as well as to strengthen the mind of the treating doctors that they are acting in a...

The launch of the Status of Policing in India Report 2019 : Police Adequacy & Working Conditions at the India International Centre, featured a panel discussion on 'Indian Police and the Rule of Law in Practice'. The event also entailed a panel discussion on the topic of the Indian...

SPIR 2019 across print, television and the web                                                                       ...

Common Cause and Lokniti Programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), launched the Status of Policing in India Report (SPIR) 2019 on the tough working conditions of the police in India at the India International Centre today. The release was followed by a panel...

Common Cause and Centre for the Study of Developing Societies invite you to the release of Status of Policing in India Report 2019: Police Adequacy and Working Conditions, followed by a Panel Discussion on Indian Police and the Rule of Law in Practice on Tuesday, August 27, 2019...

Download the updated report: http://commoncause.in/pdf/SPIR-2018-c-v.pdf If you have the first edition of the print copy of the report, kindly download the updated version from the above link. Alternatively, you can download the corrigendum here:...

In response to a Common Cause petition, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has appointed a seven-member committee to monitor violation of road construction rules and to address environmental concerns in the Chardhaam Project. The four-judge Bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Adarsh Kumar...

The Supreme Court has come down heavily on the Centre, directing it to spell out a specific time frame within 10 days for appointment of Lokpal. The Apex Court has instructed the central government to file an affidavit within the stipulated period, detailing the exact steps it is likely to take in...

In its quest to maintain transparency and institutional integrity in the appointment of  key functionaries in sensitive organisations, Common Cause had filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court challenging the appointment of Mr. Rakesh Asthana as the Special Director...

Common  Cause has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking a thorough investigation by an SIT into the over-invoicing carried out by various private power generating companies as reported by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in its various investigation reports. The said scam...