Jesuit lawyer Father Santhanam Arokiasamy on May 16 proposed a three-fold legal assistance to the victims of the recent violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur.
Father Arokiasamy, who is the convener of the National Lawyers Forum of Priests and Religious (NLFRP), made the proposals in a letter addressed to the chief justice of India and the chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).

Justice Bhuyan Calls for Protection of Dissent and Personal Liberty
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has expressed concern over the growing trend of treating peaceful dissent and ordinary actions as criminal offences. Speaking at a