> India needs a Civil Liberties organization along the lines of ACLU. I
> would gladly support one (as much as I can) if it existed.

There are quite a few of them, although not exactly on ACLU lines.
Particularly concentrated in areas like the environment and stuff, but
occasionally, they do useful things in other areas. Eg: the People's Union
for Civil Liberties (PUCL) had a Supreme Court case in 1997 which strongly
established a right to privacy under the Constitution, and restricted the
powers of the government to order wiretaps.

But certainly, we need a much bigger, more active and better funded
organization.

Badri

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