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Common Cause is a registered civil society in India based in New Delhi. It was founded in 1980 by retired Indian Civil Servant Mr [[H D Shourie]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dhyani |first=Mrinalini |date=2024-05-02 |title=Petitions in poll bonds, 2G case, coal 'scam' — non-profit Common Cause's magnificent 'romance with public causes' |url=https://theprint.in/india/petitions-in-poll-bonds-2g-case-coal-scam-non-profit-common-causes-magnificent-romance-with-public-causes/2065452/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>. |
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It has been bringing out the Annual Status of Policing in India Reports (SPIR) since 2018 in collaboration with the [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] (CSDS) on police reforms<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/police-not-trained-enough-in-human-rights-reveal-surveys/story-Cbr9cc4oOYlCZGR48aaQWO.html#google_vignette | title=Police not trained enough in human rights, reveal surveys | date=29 June 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://thewire.in/society/fair-and-unbiased-policing-still-a-far-cry-in-india | title=Fair and Unbiased Policing Still a Far Cry in India }}</ref>. The SPIR collates time-series data on the performance of the police and levels of the citizens’ trust and satisfaction in their day-to-day work<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehinducentre.com/incoming/citizens-and-the-state-policing-impunity-and-the-rule-of-law-in-india/article67887312.ece | title=Citizens and the State: Policing, Impunity, and the Rule of Law in India | date=March 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/02/india/police-brutality-india-dst-intl-hnk/index.html | title=Torture and discrimination: How police brutality became endemic in India | date=2 December 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/survey-50-per-cent-cops-feel-muslims-naturally-prone-to-crime-5942783/ | title=Survey: 50 per cent cops feel Muslims naturally prone to crime | date=28 August 2019 }}</ref>. Common Cause is also among the leading contributors to the India Justice Report (IJR) along with the Centre for Social Justice, [[Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative]], [[Daksha]], [[TISS]]-PRAYAS, and Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. The IJR ranks the capacity of the justice system.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/can-a-justice-system-without-women-bring-justice-to-women-9201993/ | title=Can a justice system without women bring justice to women? | date=8 March 2024 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/huge-lack-of-women-in-maharashtra-justice-system-2022-report | title=Huge Lack of Women in Maharashtra Justice System: 2022 Report }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/india-justice-report-2022-karnataka-tops-among-18-large-states-in-delivery-of-justice/article66698157.ece | title=India Justice Report 2022 | Karnataka tops among 18 large States in delivery of justice | newspaper=The Hindu | date=4 April 2023 }}</ref> |
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The organization has been bringing out a quarterly journal "Common Cause" since 1982 registered by the Registrar of Newspaper in India (RNI) under the Press and Registration of Books Act 1867<ref>https://rni.nic.in/pdf_file/THE_PRESS_AND_REGISTRATION_OF_BOOKS_ACT_NEW.PDF</ref>. |
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Common Cause is known for its logo “A Romance with Public Causes” which is reflected in its Public Interest Litigations (PILs). Some of its PILs concerning allocations of [[2G spectrum case]]<ref>https://webapi.sci.gov.in/jonew/judis/39041.pdf</ref>, [[Indian coal allocation scam]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/supreme-court-notice-centre-pil-coal-block-scam-121910-2012-11-18 | title=Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on coal block allocation | date=19 November 2012 }}</ref>, Living Will for patients’ right to die with dignity <ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/legally-aware/understanding-euthanasia-and-the-living-will-guidelines-49432/ | title=Understanding Euthanasia and the 'living will' guidelines | newspaper=The Times of India }}</ref>,- generally referred to as [[Euthanasia in India]] and the illegality of the [[Electoral Bond]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/law/story/electoral-bonds-case-ngo-moves-supreme-court-for-probe-into-alleged-bonds-scam-2531112-2024-04-24 | title=Electoral Bonds case: NGO moves Supreme Court for probe into alleged quid pro quo | date=24 April 2024 }}</ref> Scheme for the funding of political parties etc have brought radical changes in India’s politics and governance<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/the-bjp-claimed-this-financial-tool-would-clean-up-indian-politics-it-did-the-opposite/ | title=The BJP Claimed This Financial Tool Would Clean up Indian Politics. It Did the Opposite }}</ref>. Common Cause (India) was a co-petitioner along with Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer [[Prakash Singh]] in the famous case Prakash Singh Vs Union of India (2006)<ref>https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1090328/</ref>. The judgment in this case changed the course of policing in India. Common Cause India is a petitioner or a co-petitioner in more than 100 public-interest court cases in the High Courts and the Supreme Court of India<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theprint.in/india/petitions-in-poll-bonds-2g-case-coal-scam-non-profit-common-causes-magnificent-romance-with-public-causes/2065452/ | title=Petitions in poll bonds, 2G case, coal 'scam' — non-profit Common Cause's magnificent 'romance with public causes' | date=2 May 2024 }}</ref>. Since 2015 it has been headed by Vipul Mudgal, a former Editor of the [[Hindustan Times]] in Jaipur and Lucknow, former Regional Editor of [[Asia Times]] in Bangkok and a [[BBC]] journalist in London and Delhi. |
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