Every time the Supreme Court or one of our High Courts decides to enter the social or political arena from their regular habitat at the jurisprudential or legal ones, we cheer them for what is now commonly known as ‘Judicial Activism’. Be it Justice Krishna Iyer, Bhagwati, the one-man green bench Kuldip Singh or some [...]
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We Need to Touch the Rock Bottom
Posted in Books, Democracy, Idea, India, Judiciary, Law, Lawyers, Life, Philosophy, Politics on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
An Insult to Secularism
Posted in India, Judiciary, Law, Politics, Secularism on May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A man named Dr. Praveen Bhai Togadia intended to speak at a public function in Mangalore on 13th March 2003 and did. Not many people might have noticed it, but the saviors of secularism did not think so. Mere announcement of the proposed speech gave sleepless nights to the state machinery.
It is said that the [...]
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