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Memories of the first Independence Day

Sunday 16 August '09

The mood on August 15, 1947, was festive, marked by a feeling of achievement and jubilation. People old and young, of every caste, creed and colour...
Democracy’s falling standards

Sunday 2 August '09

Those who proudly flaunt India’s vibrant democracy were ashamed by the unruly scenes witnessed in the J&K Assembly. Displeasure with the Speaker’s ruling...
Doha Law Conference

Sunday 7 June '09

The conference organised by the Qatar Law Forum last week in Doha attracted large number of lawyers, judges and jurists from different parts of the world....
The inscrutable voter

Sunday 24 May '09

The 2009 elections have again demonstrated the inscrutability of our voters.
When the Supreme Court rules

Monday 11 May '09

Illegal demands for dowry and cruelty against women are persistent evils in our country.
Election gimmicks

Sunday 10 May '09

The low electoral turnout in Mumbai, 41.24 per cent, was shameful.
Election histrionics

Sunday 26 April '09

Our political leaders would do well to heed the admonition of dear Father Bonet to the students of St. Xavier’s School, Bombay.
Kasab and fair trial

Sunday 12 April '09

Courage is not a prevalent virtue in our legal fraternity save some honourable exceptions.
On whose word?

Wednesday 4 February '09

The issue is larger than the fate of the CEC and his colleague
Objection, counsellor

Monday 25 August '08

Suborning a witness is serious obstruction of justice. That’s the high court’s message in Nanda lawyers’ case
The Speaker’s Dilemma

Sunday 20 July '08

Somnathda is experiencing Hamlet’s dilemma of ‘to be or not to be’ with regard to his resignation as the Speaker.
Scotch Whisky in Supreme Court

Sunday 6 July '08

Khoday India manufactures whisky under the mark ‘Peter Scot’.
Arms and the men

Saturday 14 June '08

In a landmark judgment, a British court stops executive assistance in a Saudi arms case
Law’s long arms

Sunday 8 June '08

Recent decisions which hold human rights violators and also those who aid and abet them accountable and liable have significant implications.
Commendable judicial activism

Sunday 11 May '08

Numerous railway passengers in our country suffer fatal injuries as a result of falling down in their anxiety to get into a moving train.
Quota compulsions

Sunday 13 April '08

OBC reservations and creamy layer: The Supreme Court has upheld the validity of 27 per cent OBC reservation in higher educational institutions.
Deoband declaration

Sunday 2 March '08

The recent declaration by Darul Uloom, Deoband, one of the most influential Islamic theological schools in South Asia...
Touchy, aren’t we?

Tuesday 26 February '08

Our Supreme Court has held that exhibition of a movie is a fundamental right covered under the free speech guarantee...
Preserving Mumbai

Sunday 17 February '08

Mumbai is one of the world’s finest cosmopolitan cities. Its mix of diverse cultures and harmonious mingling of different communities...
Terms of abuse

Sunday 3 February '08

Hindi abuses can provide much-needed relief as in Harbhajan Singh’s case.
Growing intolerance

Sunday 20 January '08

One of the greatest dangers to our democracy is the virus of intolerance that has assumed menacing proportions.
A PIL for every ill?

Friday 18 January '08

What is judicial activism? It denotes a judiciary in which judges discharge their functions...
Gratis dicta

Sunday 23 December '07

A law declared by the Supreme Court is binding on all courts.
Modern Magna Carta turns 60

Monday 10 December '07

We must be mindful of the taunt that the only thing universal about human rights is their universal violation.
Right to be defended

Sunday 9 December '07

Recent calls by bar associations of Jammu & Kashmir and Allahabad high courts directing lawyers not to appear and defend suspected militants...
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