Soli J. Sorabjee
The Indian Express Group
Sunday 8 November '09
Sunday 25 October '09
Offensive against the Taliban by Pakistan and US forces apparently is not successful possibly on account of Taliban’s familiarity with the rough terrain and the tough foreign....Sunday
11 October '09Is it a crime to refer to one of India’s finest cities as Bombay instead of Mumbai? Certainly not. But it is certainly a crime to threaten people with violence if they refer to the city as Bombay....Sunday
27 September '09Doping in sports is unpardonable. It is the worst form of cheating. Doping is a scourge which has afflicted sports, including cricket....Sunday
13 September '09Hankering after fame and eventual immortality is a common human weakness and may be forgiven....Sunday
30 August '09The manner of doing an act is as important as its correctness. Whatever the justification from the BJP on Jaswant Singh’s expulsion....Monday
3 August '09Never before has there been such forthright judicial criticism of the legal professionSunday
19 July '09Pakistan hails the joint statement as its victory because resumption of dialogue is not specifically linked to terrorism and Mumbai 26/11 attacks....Sunday
5 July '09Section 377 IPC was enacted in 1860 by British colonial rulers in the heyday of Victorian morality.Sunday
21 June '09The government deserves full marks for its appointment of Goolam Vahanvati as Attorney General and Gopal Subramanium as Solicitor General.Sunday
29 March '09Elections 2009 are becoming rather messy and increasingly perplexing. The RJD supreme, Lalu Prasad, swears by Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.....Friday
27 March '09In India there is no specific legislation dealing with “hate speech” as such.Sunday
15 March '09The phenomenon of ragging is inhuman. According to our Supreme Court it is violative of the human rights of the victim. The Court issued strict directions in the matter......Thursday
5 March '09In the crowded hours of our daily lives we unfortunately tend to forget the deeds of great individuals who have left their indelible footprints on the sands of time.Sunday
1 March '09Under the present law there is no right of negative voting which enables a voter to refuse to vote for a particular candidate or to cast his vote against all candidates.Sunday
15 February '09There is no denying that a judge’s mental makeup can be a determining factor in the adjudication of a case.Sunday
1 February '09The Taliban, in virtual control of northern parts of Pakistan, has exhibited its fanatical mindset....Sunday
18 January '09Free democracies look forward—with ardent hope and expectation—to Barack Obama’s Presidency.Sunday
4 January '09Terrorist attacks in Mumbai and rising tension between India and Pakistan dominated the print and electronic media...Sunday
21 December '08One salutary outcome of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai has been the enactment of much belated...Sunday
7 December '08Incredible India proved itself again. The terrorist attacks in Mumbai last week were well planned...Sunday
23 November '08The recent trend of people accused of terrorist bomb blasts wishing to turn approvers and to cooperate with the police raises interesting questions.Sunday
9 November '08The unimaginable has happened. An African-American has been elected President of the United States of America, where, six decades ago, black children could not enter white schools, black lawyers appearing in the SC were confined to separate areas and black musicians could not enter hotels along with white musicians with whom they played in the same band.Sunday
26 October '08An independent judiciary and free press perform the vital functions of ensuring transparency and enforcing accountability of the wielders of public power.Sunday
12 October '08After all the sound and fury the deed is finally done. US President George W. Bush has signed the nuclear deal bill into US domestic law...
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