Soli J. Sorabjee
The Indian Express Group
Sunday 12 October '08
After 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...Sunday 28 September '08
Genuine doubts motivated by a spirit of inquiry are apposite in a free and open society for ascertaining the truth.Sunday
14 September '08Onslaughts on our freedom of expression have recently emanated from non-State actors, hypersensitive individuals...Sunday
31 August '08We talk incessantly about the ills which afflict our society and vociferously condemn official lapses and misdemeanours.Sunday
17 August '08Social Justice, the signature tune of our Constitution, has figured prominently in two recent lectures.Sunday
3 August '08Events witnessed last week were nauseating. The bizarre expulsion of Somnath Chatterjee from the party by the CPI(M) after leaving to him the question of his resignation as Speaker.Sunday
22 June '08We have cried hoarse about eliminating corruption at seminars and public meetings. But are we really serious about it?Sunday
25 May '08The popular misconception that our Supreme Court is a conservative body should be dispelled by its recent judgment.Sunday
27 April '08The object of rent control legislation is to strike a fair balance between protection of tenants from wanton eviction and rack renting...Sunday
30 March '08The right to dissent is the essence of democracy. Intolerance has an inhibiting effect on freedom of thought and discussion and is incompatible with a plural liberal democracy.Sunday
16 March '08China is our neighbour, a big powerful neighbour. Undoubtedly it is in our national interest to maintain friendly relations with China.Sunday
6 January '08The claim to civilisation of any state should be measured by the treatment meted out to its minorities.Sunday
25 November '07It is almost impossible to associate recent scenes in the streets with Kolkota, a city known for its culture, intellectual ethos, and spirit of tolerance.Sunday
30 September '07The military junta in Myanmar has trampled over the democratic rights and fundamental freedoms of its people for years.Sunday
24 June '07The World Congress organised by the International Association of Constitutional Law in Athens this June was a stimulating experience...Sunday
27 May '07In his address at the CII’s annual session the Prime Minister rightly emphasised the need to abstain from ostentatious consumption.Sunday
13 May '07Of late several complaints have been entertained and prosecutions launched against artists, film personalities and public figures for their alleged acts of obscenity.Sunday
15 April '07Justice Dalveer Bhandari, speaking for a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court in its recent judgment...Sunday
1 April '07Under the Constitution of Pakistan, anytime the office of the chief justice of Pakistan is vacant...Sunday
18 February '07M Veerappa Moily who chaired the Administrative Reforms Commission has made far-reaching recommendations in the report.Sunday
7 January '07Sunday
24 December '06General Pinochet’s death was celebrated by human rights groups and several Chileans who or whose families were victims of his repressive regime.Sunday
10 December '06Some parts of the Constituent Assembly Debates make fascinating reading. One is struck by the high quality of the debates and the breadth of vision and farsightedness of the Founding Fathers.Sunday
12 November '06It is a dangerous fallacy that law and judicial orders need not be enforced or complied with because that would lead to outbreak of violence.Sunday
29 October '06In spirit and intent the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act is unexceptionable.
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