Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in india on Nov 11th, 2008
I must confess and state that I am strongly against judicial activism and the prevalent attitude of the Court to frame law and make people and institutions subject to it. Protecting the rights of the individual and seeking to enforce them under writs of mandamus and ‘public interests litigations’ is one thing; but to totally [...]
Posted in Rights on Nov 11th, 2008
One of our readers Jeffery Anderson sent us an article on a recent death-by-stoning in Somalia. The article is written by Prof Sumbul Ali-Karamali from his book, The Muslim Next Door. The views in this article are of the author himself and do not in any way represent the opinion of The Social Blog. ………………………………… [...]
Posted in Constitution, Human Rights, india, Rights on Nov 10th, 2008
On Nov. 7, a Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices Thakker & D.K. Jain held that an abortion by a woman without her husband’s consent will amount to mental cruelty and a ground for divorce. To quote the Hon’ble Bench, Mental cruelty is a state of mind. The feeling of deep anguish, disappointment, frustration in one [...]
Posted in Constitution, Democracy, india, Politics on Nov 7th, 2008
The Kerala Law Reforms Commission, under the able guidance of Hon’ble Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer has mooted a draft legislation that may have far-reaching implications in the State and beyond; titled the Secular Norms for Administration of Places of Public Worship Bill, the draft seeks to ensure public access to all places of worship. Apart [...]
For the proponents of civil liberties and human rights around the world who don’t know yet, in the US elections held last night, California, Arizona and Florida voted to impose measures that ban homosexual unions thus repealing past statutes that legalised the same. This comes as a great blow to same-sex rights workers and liberal [...]
Posted in Constitution, Democracy, Politics on Nov 5th, 2008
Arun ends his post with the following lines; Now at the brink of superpowerdom, India faces a herculean task in promoting and ensuring all-round development sans boundaries. A goal that simply cannot attain fruition if its citizens don’t trust each other. Does this in anyway signify that the Supreme Court should step in and take [...]