Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Court, Human Rights, india on Dec 17th, 2008
Continuing from my previous post, it is high time that the case of Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab, (1994) 3 SCC 569, be revisited by the Supreme Court. This I say, in light of the recent amendments to the Unlawful Activities and Prevention Act (UAPA). The Constitutionality of the most anti- terrorist laws is [...]
Kudos to Arun for his excellent posts on the Mumbai terror attacks. (Parts I, II and III here) The Lok Sabha today passed the bills calling for the setting up of the National Investigative Agency (NIA) and the Amendment to the UAPA calling for tougher laws to tackle terrorism. Ironic how it took a 26/11 [...]
Posted in Politics on Dec 16th, 2008
Muntadhar al-Zeidi, a local reporter hurled a shoe at President George W Bush when he was giving a press conference during his visit to Iraq. This guy has now got the status of a hero in the Country where still thousands scorn the occupation of their country by the United States of America. Now, his [...]
Posted in Court, Democracy, Human Rights, india on Dec 16th, 2008
The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Balakrishnan and Justice Sadashivam, today heard the petitioners’ (Nandini Sundar and ors, Kartam Joga and ors) response to the NHRC report on Salwa Judum. The counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Ashok Desai, pointed out that the report contained a number of findings which supported the petitioners’ grievances, such as [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 16th, 2008
Ahmed Harun, Sudan’s Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs has given an interview to the guardian and protested his innocence for the death of more than 250,000 people in Sudan. This comes at a time when the International Criminal Court has charged Harun with the crime of genocide and asked for his arrest. Mr. Harun’s [...]
Posted in Constitution, Court, Democracy, Human Rights, Politics, Rights, Terrorism, Uncategorized on Dec 16th, 2008
Apologies for this delayed post. However, quite fortunately, the last Part of this three-pronged series coincides with two seminal events/publications. 1. CJI K.G. Balakrishnan’s piece on “Terrorism, rule of law and human rights” in The Hindu (Opinion Page). 2. The Union Cabinet’s nod for NSA Amendments and a new Investigation Agency. KGB’s write-up/analysis of our [...]