Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Constitution, Human Rights, india, Terrorism on Dec 15th, 2008
Ram Jethmalani stated that no lawyer should deny legal aid to Kasab, the lone terrorist apprehended in the Mumbai attcks, and that doing so would be a denial of justice. The noted lawyer has made a point in this regard. Apart from having a constitutionally guaranteed right to legal aid, the Advocates Act forbids a [...]
Posted in Constitution on Dec 14th, 2008
In September, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the State law that prosecuted those involved in sending spam emails was unconstitutional and in violation of the 1st Amendment of the Constitution that guaranteed free speech. The judgment used a rationale that doesn’t make much sense to me ; “As Justice (G. Steven) Agee said in [...]
Posted in Constitution, Court, india on Dec 12th, 2008
With each passing day, my conviction that the Supreme Court of India has gone beserk in its handling of issues gets confirmed to a greater degree. What was the Court thinking when it admitted the PIL by Soli Sorabjee asking the centre to implement rules for better equipment and reforms to the police ? The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 12th, 2008
The picture above is of a Ugandan Child and a missionaire. Its been 60 years since the passing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 (10th December 1948 – 10th December 2008). It today is the single most important instrument for the protection of human rights around the world. May this picture send the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 11th, 2008
Noted legal scholar Martha Nussbaum wrote a post on the Univ of Chicago Law School Blog terming the Mumbai Attacks a cloud over India’s muslims. Her post makes some sense and as a believer of free speech, she has the right to do so. Her article focusses on the fact that terrorism in India is [...]
The United States Supreme Court will now decide on the issue of granting immunity to former Attorney general Ashcroft on the issue of the treatment of detainees not related to terrorism during the 9/11 attacks. “The petitioner was among more than 700 Arab and South Asian Muslim men from the New York City area rounded [...]