Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Constitution, india on May 8th, 2009
Law and Other things and the Indian Express have a series of posts and articles on Mayawati and her understanding of the constitution; the latest being Vinay Sitapati’s article in the Indian Express available here. These posts give some interesting insights into a political leaders views on the Constitution and should be read by all [...]
Recently, the New York Times published the results of a survey (conducted by Harris Interactive for the International Herald Tribune and France 24) on the rise of political extremism in Western Democracies during the financial meltdown. An overwhelming majority of people surveyed (65% in Britain & Germany; 53% in the U.S and Italy; 60% in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2009
As an update to the post below, the Centre has filed an affidavit in reply against the petitioners. The article here in the Indian Express neatly summaries the case and the actions taken by the Centre. While I am trying to get hold of the affidavit, from what I understand, the Centre’s stand is that [...]