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Enemy Property Bill Withdrawn
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The
fate
of 2,186 ‘enemy properties’ remained uncertain after the Centre
withdrew a bill governing such properties, in the Lok Sabha, amid stiff
political resistance.
The last-minute decision to bring a fresh bill in the next session of
Parliament drew accusations from BJP that the government’s intentions
were suspect, hinting that it planned to repromulgate the Ordinance
including amendments it was opposing.
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Honor Killings: Hooda Opposes law
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a statement that reiterates his earlier stand on marriage within same
gotra, Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said, " Customs and
practices overrule laws".
He added different societies have been following their own norms, which
should not be seen as a "problem".
Responding to whether he favoured framing of any special law to deal
with cases of 'honour' killing and Khap panchayats, Hooda said that
existing provisions in the law, including IPC, are sufficient to deal
with such cases.
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Legalise Betting in Cricket, says Delhi Court
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Amidst
recent rampant allegations of match-fixing in cricket, a Delhi court
has said that betting in cricket and other sports should be legalised
in India. Coming down heavily on the police for failing to check
illegal betting, additional sessions judge Dharmesh Sharma remarked
that legalising the same will help the government track transfer of
funds and use of revenue for welfare of public.
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Mirror unto Ourselves
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Pratap
BHanu
Mehta's
editorial
on the Liberhan Commission report in the Indian
Express.
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| Manoj Mitta |
| Who Will Save our Na'vis |
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Long
before
they gained currency as the real-life counterparts of the Na'vis
portrayed by Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar", the author of the Vedanta
verdict — Justice S H Kapadia — had made clear about how he saw
the Dongaria Kondhs, who are officially classified as "primitive tribal
group". Kapadia, now chief justice of India, described this tribe from
Orissa as a people "living on grass".
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On many occasions the point is made that the Supreme Court of India is
the most powerful court in the world. The ways in which its powers of
judicial review and intervention have been widened in scope are a
fascinating study. And this power has been based on the higher
judiciary’s credibility to be an institution of last recourse in
matters relating to the functioning of the executive. Credibility is an
unquantifiable thing, and the Supreme Court has been careful to
preserve that credibility by not doing anything that could invite
rebuff. In fact, just a few weeks ago the Chief Justice of India was
firm in saying that the courts were not getting into the business of
running the country.
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Avin
Chhangani directs me to a newspaper column written by Justice Krishna
Iyer. This is what Justice Iyer says: "Judges must have a political
philosophy... Our socialist, secular, democratic republic must appoint
only judges who share the political philosophy of the Constitution,
since judges are under the Constitution, not above it... Our
Constitution, which you are bound to uphold, is expressly socialist and
secular. So you have a socialist commitment. If you disown it, you
violate your oath, and must go."
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India's Nuclear Liability Law leaves few
satisifed
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