Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Constitution, Court, Democracy, Human Rights on Jul 7th, 2011
(Update: A version of this piece with minor tweaks appears on the op-ed page of The Hindu dated July 9, 2011) In the seventies, the Supreme Court of India was called upon to decide the constitutionality of Excise Rules that allowed the State of Punjab to regulate the number of days, even hours, when liquor [...]
Posted in Constitution, corruption, india on Jun 3rd, 2011
It would seem that Baba Ramdev’s demands if met would lead to better democracy. Atleast some think it to be so. Let us first take a short glance at the demands. Recovering the black money from abroad, declaring them to be a national asset, removal of Rs 500 and 1000 notes, popularising hindi as a [...]
With close to 70 lakh crores ( 70,000,00,00,00,000 ) of unaccounted public money stashed by politicians, bureaucrats and the rich in swiss banks and the like abroad, how does one get hold of that money ? The answer probably could be the latest writ petition in the Supreme Court wherein the petitioners have asked the [...]