Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in corruption, india, Lok Pal, Politics, Reforms on Jun 13th, 2011
“You have to know the past to understand the present” – Dr Carl Sagan The 1990s are often referred to as the decade when India came of age. This attribution was basically due to the sweeping economic reforms that led to an absolute change in the Indian investment climate. The economic reforms apart, the Indian [...]
Posted in Constitution, Democracy on Jul 2nd, 2009
“One of the fundamental contrasts between free democratic societies and totalitarian regimes is that the totalitarian governments rely on secrecy for the regime and disclosure for all other people, where as in the civic culture of liberal democracy, the position is approximately the reverse.” - Geoffrey De Q Walker The new national ID card scheme [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9th, 2009
Hindutva seems to have got new vigour now. The Advisory Board constituted to examine Varun Gandhi’s hate speech and booking under the National Security Act has recommended the withdrawal of the said Act against Vaun Gandhi. (news item here) The three member panel comprising two retired HC judges Justices S N Sahai and P K [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 2nd, 2009
That the Constitutional protection under Article 22 providing every detainee the right to be represented by a lawyer of his/her choice is sacred and held to be the foundation of our legal system. So much so, that the Court has stated that an accused may even be acquitted or a mistrial may be declared if [...]
Posted in Constitution, Court, Rights on Feb 28th, 2009
The papers today write about a petition filed in the Supreme Court stating that the ‘Right to Property’ must be brought back to the Constitution thus reversing the 44th Amendment of the Constitution that removed this right. This is an interesting development; especially after the case of IR Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu, where [...]