Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Constitution, Court, Democracy, india on Jan 21st, 2009
I learnt today that apparently the Chief Justice and his office do not constitute a ‘public authority’ under the Right to Information Act. This, after the Supreme Court petitioned the Delhi High Court against an order passed by the Central Information Commission asking the CJI to disclose as to whether the judges of the Supreme Court were [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2009
Below are my notes of Mr Lyngdoh’s lecture on ‘Electoral Reforms in India’. Mr Lyngdoh gives a good insight into the working system and most of his recommendations are noteworthy and would do a great good if implemented. Please watch out for the one- on- one interview of The Social Blog with Mr. Lyngdoh coming [...]
Posted in Constitution, Democracy, Politics, Uncategorized on Dec 19th, 2008
Mark Felt, former FBI officer who revealed himself to be the key informant in exposing the Watergate Scandal (‘Deep Throat’), has died. Felt, 95, breathed his last yesterday in a clinic close to his home in Santa Rosa, California. During the years of the scandal he was one of the highest ranking officers in the [...]
Posted in Constitution, Court, Democracy, Human Rights, Politics, Rights, Terrorism, Uncategorized on Dec 16th, 2008
Apologies for this delayed post. However, quite fortunately, the last Part of this three-pronged series coincides with two seminal events/publications. 1. CJI K.G. Balakrishnan’s piece on “Terrorism, rule of law and human rights” in The Hindu (Opinion Page). 2. The Union Cabinet’s nod for NSA Amendments and a new Investigation Agency. KGB’s write-up/analysis of our [...]
Posted in Constitution, Democracy, india on Dec 6th, 2008
With the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, a lot of people are expressing their disgust agains the politics in print and web media. As an outcome, people are discussing a certain “Article 49-O” in the Indian Constitution that apparently gives the right not to vote. Most of these people do not have a legal background and [...]
Posted in Court, Democracy, Politics, Rights on Dec 3rd, 2008
(This post forms the second of a three-part article. The next one attempts to debunk the myth of tougher terror laws). The overwhelming public response to laxities in handling terrorist attacks and security threats has prompted the Government to formulate a proposal for a federal anti-terror agency. The proposal, incorporated as an amendments to the [...]