Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Court, Human Rights, india on Jul 24th, 2009
In 1994 Narayan Chetnam Choudhary committed the crime of murdering five women, one of whom was pregnant and two were children with a tender age of two and a half and one and a half years. In 2000 the Supreme Court confirmed his death sentence. Nine years hence, he lies in the jail at Pune [...]
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 Rule of Law, Uncategorized on May 25th, 2009
I was at Dantewada when there was a protest against the detention of Binayak Sen at Raipur. Four students from the Indian Institute of Sciences at Bangalore had attended it from where they decided to pay a visit to the Ashram (now demolished) at Dantewada. Very enthusiastic people I must say. From what I reckon [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2009
A backdated post. Written on the 13th of May 2009 – 25 people were picked up from their village ______________ a few days ago. Only 15 were brought back to teh police station and locked up. The remaining 10 are missing and the forces deny their existence. – A few days ago, the Naxal forces [...]
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 [...]