Musings on India, the law, and policy
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 Constitution, Court on Mar 24th, 2009
“In a rule of law society operating under a constitutional order, either deterrent or preemptive executive action against prohibited human conduct including terrorist acts must be pursued only within the matrix of legislatively spelt out substantive and procedural rules of engagement and sanction. The executive, whether political or the professional has no legitimate authority to [...]