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Impeachment Exercise Gone Waste
Parmanand Pandey I am posting it on my blog after fairly a long gap of time. During the interregnum the momentous agitation of Anna Hazare took place for nearly a fortnight. Proceedings to impeach Justice Soumitra Sen of Calcutta High Court were conducted in the Rajya Sabha and it was passed with over whelming majority.…
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Can Brilliance of Lawyer Obscure Facts?
Parmanand Pandey Three days back i.e. on 18th of July 2011; I appeared before the Supreme Court of India as the counsel of the Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ), National Federation of Newspaper Employees (NFNE) and other Unions of Newspaper Employees in a case filed by Anand Bazar Patrika Group of Newspapers of Kolkata.…
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Trampling of the democracy in Ram Lila Maidan
Parmanand Pandey ‘Rule of law’ is the basic and quintessence of democracy. It has to be assiduously preserved and protected by all those; who are at the helm of affairs in a democratic set-up. Without observance of the rule of law, the democracy becomes a farce and many a time worse than dictatorship. What has…
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Castration of Culprits: Medicine Worse Than Disease
Parmanand Pandey A judge of Delhi, Ms Kamini Lau has suggested that the punishment to the convicts of rape case should be made exemplary and extremely deterrent. Her main suggestion, however, is that instead of increasing the period of incarceration of a rape-culprit to life imprisonment or putting him gallows, he should be chemically castrated.…
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Mamata’s Historic Win in West Bengal
Parmanand Pandey Massive victory of Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal assembly elections is satisfying, momentous and epoch making. Marxists have been blown after 34 years of uninterrupted rule in the strong gale of Mamata’s popularity. Actually, it has been set in the psyche of the people for the last nearly two decades that the Marxists…
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Killing of Osama: Pak Exposed
Parmanand Pandey The precise 40 minute military operation carried out by American navy to kill Osama Bin Laden on the last May 1 at Abbottabad (Pakistan) was absolutely marvellous and breathtaking. This was really unprecedented from many angles. The operation has completely exposed the duplicity and blatant lie of Pakistani authorities for whom Osama Bin…
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Sai Baba: A Fraud or God
Parmanand Pandey God-man Stya Sai Baba has passed away in the morning of 24th April. He was a divine man or God incarnate or not— I cannot say it for sure; but there is no doubt in my mind that Sai Baba certainly was an evolved person and a great human being. The work done…
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Support Drafting Committee Of Jan Lokpal
Parmanand Pandey An unnecessary controversy is raging these days with regard to the presence two Bhusans – father son duo— Shanti and Prashant in the Jan Lokpal Drafting Committee. Right from the day, the government accepted the demand of Anna Hazare to draft and enact the Jan Lokpal Bill with the help of the representatives…
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Hail The Bail To Binayak Sen
By: Parmanand Pandey Bail to Binayak Sen by the Supreme Court of India must be hailed because justice stands for liberty and equality. In fact, it has sent the right signal to millions of young men and women across the country, who feels frustrated with the existing judicial system. Supreme Court has rightly opined that…
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17B OF THE ID ACT MUST KEEP PACE WITH TIMES
Labour laws in India are welfare laws, where the role of State is undeniably very high; unlike those countries, where the policy of laissez faire is followed. There have been many changes and amendments in labour laws from time to time to safeguard the interests of the workers, but some of the most beneficent laws…