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States Cannot Give Short shrift to Parliamentary Laws
The uniqueness of the Constitution of India is that it is neither federal nor unitary but an amalgam of both. The distantly nearest with it is the constitution of the United States of America but the common factors of comparison are a few and far between the two. The US constitution is truly Federal in…
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Justice Karnan’s Saga will Haunt Higher Judiciary
L’affaire Justice J S Karnan is a unique but lowest of the low case in the judicial history of India. Justice Karnan is the first, and hopefully the last, sitting (now retired) judge of the High Court to have been found guilty of the Contempt of the Supreme Court. He is currently undergoing six-month imprisonment…
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Cruel; Society Leaves the Choice of Either ‘Love or Lover’
‘Kitna pyar hai tumse ye jaan lo, Tum hi zindagi ho meri is baat ko maan lo, Tumhe dene ko mere paas kuch bhi nahi, Bas ek jaan hai, jab jee chahe maang lo.’ (Must you know how much love I have for you, please accept that you are my life. Except this life I…
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Constitution Countenances the Ban on Cow Slaughter
For the last nearly a fortnight, the Central Government’s new Prevention of Cruelty to the Animals Rules have led to heated debates and agitations in many states particularly by those, who wish to fish in the troubled waters as they have their own axes to grind. Rules do not say anything about beef eating or…
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Triple Talaq Demeans the Dignity of Muslim Women
In Islam marriage is a contract not a sacrament as it is in many other religions. ‘Offer’ and ‘acceptance’ are the necessary ingredients of the contract. Among Muslims the groom proposes to bride and when she accepts the proposal then the nikah is performed by the Qazi in the presence of witnesses. However, a million…
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Will Reopening of Ayodhya Issue Bring Forth Justice?
Will Reopening of Ayodhya Issue Bring Forth Justice? ‘Supreme Court is supreme not because it is infallible but because it is final, has been said number without times. The recent judgment of the Supreme Court in the ‘State (through) Central Bureau of Investigation Versus Shri Kalyan Singh (former CM of UP) & Ors.’ proves the…
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Supreme Court Settles Controversy on Rarest of Rare Cases
The Supreme Court verdict in ‘Mukesh and another vs State of NCT of Delhi and others’ more known as Nirbhaya case confirming the death sentence to all living accused, except one, has been hailed all-over the country .A tiny group of the human right activists has, however, been campaigning for the abolition of death penalty…
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Liquor Ban on Highways- A Blow to Hospitality Sector
Utkarsh Pandey,Advocate Ban of the liquor shops on the National and State highways by the Supreme Court has caused hue and cry across the country. At times, the Supreme Court assumes the role of the activist and this decision of liquor ban within 500 meters on both sides along the highways is being interpreted as…
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Lawyers Cannot Resort to Strikes, Says SC
Lawyers like Doctors cannot strike their work. Both professions are guided by morality and missionary spirit. It has been aptly said that ‘we are the slaves of law, so that we might be free’. Credibility and reputation of the legal profession depends upon the manner in which the members of the profession conduct themselves. In…
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Aadhar Card to be Pressed for Non- Welfare Schemes
Controversy is raging across the country over the issue of Aadhar card, particularly when the government has included it in the Money Bill, which has now been passed by the Lok Sabha. Aadhar card is a unique identification that collects the biometric data of the citizens of the country. It has been designed to replace…