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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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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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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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Need to stop surrogacy bazaar
Surrogacy is not a simple issue, it throws up ticklish and contentious questions of law and ethics, although it has got the religious sanctions and there have been innumerable examples where the children have been born by the niyog which is a type of surrogacy. Babylon law also allowed this practice where a infertile women…
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Supreme Court order on NEET: less clarity , more confusion (old post)
The decision of the Supreme Court of 28th April on ‘National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test’ (NEET) for admissions in Medical and Dental Colleges will, without doubt, have far reaching consequences. It will certainly give huge relief to lakhs of boys and girls across the country, who will now not have to undergo the rigours of…
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Supreme Court Frowns on Leniency Towards Acid Attackers
Acid attacks, particularly on women are not unheard of in our country. The horrific stories of survivors have shocked the conscience of the nation again and again. Families are often driven to bankruptcy in supporting recovery costs. The Indian penal Code was modified in 2013 for the first time to add two more sections- 326…
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Books not to be banned on hue and cry of vested groups
Parmanand Pandey No other literary book, in recent years, has created so much controversy and organized opposition as ‘One Part Woman’ of a Tamil writer Dr. Perumal Murugan. Although its opposition was confined mainly to Tamilnadu, yet it was quite intense and violent as well. Governments in our country are known for buckling under pressure…
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Defamation laws are anachronistic to Fundamental Rights
Is defamation of a person crime against the society? What should have the primacy- punishment for the defamation of a citizen or fundamental right of freedom and speech-in a democratic country as ours? Should defamation cases be dealt by the state as a crime or it should be treated as a civil wrong for which…
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‘half girlfriend’, A Riveting Book
I am a slow reader and that is why, almost ten days back, my younger son Utkarsh gave me ‘half girlfriend’, the latest book of Chetan Bhagat and I took five days to finish it. In fact, I steal time for such readings and can afford the luxury of reading any book, magazine or even…
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Glaring Example of Justice Denied
Many times, Litigation isselfdefeating. There have been many instances when litigants have wasted their lifetimes, evaporated all their resources in contesting the cases but ultimately got nothing. In a Hindi novel ‘Raag Darbari’, written by Sahitya Academy award winner Dr. Shri Lal Shukla, a former IAS officer, has very poignantly pictured the plight of a…