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Six Glorious Epochs of History: An Account of Wonderful India
suzerainty of Chanakya- Chandragupta: Invaders to Bite Dust Legendary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar aka Veer Savarkar was not only a revolutionary history maker for which he will always be remembered by posterity but was also a historian of great perspicacity. His book on ‘Indian War of Independence of 1857’ has already acquired the status of a…
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Adopt Ancient Indian Jurisprudence
By Parmanand Pandey Supreme Court Judge S Abdul Nazeer must be complimented for having spoken his mind about throwing the colonial legal system by adopting ancient Indian jurisprudence. We have seen that most of our lawyers and the judges are so obsessed with the western legal system that they even refuse to see that it…
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Unions will have to Adopt Out of Box Methods to Protect the Interest of Journalists
Unions will have to Adopt Out of Box Methods to Protect the Interest of Journalists The face of journalism has undergone a cataclysmic change in the last thirty years, The credit must be given to the technology, particularly to Google. Pre-Google journalism was slow but more credible, demanding and labour intensive but post-Google journalism is…
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‘Justice for the judge’: a Book That Defends Well
Book Review by Parmanand Pandey Very few judges in India have written their autobiographies and this is attributed as one of the reasons for the opacity in the judicial system of the country. Three autobiographies, which readily come to mind – ‘Roses in December’ by Justice MC Chagla, ‘My own…
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Kudos to ‘Voice of Lucknow’ and its Editor for Protecting the jobs and Salaries of Journalists
It is feared that two decades hence after there will be no newspapers or magazines in print. This report was published in the ‘Economist’ some three years ago much before the havoc of pandemic. The tentative year is given 2043. Covid 19 has practically pushed print journalism in a deep strait and has accelerated the…
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Meaningless Controversy over Sameer Wankhede’s Religion
By Utkarsh Pandey, Advocate For the last few weeks almost every day, we find one or the other charge is being traded between Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik and an officer of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Samir Wankhede. Nawab Malik says that Wankhede’s name also contains the middle name of Dawood, which he has deliberately…
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Sudden and Enigmatic Withdrawal of Farm Laws
Utkarsh Pandey, Advocate It is really an enigma shrouded in surprising mystery that why the prime minister has decided to suddenly withdraw three Farm Laws, that too, at a time when the farmers’ agitation has almost died down. It was practically gasping for breath for the last many months. There was no support coming for…
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Demand of Caste Census is Preposterous: Firmly Reject it
Utkarsh Pandey Ll.M. These days the demand for caste census is being raised particularly in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, where the politics usually revolves around castes. The irony is that it is being demanded by those, who claim to be the votary of the casteless society. There is ample testimony that the socialists, led by…
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Goal of 50 %Women Judges is a Mere Will-o-Wisp
Hon’ble Chief Justice of India NV Ramna, the other day, while inaugurating a meet of the women advocates and judges in the Supreme Court gave a very call that they must unite and scream for 50 percent reservation in the judiciary. Paraphrasing Karl Marx, he said that ‘women of the world unite as they have…
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Only Increased Use of Technology can Prevent Rohini Court Type of Crimes
Parmanand Pandey The gruesome shootout at Rohini court yesterday was shocking, without doubt, but not surprising. It has not happened for the first time, such incidents have taken place many times in many countries, but the moot question is that despite the incredible march of technology, why is it not being used to prevent such…