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‘Living Will’ to Die With Dignity
The legend goes that Dharmaraj Yudhisthir told Yaksha that the greatest wonder is that whosoever is born will have to die but nobody wants to believe it. The five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court recently delivered a judgment, laden with philosophical conundrums, ethical values, and legal scopes. Many a time it is the same…
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Farmers to be Free from Vicious Debt Trap
In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court of India has declared that farmers’ loan would not be covered by Banking Regulation Act. This will give huge relief to the farmers as they have been committing suicides in frustration and heavy indebtedness. The verdict of the bench of Justice R.F. Nariman and Navin Sinha has been…
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Implementation of Child Protection Laws Still a Mirage
There are Acts and laws galore for the welfare and holistic development of children but most of them remain unimplemented, be it Prevention of Child Labour Act, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act or Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act. That is why; the Supreme Court of India taken to task the…
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Delayed Justice – Sad Reflection on the System
‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ is such an oft-repeated maxim as it has lost its impact on the common litigants in India. There is no gainsaying that the rule of law cannot exist without effective judicial system, which is capable of enforcing rights in a timely manner that inspires the public confidence in the administration…
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Let Volcanic Eruption in the Supreme Court be a Blessing
Sometimes blessings come in disguise. The sanguine hope is that the volcano that has erupted in the Supreme Court of India on 12th of January in an unprecedented press conference of four seniormost puisne judges will bring good results for the catharsis of the judiciary. It was like a tremor in the Indian judicial history…
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Rapid Reconstruction of Post-war North Eastern Sri Lanka
India is visible in country’s development Passikudah Beach is one of the best beaches in the world. One can enjoy in the shallow waters of the sea and get distressed. It is a very near to Dambulla, where the historic citadel of Sigiriya rests atop the gigantic rock. One can experience the traditional Sri Lankan…
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Man Alone is not the Author of Adultery
Is adultery law in India not offensive to the dignity of the women? Does it not treat women as the chattel of her husband? Is it not discriminatory against men and therefore repugnant to the equality of men and women? These are the questions which have been agitating the men and women both from the…
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Sri Lanka Abounds With Breathtaking Beautiful Places
Sri Lanka Abounds With Breathtaking Beautiful Places We know so little about our neighbouring countries was realised by me during my six days visit to Sri Lanka in the second week of December 2018. I was the part of the 23-member delegation of the Indian Federation of Working Journalists, which travelled to many places in…
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Retweeting does not Extenuate Defamation
Technology has, without doubt, brought immeasurable relief to humanity but at the same time it has also brought along the store of difficulties and embarrassment if that is not used judiciously. Thanks to technology one can get information from one end of the globe to the other in a few seconds, but it can also…
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Strong Message to Forum-shoppers and Aberrant Judges
An eminent jurist Benjamin Cardozo has said that ‘the judge is not a knight-errant, roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty and goodness.’ Another jurist Felix Frankfurter has said that ‘for the highest exercise of judicial duty is to subordinate once personal pulls and private views to the law of which…