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Posted on 18 July, 2019 , No Comments admin

The judgement of International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered on the 17th of July, 2019 has strongly supported and upheld India’s case on most issues.  The Court held…

Posted on 02 April, 2019 , No Comments admin

Sitting in Opposition from 2004-14, I used to listen to the tall promises in the Congress Budgets.  An early lesson that I gave to myself was “Don’t go…

Posted on 18 March, 2019 , No Comments admin

Five year is not a long period in the life of a nation. It can, however, be a turning point in its direction for progress.  1991 was an…

Posted on 03 February, 2019 , No Comments admin

The leader of the largest party in Opposition in the Lok Sabha Shri Mallikarjun Kharge dissented once again in the appointment of the new CBI Director. Shri Kharge…

Posted on 05 July, 2018 , No Comments admin

The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on the 4th of July, 2018 settled the law with regard to allocation of legislative and executive powers between the elected…

Posted on 10 June, 2018 , No Comments admin

I re-read T.R. Andhyarujina’s masterpiece “The Kesavananda Bharati Case – the Untold Story of Struggle for Supremacy by Supreme Court and Parliament” (Pub.2011).  To this I have added…

Posted on 18 October, 2015 , No Comments admin

The Supreme Court of India, by a majority opinion, has struck down the 99th Constitution Amendment, which provided for the establishment of the National Judicial Commission to appoint…

Posted on 20 February, 2014 , No Comments admin

In the last few decades several countries moved in the direction of abolition of the death sentence. Many well meaning people in India joined in this demand. However,…

Posted on 16 December, 2013 , No Comments admin

The Indian Express today carries a detailed account of the alleged incident involving a young Intern and a former Supreme Court Judge viz. Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly. If…

Posted on 06 December, 2013 , No Comments admin

The full court of the Supreme Court of India met on the administrative side on December 5, 2013. They considered the report of the three Judges appointed by…