Tag: justice

Rescue Our Democratic Society: Constitutionally Render Corporations Unequal to Humans

The argument that corporations must be treated like real people… is in my view preposterous. Corporations are legal fictions. They have no opinions of their own to contribute and no rights to participate with equal voice or vote in politics: Richard Dworkin By Ralph Nader / RalphNader.org No other institutions consistently Rule over as Much in… Read More Rescue Our Democratic Society: Constitutionally Render Corporations Unequal to Humans

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Avay Shukla: Of puppets, surrogates and the real Mccoy : a ‘crash’ course on the Indian stock market

A disclaimer is in order before I venture into the rest of this piece. These days, any hack of standing has to begin with a disclaimer to show that he is someone to be reckoned with, that his background is of interest to his readers, that he is pure as the driven snow, and that… Read More Avay Shukla: Of puppets, surrogates and the real Mccoy : a ‘crash’ course on the Indian stock market

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Ashok H. Desai: How the Judiciary Defied the Government to Uphold Constitutional Values During the Emergency

The declaration proclaimed on June 25, 1975, under Article 352(1) of the constitution that a grave Emergency existed whereby the security of India was threatened by internal disturbance was the declaration of a phoney Emergency. Its real cause was the erosion of Indira Gandhi’s hold on power. The occasion to declare it on that day… Read More Ashok H. Desai: How the Judiciary Defied the Government to Uphold Constitutional Values During the Emergency

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BBC ‘Raid’:  PM Modi loses battle of perception internationally

The timing of the income tax survey by the Union government on BBC was ill- advised, and has done irreparable damage to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image as a global leader Bharat Bhushan Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have further lost the battle of perception internationally with the income tax department raiding (or as the… Read More BBC ‘Raid’:  PM Modi loses battle of perception internationally

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EMERGENCY Archive / When the Supreme Court struck down Habeas Corpus

PUCL Bulletin, June 2001 – A.D.M. Jabalpur vs Shukla Supreme Court overrules Emergency era Habeas Corpus verdict April 28th, 1976 is a day never to be forgotten by any of us Indians who love the pledges of Justice and Liberty which we gave to ourselves in the Preamble of our Constitution. It was on this day… Read More EMERGENCY Archive / When the Supreme Court struck down Habeas Corpus

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Suhas Palshikar: There are many ways India mirrors the Emergency now

Recently, Lal Krishna Advani, one of the leaders imprisoned by Indira Gandhi’s Emergency regime, rang a warning bell. He said we, as a country, are still not Emergency-proof. This could be seen as a strange statement because post-1977, many safeguards have been created in the Constitution to ensure a repeat of 1975 does not happen.… Read More Suhas Palshikar: There are many ways India mirrors the Emergency now

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Iranian Doctors Who Treated Wounded Protesters ‘Arrested, Tortured’

NB: The sadistic Iranian theocrats do not know that the Hippocratic oath enjoins doctors to treat every person who needs medical treatment, regardless of who they might be. The Ayatollahs preside over a replica of hell on earth. DS GOLNAZ ESFANDIARI In late November, three Iranian doctors traveled to the country’s western Kurdistan region, the… Read More Iranian Doctors Who Treated Wounded Protesters ‘Arrested, Tortured’

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Censoring debate in Parliament will not help the government

Bharat Bhushan If Adani was allegedly just another rogue businessman, a discussion in the Parliament and the institution of a transparent inquiry into allegations of market manipulation should have been the order of the day. However, the demand for an enquiry was stamped down in Parliament by the power of the presiding officers last week.… Read More Censoring debate in Parliament will not help the government

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‘Sadness in the whole forest’: family of Cop City activist killed by US police seeks answers

Manuel Paez Terán was protesting a planned Atlanta police training center when officers repeatedly shot and killed him. The activist, who went by the name Tortuguita, was one of dozens trying to protect the South River Forest from a $90m, 85-acre police and fire department training center planned for the site. The project is known… Read More ‘Sadness in the whole forest’: family of Cop City activist killed by US police seeks answers

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हार्वर्ड में मोदी राज पर भी हो रहा है हार्डवर्क | Harvard working hard on Modi’s Governance

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