Judge Loya judgment has been rendered on a group of petitions seeking investigation into the death of Judge Loya. The only issue in the case was whether the inquest report prepared u/s 174 CrPC closing the case on the finding that the death was due to natural causes, was correct. Judge Loya Judgment: Unnecessary References Let me first do away with the unnecessary references in the judgment. Caravan Articles There…
Euthanasia Judgment: Introduction Supreme Court of India in its recent euthanasia judgment has included the right to dignified death by withholding/withdrawing medical treatment in case of terminal illness as part of article 21 of the Indian constitution. The terminal illness should be such that requires prolonged treatment or subjection to life support systems with incurability or no hope of curability. The above exercise of choice to die is commonly known…
Triple Talaq Judgment: The Facts • The practice of Triple Talaq is not part of personal law but statutory law vide Nariman J and Lalit J. • The practice of Triple Talaq is part of personal law not statutory law vide CJI, Nazeer J. • The practice of Triple Talaq is neither part of personal law nor statutory law vide Kurien J. • The practice of Triple Talaq is violative…
Our school invariably had two sections across the board: Section A and Section B. Section A was reserved for students living in Vihars: Preet Vihar, Swasthya Vihar, Priyadarshini Vihar, Nirman Vihar, etc. Section B was reserved for Nagars: Laxmi Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Ganesh Nagar, Pandav Nagar, etc. I, though being in Section B, had developed friendship with Section A students. Of course, one fine day Section B students, who were…
AADHAAR-PAN Judgment: Facts Supreme Court of India has recently delivered the AADHAAR-PAN judgment on the validity of S. 139AA of the Income Tax Act. S. 139AA makes the following mandatory: Quoting of AADHAAR for filing income tax returns post July 1, 2017. Quoting of AADHAAR in any new application for allocation of PAN post July 1, 2017. Linking of AADHAAR with PAN post date to be announced by the central…
Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: Facts Before ICJ The recent proceedings before International Court of Justice (ICJ) in reference Kulbhushan Jadhav case were solely concerned with the provisional measures that India sought in its application filed before ICJ. Provisional measures can be analogized to ad-interim relief in municipal courts. In ICJ, India has claimed the main relief of annulment of death sentence passed against Kulbhushan Jadhav by Pakistan’s military court, and the…
Disclaimers1. I was reluctant to write on this topic because I don’t BS in my writings and speaking truth about this topic is full of thorns.2. I am an #AntiNationalHumanist; therefore, I have no bias for the state or against naxals and vice versa.3. I condemn the killing of the CRPF jawans but am not sure if it is violation of their right to life because the soldiers relinquish their…
The Mayhem Demonetization exercise in India has been carried out with such audacious arbitrariness and has been accepted by the people with such servile meekness that I am overwhelmed by the stupidity of men. This operation has brought in so much of darkness that it feels scary to even enlighten people anymore. Even now I am not sure how to start and end this post. The level of frustration is…
Intelligence agencies are the biggest attack on humanity. If one were to read Dhar’s book “Open Secrets” on the working of Intelligence Bureau (IB), one would learn that intelligence officers do what a common man can’t even imagine. And they don’t only work in “national interest”. They rather more often work in the interest of politicians. Dhar himself helped Indira Gandhi as well as sanghis in elections. He worked to…
The Kashmir Dispute and Its Effects Kashmir is a territory in dispute between India and Pakistan with no resolution in sight. Ironically, the people of Kashmir have no affinity towards any of these countries. POK (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) citizens are fighting Pakistan occupation, and IOK (India occupied Kashmir) citizens are fighting Indian occupation. Both the occupied lands, nevertheless, are excellent tourist destinations with an inherently warm culture — as can…