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Colin Gonsalves
The writer is a senior advocate, Supreme Court of India, and founder director of Human Rights Law Network
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Colin Gonsalves writes: Under proposed ‘urban Naxal’ law, I could be arrested for fulfilling my dutySubscriber Only
July 12,2024 18:01:07 PM
Because the judiciary has let us down again and again, the government has become bold enough to draft a law to trap within its web all those who struggle without guns or bombs for a better India
Sun, Jul 14, 2024
Colin Gonsalves writes: In putting GN Saibaba back in jail, after Bombay High Court acquittal, Supreme Court gives rise to questionsSubscriber Only
October 15,2022 21:16:24 PM
Bombay HC drew attention to the lack of required sanction for trial and review of the prosecution evidence by an independent authority
Mon, Oct 17, 2022
Evicting without rehabilitating violates rights of slum dwellersSubscriber Only
June 18,2021 03:50:17 AM
Especially when done in the middle of a deadly, unprecedented pandemic, it endangers the health and lives of thousands
Tue, Jun 29, 2021
Police reform recommendations exist. So why have they not been implemented?Subscriber Only
April 07,2021 04:59:06 AM
There is a petition pending in the Supreme Court since 2013 asking for the implementation of the Prakash Singh directives. Perhaps, now, after the Maharashtra fiasco, the SC may decide that this case merits listing
Wed, Apr 07, 2021
Chargesheets & fairy tales: When police produce voluminous chargesheets, a judge should be suspiciousSubscriber Only
September 19,2020 03:50:31 AM
The moment the police do drama of producing super voluminous chargesheets, a judge should know that there is hanky-panky going on.
Sat, Sep 19, 2020
What would happen if Prashant Bhushan were given immunity, allowed to speak freely?Subscriber Only
September 02,2020 03:05:56 AM
What would happen if the public were to be allowed to sit in on the arguments? The truth would come out. Details of compromised adjudication would perhaps come out.
Wed, Sep 02, 2020
It is unjust that refusal of bail to Sudha Bharadwaj is based on inadmissible evidenceSubscriber Only
July 20,2020 03:50:03 AM
The observation of the Court in Bharadwaj’s case that the decision as to whether a document is admissible in evidence or not will have to wait for the trial stage is unbelievable. Courts routinely exclude inadmissible documents or statements (such as hearsay) from consideration while deciding bail applications.
Mon, Jul 20, 2020
NRC violates constitutional morality, principles of international lawSubscriber Only
June 18,2019 00:01:51 AM
The judiciary should have kept its distance from this communal exercise that can only bring India shame at the international level.
Tue, Jun 18, 2019
A wilful negligenceSubscriber Only
November 23,2017 00:05:21 AM
Governments have not acted on recommendations of committees on farmer welfare
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
Showing weak judgementSubscriber Only
September 25,2014 00:07:34 AM
Court’s ruling on encounter killings falls short. It could reinforce the impression that on police misconduct, the judiciary stands with the establishment, not the people
Thu, Sep 25, 2014
The Contours of a Communal Violence LawSubscriber Only
August 12,2005 00:00:00 AM
The big question is, would a communal violence law have prevented the 1984 riots? My guess is that the Communal Violence (Suppression) Bill,...
Fri, Aug 12, 2005The lost chances of historySubscriber Only
June 22,2005 00:00:00 AM
Author of Constitutional law of India and former attorney general, the late H.M. Seervai, has provided an interesting account of Jinnah’...
Wed, Jun 22, 2005The brutal letter of the lawSubscriber Only
April 19,2005 00:53:39 AM
Accustomed, as we are, to lawyers and judges saying that the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 ...
Tue, Apr 19, 2005In the name of democracy, go!Subscriber Only
February 19,2005 00:00:00 AM
India's policy in Nepal is determined by the desire to neutralise the Maoists. In the process gruesome acts are condoned causing democracy i...
Sat, Feb 19, 2005The deadly bureaucracy in the AndamansSubscriber Only
January 26,2005 00:00:00 AM
One would have thought that in a disaster of this magnitude even ineffective bureaucrats would put their shoulder to the wheel and take assi...
Wed, Jan 26, 2005And the houses all fell downSubscriber Only
December 30,2004 00:00:00 AM
Ambujwadi looks like a battle zone. As far as the eye can see, the tiny houses of the poor lie in ruins. The demolition at mumbai started wi...
Thu, Dec 30, 2004Draconian assault on citizens’ rightsSubscriber Only
September 24,2004 00:00:00 AM
POTA is finally on its way out. But even before its demise, the groundwork is being done for the enactment of an equally draconian legislati...
Fri, Sep 24, 2004Justice Khare, seize the momentSubscriber Only
February 16,2004 00:00:00 AM
The dismissal of the appeals seeking to set aside the acquittals in the Best Bakery Case highlights the dismal failure of the Gujarat High C...
Mon, Feb 16, 2004Does BJP really want the code?Subscriber Only
August 19,2003 00:00:00 AM
Both in the Shah Bano case and in the Sarla Mudgal case, the Supreme Court found successive governments ‘‘wholly remiss’’...
Tue, Aug 19, 2003Dangerous solutionsSubscriber Only
November 22,2002 00:00:00 AM
Built up painstakingly over the last three decades is an incredible structure for the maintenance of national food security. It rests on thr...
Fri, Nov 22, 2002Journalism of Courage
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