Manoj Mitta is the author of Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India

December 25,2004 01:11:25 AM
While open violation or defiance could be detected and dealt with, covert sabotage with a lawful face is by its very nature undetectable....
Sat, Dec 25, 2004
December 23,2004 00:18:17 AM
Now that Avnish Bajaj, the CEO of Baazee.com, has been released on bail, let’s try and make a dispassionate study of the arrest that ca...
Thu, Dec 23, 2004
December 16,2004 02:31:17 AM
In a major blow to patriarchy among Hindus, the Union Cabinet today cleared a legislative proposal to introduce equality between men and wom...
Thu, Dec 16, 2004
December 15,2004 02:27:28 AM
The two cases may have little in common but it’s the Pappu Yadav case that has so far been the main legal barrier to the Kanchi Shankar...
Wed, Dec 15, 2004
December 11,2004 02:08:47 AM
One of the most dramatic U-turns by the apex court has gone largely unnoticed. It happened last week when a two-judge bench of Justice S N V...
Sat, Dec 11, 2004
December 09,2004 00:00:00 AM
First the good news. Thanks to a judgment delivered last week by the Supreme Court, we will in a few months be fitting our cars — or an...
Thu, Dec 09, 2004
December 04,2004 02:28:55 AM
A day after it questioned the Government’s decision to slap a penalty of Rs 150 crore for routing international long distance (ILD) cal...
Sat, Dec 04, 2004
November 30,2004 02:16:44 AM
In sensational disclosure in the murder case against the Kanchi Shankaracharya, the Tamil Nadu police today told the Madras High Court that ...
Tue, Nov 30, 2004
November 27,2004 02:23:25 AM
Citing a 24-year-old policy, Law Minister H R Bhardwaj has raised an objection to the Supreme Court collegium’s decision to transfer Ch...
Sat, Nov 27, 2004
November 26,2004 02:26:33 AM
If the Ambani controversy finds its way to the courts, one of the things both sides will contest is what to make of a 10-page document they ...
Fri, Nov 26, 2004
November 26,2004 02:21:38 AM
These cellphone records have little value, they do not prove anything...they can (only) be used to trace the movements of the accused.’...
Fri, Nov 26, 2004
November 12,2004 02:10:24 AM
The Left has warned the Government against rushing the third Patents (Amendment) Bill to meet WTO’s January 1 deadline, saying it is in...
Fri, Nov 12, 2004
November 09,2004 02:08:11 AM
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chairman Pradip Baijal has denied that the regulator ‘‘abdicated its duty’’ in the...
Tue, Nov 09, 2004
November 07,2004 00:00:00 AM
‘‘IT appears that an attempt has been made by Teesta Setalvad and Mihir Desai of the Citizens for Justice and Peace to run a paral...
Sun, Nov 07, 2004
November 06,2004 01:41:13 AM
The litigation before the Delhi High Court between Reliance Infocomm and BSNL has laid bare a serious failure of Telecom Regulatory Authorit...
Sat, Nov 06, 2004
November 05,2004 01:55:36 AM
The Delhi High Court today passed strictures on Reliance Infocomm for depriving BSNL of over Rs 200 crore by passing off international calls...
Fri, Nov 05, 2004
November 03,2004 01:48:24 AM
Forty months after the CBI filed a revision petition related to the Babri Masjid demolition, the Allahabad High Court today issued notices t...
Wed, Nov 03, 2004
October 27,2004 02:31:43 AM
The year-long turf war between the executive and judiciary over who can head the newly set up Competition Commission of India (CCI) has led ...
Wed, Oct 27, 2004
October 21,2004 00:00:00 AM
Human Security Now. Heard of this somewhat provocative expression? Yes, it is reminiscent of a rock concert tour organised by Amnesty Intern...
Thu, Oct 21, 2004
October 20,2004 02:27:24 AM
The Government has so far received only a part of the recommendations made last month by the Supreme Court collegium—the part relating ...
Wed, Oct 20, 2004
October 15,2004 02:50:12 AM
The Andhra Pradesh Government has overlooked one crucial detail in its enthusiasm to hold talks tomorrow in Hyderabad, amid much fanfare and...
Fri, Oct 15, 2004
October 13,2004 02:34:28 AM
The Supreme Court collegium’s decision to transfer the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, B K Roy—as reported in ...
Wed, Oct 13, 2004
October 12,2004 02:43:16 AM
The Supreme Court collegium, the highest administrative body for the nation’s judiciary, has decided to transfer 10 sitting High Court ...
Tue, Oct 12, 2004
October 06,2004 02:07:40 AM
The cricket board succeeds in having its way on telecast arrangements for the series starting tomorrow but it may well prove to be a short-l...
Wed, Oct 06, 2004
October 05,2004 02:43:27 AM
In an extraordinary move on the Tehelka issue, the Government has replaced a judicial inquiry with a CBI investigation.The term of the Justi...
Tue, Oct 05, 2004




