Friday, Dec 09, 2022
Journalism of Courage
Soli J. Sorabjee
The writer is a former attorney general of India.
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When humour and banter enlivened proceedings
May 18,2020 03:32:57 AM
There are judges and judges and lawyers and lawyers, and as Charles Dickens wrote, “if the law supposes that, the law is a ass”. I wonder what would be Dickens’ reaction to this incident.
Mon, May 18, 2020
Supreme Court’s recent judgments reaffirm its role as a vigilant monitor
December 03,2019 00:09:06 AM
Ordinarily, the Supreme Court judgment should finally settle any controversial issue, but not in our country. This is evident from the heated debates on the issue on TV channels and in public meetings.
Wed, Dec 04, 2019
Babasaheb’s warning: In politics, hero-worship is a path to degradation and eventual dictatorship
October 14,2019 23:58:38 PM
Ambedkar emphasised that this caution is far more necessary in the case of India. For in India, bhakti, or what may be called the path of devotion or hero-worship, plays a part in politics, unequalled in magnitude by the part it plays in the politics of any other country.
Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Court’s in-house procedure, by which allegations against CJI were examined, has stood the test of time
May 14,2019 00:05:04 AM
If we do not trust judges of the Supreme Court, then God save the country. We must put a lid upon the unfortunate controversy and save the institution, the office of the Chief Justice of India, from further damage.
Tue, May 14, 2019
Ambedkar’s ideas of social justice still haunt country’s constitutional apparatus. How much have we achieved?
April 18,2019 00:59:19 AM
Ambedkar believed that unless the moral values of a constitution are upheld, the grandiloquent words in it will not protect the freedom and democratic values of the people.
Thu, Apr 18, 2019
A labour of law
February 07,2019 00:10:21 AM
Constituent Assembly debates were full of disagreement, humour and hope. Will the dreams of the founding fathers come true?
Thu, Feb 07, 2019
Slogans, critical of govt, are not anti-national and do not amount to sedition
January 17,2019 00:16:04 AM
Invocation of the section (on sedition) should only be in cases of slogans which incite violence and have a tendency to create public disorder. Our state rests on solid foundations which cannot be disturbed by ill-tempered or pungent or stupid slogans.
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
A duty to curb intolerance
December 17,2018 00:20:53 AM
The movie Kedarnath, which depicts the love story, has sparked a controversy. There are shrill demands for banning its exhibition. The Uttarakhand High Court observed that those who do not like the movie need not watch it.
Mon, Dec 17, 2018
The noble dissenters
October 06,2018 00:02:44 AM
Dissenting judgments on Sabarimala and Bhima Koregaon speak to the future.
Sat, Oct 06, 2018
Amazing Grace
August 22,2018 00:03:46 AM
Atalji made friends and disarmed his opponents
Wed, Aug 22, 2018
The Constitution was founded on these
April 21,2018 00:20:05 AM
Our founding fathers were driven by the learnings of the past, the turmoil of the present and the possibilities of the future.
Sat, Apr 21, 2018
The Limits Of Freedom
January 30,2018 00:22:33 AM
Sedition law has been misused by over-zealous agencies. That’s no reason to scrap it
Tue, Jan 30, 2018
When a PM gave me counsel
January 04,2018 00:05:12 AM
And other memories starring leaders and lawyers
Thu, Jan 04, 2018
Be intolerant of intolerance
November 22,2017 00:57:46 AM
Why the Supreme Court judgment in the case of ‘An Insignificant Man’ shows the way.
Wed, Nov 22, 2017
A duty to be tolerant
November 01,2017 00:35:22 AM
The rise of intolerance is alarming. Dissent is smothered and self-censorship takes its place, endangering democracy itself.
Wed, Nov 01, 2017
Protect the dissenter
September 09,2017 00:26:24 AM
That is the state’s responsibility. It must punish those who violently target dissent
Sat, Sep 09, 2017
This thing called privacy
August 26,2017 00:00:09 AM
One salutary consequence is that the right to privacy cannot be curtailed or abrogated by merely enacting a statute but can be done only by a constitutional amendment after complying with certain constitutional prerequisites.
Sat, Aug 26, 2017
For the People
April 01,2017 00:18:03 AM
This erudite book illuminates how judicial review of legislation empowers and protects democracy.
Sat, Apr 01, 2017
The duty to practise tolerance
March 23,2017 00:57:00 AM
It should be expressly included and highlighted in the list of fundamental duties in our Constitution
Thu, Mar 23, 2017
What we need to guard
January 12,2017 00:00:59 AM
Fundamental rights are no gifts of the state, the Constitution only confirms their existence.
Thu, Jan 12, 2017A duty of tolerance
November 09,2016 00:02:25 AM
Intolerance has a chilling effect on freedom of thought and discussion. It places democracy under siege.
Wed, Jan 11, 2017
Sedition law cannot be used against honest views, expressed peacefully
August 25,2016 00:54:35 AM
It is the need of the hour to contain the forces of bigotry and intolerance which pose a grave threat to our democratic secular republic.
Thu, Aug 25, 2016
A Merry Court
October 16,2015 00:03:23 AM
The temples of justice are also home to moments of laughter.
Fri, Oct 16, 2015
A Rule Of Law Culture
September 22,2015 00:05:54 AM
Rule of law must become a part of people’s everyday lives if it is to be safeguarded .
Tue, Sep 22, 2015
Taking terror to task
October 27,2014 02:15:40 AM
Pakistan must stop offering specious alibis against prosecuting Hafiz Saeed.
Mon, Oct 27, 2014