The writer is a former attorney general of India.
March 13,2005 00:00:00 AM
An incomprehensible feature of the US Government is its persistent reluctance to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989. It ...
February 27,2005 00:00:00 AM
Can Courts enforce election promises made by political parties during an election campaign? No, according to the Ontario Superior Court, Can...
February 13,2005 00:00:00 AM
Extensive deaths and destruction caused by the Asian tsunami have imparted urgency to devise measures to prevent such tragedies. A recent UN...
January 30,2005 00:00:00 AM
We celebrated the 55th Republic Day and held the traditional Republic Day parade with the usual pomp. My thoughts turned to our Constitution...
January 16,2005 00:00:00 AM
The public image of lawyers is far from flattering. The main reason is the savage fees charged by some lawyers for getting adjournments, arg...
January 02,2005 00:00:00 AM
Forgotten tsunami will rankle for years in our memories. With the proverbial stealth of a thief in the night it struck mercilessly with ligh...
November 21,2004 00:56:58 AM
Freedom of expression, a vital fundamental right, is not absolute. Censorship regrettably is inevitable in certain cases e.g. where the spee...
November 07,2004 00:00:00 AM
Failure to host a tea party on Independence Day by a Governor is not just bad manners. It is a serious constitutional lapse warranting his r...
September 27,2004 00:00:00 AM
The proliferation of rights and dilution of corresponding duties has been a cause for concern. One response was the Forty Second Constitutio...
July 09,2004 00:00:00 AM
The subject of the appointment and removal of governors was extensively discussed in the Constituent Assembly. The Founding Fathers did not ...
January 10,2004 00:00:00 AM
Dowry is regarded as an evil and its practice today is penalised. It was not so in the past. In 1665, the island of Bombay, then a little fi...
December 12,2002 00:00:00 AM
Nani Palkhivala was the greatest advocate that I had known. I had the good fortune to be his junior in several important cases. It was a joy...
January 24,2001 00:00:00 AM
No single phrase can do justice to the many splendoured personality of Homi Seervai who passed away on January 26, 1996. A brilliant advoc...
December 10,1999 00:00:00 AM
In our celebration of the 51st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human rights we need to remind ourselves that the rights enshri...
May 10,1999 00:00:00 AM
Any anthology of courageous lawyers must include the intrepid Malaysian jurist, Dato Param Cumaraswamy. After a gruelling sedition trial ...
March 13,1999 00:00:00 AM
Two legal titans passed away last week. Lord Denning Tom to friends at the age of 100 and Harry Blackmun of the US Supreme Court at 90.Th...
September 12,1998 00:00:00 AM
Protection of minorities is the hallmark of a civilised nation. According to Gandhiji the claim of a country to civilisation depends upon...
November 27,1997 00:00:00 AM
It is clear that threatened or actual withdrawal of Congress support does not ipso facto lead to the ministry losing the confidence of the ...
