The Consequences of Ayodhya Judgment of Supreme Court - SAHRDC Seminar New Delhi02 December 2019 Ayodhya conclusions not matched by reasons: Justice Ganguly Not criticising judges but unable to reconcile and shocked beyond measure, says…
Amartya Sen on Justice and Human Rights
The theory of justice must be more concerned with the elimination of removable injustices than with defining a hypothetical perfectly just society, says Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen Dr Amartya Sen was in India recently…
A Conditional Beacon Of Hope
THE RECENT order of the Supreme Court asking the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to inquire into the alleged role of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the post-Godhra communal riots of 2002 is a laudable…
Corruption: Set-backs in Indian Judiciary : Bala Nikit
When we are born, we inherent the right to life given to us by the gods but the cunning gods never grant us the right to a just and fair life. We try to overcome…
An Indian Record of Human Rights
THOSE who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others. The saying applies very much to successive governments of India which chafe at international accountability for their observance of human rights, are very…
A blot on Indian civilisation : Charles Chasie
MUCH has been written about the extraordinary and extra-judicial legislation in India which have become a blot on its civilisation and greatness. Such legislation ridicules India’s democracy, justice system, equality and fundamental human rights and…
Fake conversions, sham marriages: Making a mockery of…
The saga of Chander Mohan-Anuradha Bali, now (in)famously known as Chand Mohammad-Fiza love story, has finally ended into a tailspin of sorts. A peeved Fiza, who allegedly attempted suicide by consuming 25 non-fatal sedative alprazolam…
Resisting a Police State
The following is an extract from Analytical Monthly Review's Editorial (Published in Kharagpur, West Bengal) appeared on its February 2009 issue. Read More
Supreme Court judge advocates “animal rights” for alleged…
The third most senior judge on India’s Supreme Court has bluntly said in a public forum that alleged terrorists should be denied “human rights.” Instead terror suspects should be treated like animals. “What is required…