Justice Markandey Katju
To my Brothers and Sisters Judges of the Supreme Court of India I respectfully appeal to you to revisit the cases of the people in jail mentioned below whom I believe are innocent and have been wrongly incarcerated due to political vendetta by the Modi Government, quash the bogus charges against them, and free them. … Read more
Ali Amin Gandapur is the Chief Minister of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( KP ) in Pakistan, and belongs to former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, the PTI. https://globalpolitics.in/pakistan/pakistan-short-notes.php?recordNo=856&url=Who%20is%20Sardar%20Ali%20Amin%20Gandapur,%20PTI%E2%80%99s%20Chief%20Minister%20for%20Khyber%20Pakhtunkhwa? His recent fiery defiant speech has not only aroused the people of KP but also the whole of Pakistan Also Read: The Greatest Sex Scandal … Read more
A sex scandal has erupted in India which is flying all around the country–in headliners of many newspapers, on TV, on the social media, and is being discussed. Briefly, the scandal relates to Prajwal Revanna, the 33 year old grandson of HD Deve Gowda, a 91 year old former Indian Prime Minister and leader of the … Read more
In 2015 a Muslim Mohd Ikhlaq was lynched in a village near Dadri, Gautam Buddhanagar district, UP by a mob for allegedly eating beef. In this connection a panel discussion was organised by the well known TV journalist Barkha Dutt on NDTV channel, to which I was also invited. Among other participants in the panel … Read more
Yesterday, 6th April 2024, the Kashmiri Pandits Association, an association of the non Kashmiri speaking Kashmiri Pandits, ( Kashmiri speaking Kashmiri Pandits have their own association called All India Kashmiri Samaj ), held a function in Delhi to honour me and Anita Mulla, the daughter of the heroic Capt MN Mulla who went down with … Read more
A meeting was held between the Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and the Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa in response to the letter of 6 Judges of the Islamabad High Court to the CJP and other senior Judges complaining of interference by the ISI and other intelligence agencies of Pakistan with fthe functioning … Read more
6 Judges of the Islamabad High Court have written a letter to the Supreme Court Judicial Council of Pakistan, whose head is the Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, complaining of the interference in their work, threats, and snooping on them by Pakistan’s Intelligence Agencies The lawyers have called a convention to discuss this brazen … Read more
Poor, poor, Arvind Kejriwal. Ever since he was arrested on 21st March in connection with the massive liquor scam he was expecting millions of people to turn out in protest by holding massive demonstrations in the streets of India, particularly in Delhi. But no one seemed to be interested. No one is happy at the prospect … Read more
The Allahabad High Court, by a verdict given on 22.3.2024 has declared the UP Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 to be unconstitutional, being against the principle of secularism. https://www.firstpost.com/india/studying-in-madrasa-violates-secularism-allahabad-hc-declares-madarsa-education-unconstitutional-13752135.html https://www.newsclick.in/explained-why-has-allahabad-hc-struck-down-madarsa-act The full judgment is given below : https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/anshuman-singh-rathore-vs-union-of-india-thru-secy-ministry-of-edu-new-delhi-and-3-others-2024-livelaw-ab-189-allahabad-high-court-529904.pdf I agree with the verdict that madarsa education violates the constitutional principle of secularism. It also … Read more
The Leftists have swept the polls in the recent elections for the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union elections ( JNUSU Election ) https://www.news18.com/india/saffron-wave-in-left-bastion-jnu-as-abvp-leads-in-all-4-posts-of-students-union-election-counting-underway-8827172.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/in-first-jnu-student-polls-in-4-years-left-sweeps-40-101711306391166.html This is being hailed as a great victory for the poor people of India. But going by past experience one can safely predict that after leaving the JNU these ‘revolutionaries’ who have won the … Read more