Rahul Gandhi”s recent speech in the Lok Sabha during the no confidence motion proceedings on Manipur is being hailed by some as historical, as if it were a speech of Demosthenes, Cicero, Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill.or Martin Luther King Junior In his speech Rahul talked a lot aboutContinue Reading
A lawyer friend of mine , who is now no more, was a few years older than me. He told me this story when I was a lawyer in Allahabad. In the late 1950s a Convocation was held in the Allahabad University. In this function some University students, including myContinue Reading
An Article by Justice Katju A few years back some elderly relatives of mine wanted to visit the Akshardhaam temple in Delhi, so I took them there.Among other things there, is a cultural boat-ride inside a tunnel, and we went on it. Inside this tunnel are scenes from ancient IndianContinue Reading
Many years back I was invited by the then Vice Chancellor of JNU ( Jawaharlal Nehru University ), Delhi for dinner along with about a dozen Professors of the University I was told that the budget of the University Grants Commission was Rs.41,000 crore in the Five Year plan, andContinue Reading
The Legislative Landscape: Understanding the Role of Ordinance Bills in Delhi Ordinance bills occupy a special place in the dynamic world of governance, acting as a tool to quickly resolve urgent challenges. Several ordinance measures that aim to spur revolutionary development have lately been introduced in Delhi, the vibrant centerContinue Reading
By Justice KatjuIn the first half of the 20th century divorce was almost unknown in India. In fact it was not even legally permitted among Hindus ( it was first permitted by the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 ), and even among Muslims, for whom it was permitted by the shariaContinue Reading
By Justice Katju Whenever a bomb blast occurs in India there is great pressure by politicians and the public on the police to solve the crime. The problem for our police is that it is not usually trained in scientific investigation nor is given the equipment for the same, soContinue Reading
Indian Independence Day, 15th August, is approaching, and on this occasion I appeal to the Indian Govt to bestow the nation’s highest award, the Bharat Ratna, on Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis, who went to China in 1938 with an Indian medical mission to help the Chinese in their fight against ImperialistContinue Reading
A BJP MP Ajay Pratap Singh has called for banning live-in relationships https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjp-mp-calls-for-ban-on-live-in-relationships-8862180/ https://thewire.in/rights/bjp-mp-calls-for-ban-on-live-in-relationships-to-protect-women His argument is that though the Indian Supreme Court has said that such relationships are not illegal, it has also said that they are not approved by the majority in Indian society. Thus in Khushboo vsContinue Reading
One day on a nice summer evening a little girl called Alice was dozing on a green meadow when she saw a white rabbit wearing a blue coat running on his two legs, looking at a watch, and saying ” I am late ”. The rabbit jumped into a holeContinue Reading