A few days back I was interviewed by the eminent Pakistani journalist Moeed Pirzada, who is presently in Washington, DC. The interview was about an article I had earlier written on the eminent physicist Dr Parvev Hoodbhoy. https://indicanews.com/2023/06/13/justice-markandey-katju-on-dr-pervez-hoodbhoys-superficial-understanding/ The interview is given below ( it has some problems of soundContinue Reading
Recently the US Supreme Court has struck down reservations for blacks and other races in USA as they violate the equality provision in the US Constitution. https://thewire.in/world/us-supreme-court-strikes-down-race-based-affirmative-action-in-college-admissions I submit that the time has come when the Indian Supreme Court, too, must declare all caste based reservations in India as unconstitutional,Continue Reading
An Iraqi immigrant living in Sweden reportedly burnt a copy of the Quran on Wednesday, 28th June, publicly before the Central Mosque of Stockholm in Sweden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMdf3RAkvFs&pp=ygUVcXVyYW4gYnVybmluZyBzd2VkZW4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shhPIUDJfs4 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66052670#:~:text=Several%20Muslim%2Dmajority%20countries%20have,Stockholm’s%20central%20mosque%20on%20Wednesday. Many Arab and other Muslim countries have condemned this incident, and protests are still going on in the Muslim world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t3-Y9avOQc&pp=ygUdbXVzbGltcyBjb25kZW1uIHF1cmFuIGJ1cm5pbmc%3DContinue Reading
Today 29th June is Eid al Adha ( also called Eid ul Zoha or Bakrid ) an important festival among Muslims in which an animal is sacrificed ( qurbani ). This reminded me of a case I heard in the Allahabad High Court shortly after I was appointed a JudgeContinue Reading
I have created 3 organisations ( with the help of other likeminded secular persons ) viz (1) Indian Reunification Association (IRA ), (2) Ibaadatkhana, and (3) Kalidas Ghalib Foundation (KGF ), all of which I am the patron ( email justicekatju@gmail.com ).Behind creating these organisations was a single idea–I wantContinue Reading
Division of India & Pakistan was British conspiracy? Cause of Partition of India, and recent developments in the Indian subcontinent. Justice Markandey Katju’s interview by eminent Pakistani journalist Moeed Pirzada.Continue Reading
I have been wondering why the Pakistan army is so hostile to former Prime Minister Imran Khan ? After all, he has overwhelming popular support in Pakistan, as he is regarded as broadly honest, as compared to the PDM leaders who are perceived by the people of Pakistan to be totally corrupt ( as indeed the Panama Papers and other evidence shows ), and his PTI party will sweep the polls if eletions are held ( as all opinion polls indicate ).Continue Reading
Today morning I saw this message sent by someone on my fb messenger :” Hello sir, I am a lawyer practising in Allahabad High Court.Today an elderly advocate reminded me about your past time when you were a sitting judge of Allahabad High Court.I was waiting to argue a matterContinue Reading
My contact with Pakistan by Justice Markandey Katju Continue Reading
I am writing to you in connection with Abdul Nassir Maadhany, a religious cleric of Kerala, who is facing trial in the Bangalore bomb blast case of 2010. Continue Reading