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Long live Ali Amin Gandapur

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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

The Crisis in Pakistan’s Judiciary

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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

Kejriwal’s plight

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Justice Katju: Kejriwal's Arrest Triggers Democracy Debate in India

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

Allahabad High Court Declares UP Madrasa Education Act Unconstitutional

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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

Bill Tammeus and Justice Katju Reunite in Heartwarming Encounter After 60 years.

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Bill Tammeus is my American friend, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. USA with his wife Marcia. He had come to Allahabad with his parents and 3 sisters in 1957. Bill’s father was an agriculture expert from Illinois University who had come for 2 years to India to teach modern methods of agriculture in the … Read more

Justice Katju Grants Bail to Dr Binayak Sen Amidst Allegations of Fabricated Evidence

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This is the story of how and why I granted bail to Dr Binayak Sen in May 2009 Dr Binayak Sen was a Bengali medical doctor who was an M.D. from Christian Medical College, Vellore, one of the foremost medical colleges in India. He could have easily gone to USA or some other Western country … Read more

Justice Katju Critiques Dr Vatsa and Valli’s Views on Religion, Advocates Deeper Understanding

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Dr Vatsa and Valli have unscientific understanding of religions. I recently saw this interview of Dr Aviral Vatsa, who is a medical practitioner living in Scotland, by Valli Bindana, a film maker who lives in California. Both are of Indian origin. Dr Vatsa and Valli are both self proclaimed atheists ( as I am too ). … Read more

People of Gaza have declared they are not going to take any more shit

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Ever since Israel declared itself a sovereign state on 14th May 1948, Israelis, knowing they have the backing of Western powers, have been kicking around the Palestinians, as if the latter were dogs.  Earlier, over 90% people living in the territories of Israel were Arabs. After creation of the state of Israel, many of them … Read more

Justice Katju vs Arfa Khanum Sherwani: Unmasking Media Priorities in India

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The godi media says ‘Hindu, Hindu, Hindu’, while Arfa Khanum Sherwani says ‘Muslim, Muslim, Muslim’, all the time. Thus they are two sides to the same coin, dividing and polarizing society, like the Hindu Mahasabha and Muslim League before Partition.  Neither godi media nor Arfa talk much of massive poverty in India, record and rising … Read more

Justice Katju Commends Bushra Bibi, Praises Her Loyalty and Character Amid Allegations

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I have the highest respect for former Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s wife Bushra bibi But first I must make a confession. I had in the past ridiculed her on twitter etc by calling her ‘pinky peerni’, who does ‘jaadu tona’, and by saying that she has two djinns in a bottle which she takes out … Read more