Justice Katju

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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

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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

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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

Justice Markandey Katju

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By Justice Katju The central government has blocked youtube and video tweets showing the BBC commentary on the Gujarat riots. Is this restriction valid ? In this connection the judgment of the celebrated Justice Louis Brandeis of the US Supreme Court in Whitney vs California ( 1927 ) is noteworthyContinue Reading