This blog carried the post on the bizarre case of the Judge, Justice Uma Nath Singh of Punjab and Haryana High Court, whose order directing the CBI to take into custody an advocate, and subject him...
I am giving below the links for the stories on the bizarre case of the Judge, Justice Uma Nath Singh, of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The links are here and here. The victim, Tahar Singh, a...
The Rameshwar Prasad Judgment (2006 2SCC 1) is cited by Kalam’s critics to point out that it was perhaps a mild indictment of his hurried assent to the dissolution of the Bihar assembly. In my...
As A.P.J.Abdul Kalam’s eventful tenure came to an end, he seems to have generally got a very good press in terms of editorials and commentaries. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, while lauding him for...
I thank Mr.Arun Thiruvengadam for his suggestion that what was added as “Update” to my previous post on the subject should ideally be a new post as it raises substantive issues. The...
THE Election Commission has issued a clarification regarding the BJP’s demand to declare the United National Progressive Alliance (The Third Front)’s decision to abstain from the...
In a provocative article, cartoonist Rajinder Puri (he writes on Constitutional issues also) argues that our Constitution makers in fact envisaged an Executive Presidency. He challenges the first...
Responses by Mr.Arun Thiruvengadam and Mr.Dilip (in the comments section to my previous post) made me further think about the Shiv Kripal Singh case. Here are, what I think, some similarities. Arun...
In the light of certain doubts expressed by Mr.Arun Thiruvengadam in the comments section to my previous post, whether it would be wise to restrict the Opposition and the press’ campaign against Ms...
Ms.Pratibha Patil’s candidature has led to intense polarisation of views across the political spectrum, mired as she is in a number of unseemly controversies. Today’s Telegraph carries an...