Tag: Constitution

NSCA demands SC/ST Act in Schedule IX of Constitution

A Punjab-based Dalit right groups on Friday said demanded the Union government to enact legislation for addition of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 in the Schedule IX of Constitution to insulate it from judicial scrutiny. In a memorandum to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi through the Divisional Commissioner of …

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May 18, 2018

Modi govt subverting Constitution: Amarinder

The Punjab Congress, led by Chief Minister (CM) Amarinder Singh on Friday submitted a memorandum to the President, through Governor VP Singh Badnore, protesting against the alleged subversion of the Constitution by the Governor of Karnataka, and seeking his intervention to save the democratic polity of the country. “A grave violation of the Constitution has …

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May 18, 2018

Can physics streamline the legal process?

It is interesting to compare the laws of physics and the laws followed in our legal system, especially in the criminal justice system, to see if there is an opportunity for physicists to apply their analytical skills to legal processes. Apart from the word “law”, there are a few other similarities between how a physicist …

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May 18, 2018

Cast in Caste

The framers of our Constitution wanted our society to gradually evolve into a casteless society; however, close to 71 years after Independence, caste divisions have become even acuter. Caste pervades Indian society to the extent that followers of egalitarian religions like Christianity, Islam or Sikhism frequently divide themselves according to their original castes. Caste follows …

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May 7, 2018

Odisha CM proposes inclusion of Ahmisa in Constitution’s Preamble

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday proposed that “Ahimsa” be included in the Preamble of the Constitution. He suggested amendment to the Constitution to include “Ahimsa” in its preamble. Participating in the meeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi, to celebrate 150th Birth Anniversary of Gandhiji, the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the greatest tribute India …

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May 3, 2018

BJP ‘hampering’ Ambedkar’s ideals of Constitution: DMK

The DMK on Saturday alleged that the BJP-led Centre was hampering BR Ambedkar’s ideals behind the making of the Indian Constitution. DMK’s working president MK Stalin said the Centre was working towards “weakening” social justice, without elaborating further. “The BJP-led Centre steered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working in a way (that is) hampering …

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April 14, 2018

Ambedkar’s vision of a secular Constitution

As the nation prepares to remember again its illustrious son Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on his birthday later this month and pays tribute to his seminal contribution to national life, one cannot help pondering over some recent controversies over the viability of some features of India’s Constitution, a stupendous charter of rights and duties of …

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April 6, 2018

Milords’ Indulgence

Democracy will be strengthened if stakeholders use the opportunity presented by the current crisis to address the imbalance in judiciary-executive relations, argues Ashok Kapur.

March 28, 2018

To live, and die, with dignity

A latest Constitution bench judgment of the apex Court has authoritatively held that “meaningful existence of a human being” includes his choice to die without suffering. The Court enunciated a broader legal framework protecting the dignity of terminally ill patients or patients in persistent vegetative state (PVS) with perceived less scope of recovery. The jurisprudence …

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March 22, 2018

Constitution is a legal and a social document: Jamir

the values for which the country stands and the goals for which we strive. It is not merely a legal document but a social document, said Odisha Governor Dr S C Jamir. The nation owes a lot to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and other great individuals, who played a pivotal role in the drafting of the …

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March 17, 2018

Constitution, State and secularism

The “Constitution is workable, flexible and strong enough to hold the country together both in peace time and in war time. If things go wrong under the new Constitution, the reason will not be that we had a bad Constitution. What we will have to say is that Man is vile,” observed Dr. B R …

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March 14, 2018

Youth lynching: Kerala HC takes suomotu cognisance based on judge’s letter

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday took suomotu cognisance on tribal youth Madhu’s murder in Attappady, Palakkad, based on a letter written by the state legal services authority chairman Justice Surendra Mohan to Chief Justice Antony Dominic. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Antony Dominic and Justice Dama Sheshadri Naidu on Wednesday issued notice to …

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March 1, 2018

Why Tobacco is Res Extra Commercium?

Scientists and experts across the globe have unequivocally proved that tobacco use kills half of its users if they do not stop using tobacco (according to government sources tobacco consumption kills more than 900,000 people every year in India). Studies also suggest that tobacco, which is laced with nicotine, is a highly addictive substance, even …

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February 21, 2018

Basic tenets of Constitution under threat: Sitaram Yechury

As India celebrated its 69th Republic Day, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday said the basic tenets of the Constitution are “under grave threat”. “Greetings to all of us citizens on Republic Day. It was a momentous day when India adopted values and principles, way ahead of the times. We must, now push them …

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January 26, 2018

A Constitutional Travesty

When dysfunctional laws like the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Office of Profit law congregate to create a slothful and dysfunctional State, the hope of developmental politics evaporates. And when these dysfunctional laws are misused by those who came to power by propagandising high morality and clean politics, it vilifies the confidence of people. …

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January 24, 2018

Towards a police state

It is marching ahead in slow steps, relentlessly but surely. The world’s largest democracy is being nibbled at from inside and is getting corroded. A cruel irony, as it is supposed to function within the four corners of the democratic world’s finest written Constitution. The rule of law is largely benefiting the high and mighty, …

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January 24, 2018

Constitution is the greatest public policy: Justice Chelameswar

Supreme Court Judge, Justice J Chelameswar, on Saturday asked the youth to value the biggest public policy document – the Constitution of India- which was prepared by people who made great sacrifices for the country as freedom fighters. “The greatest public policy is the Indian constitution itself and the centre which created it is the …

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January 21, 2018