Mr. Navtej Sarna’s Son is talented. I have had the opportunity to witness him in college. Mr. Navtej Sarna is an ‘Indian Author-Columnist, Diplomat, Indian Ambassador to the United States’. His son, Satyajit, recently published a Book of Poetry: “The Profane”. Here are a few of my favorite four lines: “But, if you believe you […]
Read more "The Profane"Chess has been represented, or shall I say misrepresented, as a game – that is, a thing which could not well serve a serious purpose, solely created for the enjoyment of an empty hour. If it were a game only, Chess would never have survived the serious trials to which it has, during the long […]
Read more "A Man of Reason and Logic"“Indubitably, Live Streaming of Court Proceedings has the potential of throwing up an option to the public to witness Live Court Proceedings which they otherwise could not have due to logistical issues and infrastructural restrictions of Courts; and would also provide them with a more direct sense of what has transpired. Thus, technological solutions can […]
Read more "An Alive Stream II"A photograph of Justice Sujata Vasant Manohar is present in several scenes of Batti Gul Meter Chalu [2018, dir. Shree Narayan Singh]. Justice Manohar was the First Woman Judge of the Bombay High Court. She went on to become the First Woman Chief Justice of Two High Courts, Bombay and Kerala and eventually ended her career as […]
Read more "Hon’ble Justice Sujata V. Manohar"Navtej Singh Johar v. UOI, [Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 76 of 2016] was filed for declaring Section 377 to be unconstitutional. It was held by: Dipak Misra CJI and A.M. Khanwilkar J. The phrase ‘against the order of nature’ has neither been defined in any provision of the IPC. What is ‘against the order of nature’? Procreation […]
Read more "#The377Debate II : 06.09.2018"“Read, Read for now I shall say a lot. The evidence of my battle fought. The only way I shall make you learn, I tried a lot when it was my turn.” Hon’ble CJI Dipak Misra shall retire in less than 30 days. His words on word-craft shall be remembered too as his ‘last words’. […]
Read more "Pragmatic Realism v. Romantic Idealism v. Recluse Extremism"“The Mayo College, Ajmer is an educational institution founded in 1875 by Sir Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, who was also the Viceroy of India from 1868 to 1872. It is one of the oldest educational institutions which was set up as a public boarding school, offering admission to the then elite. This […]
Read more "The Mayo College, Ajmer"Section 15 of The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: “When a marriage has been dissolved by a decree of divorce and either there is no right of appeal against the decree or, if there is such a right of appeal, the time for appealing has expired without an appeal having been presented, or an appeal has […]
Read more "Section 5(1) + Section 15 of The Hindu Marriage Act"RNR, May 13, 2017 : “I intuitively conclude, mobile phones inside Courtrooms undermine the judicial process. One should be not be allowed to record, broadcast or communicate with outsiders while inside Courtrooms, without specific permission from Court itself.” RNR, November 13, 2017: “Even if Live Tweeting is to be permitted one day, it should be […]
Read more "An Alive Stream I"George H. Gadbois, Jr., chronicler of 93 Judges of Supreme Court of India, had this to say once: “When I first wrote to Justice A N Ray requesting an interview, I included a couple of articles I had published earlier. This enabled him to see that I was rather well-informed about him and the Court. […]
Read more "The Revival of Ray III"I am happy, a book finally celebrates Mrs. Gandhi. ‘Did you know Eve Curie, the scientist Marie Curie’s daughter, was a guest at the wedding? And Harivansh Rai Bachchan, the poet? He and his wife, Teji, sang a duet.’ ‘Six months before Operation Blue Star, as troubles escalate, Mrs. Gandhi decides, on a whim, to […]
Read more "The Woman – Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi"2018. A magazine has published a disastrous story on the Chief Justice of India. Lawyers are keen to exercise their freedom of speech, criticizing that CJI. 180K Followers, Former President, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee. 275 Followers, Lawyer. 266 Followers, Lawyer. 1.15M Followers, Public Interest Lawyer and Activist. 11.9K Followers. 23.6K Followers, Writer. 3194 Followers, Lawyer. […]
Read more "Dipak Misra, Chief Justice of India II"Shyam’s Offer Shyam also met Karna and in attempt to avert war told him what no one else had told him. ‘Know that your birth mother is Kunti. By law, you are the eldest son of the man she married, Pandu. This makes you, by law, the eldest Pandava, with full rights to Pandu’s kingdom […]
Read more "Consistent Loyalty v. Contextual Thinking"Some men try hard for reasons best known to them. Team 2, even before it had shot and finalized the final print of its movie, filed a case before Bom HC. Dr. Abhinav Chandrachud fought for Team 1. He won. Hon’ble Justice G.S. Patel wrote: “In the present case there is no evidence of the […]
Read more "Veere Disarray"“Haynes was a role model of mine. He and Greenidge were a pair that would take apart any bowling attack in the world. From the start of the day’s play I had kept a close watch on him. He was sitting in the Sussex dressing room, absorbed in the match. I worried that he might […]
Read more "The Haynes Discourse"Last year, it was claimed before Bombay High Court, trailers of The State v. Jolly LL.B 2 projected Indian Judiciary and Indian Legal System in a derogatory manner. Court found there was a prima facie case of contempt. It constituted a Three-Member Committee, out of which Two Members were Lawyers. Bom HC’s ‘Legitimization of Special […]
Read more "The Last Word on Aiyaary"There is a certain degree of lasciviousness that’s attached to crime or investigative reporting. Because the Police Force is predominantly male and while there are women crime reporters, men outnumber them easily; stories that emerge from CBI or from Police have an undeniable male gaze. And so the first reports of Anca Neacsu being arrested […]
Read more "Jailed Abroad: Platinum Blonde, Anca Neacsu"Witnessing Padmaavat unfold on screen, on its first day of release, was unique, especially since your smart phone kept reminding you of persistent violence. The casual viewer may have even ignored a woman threatening to immolate herself or even a policemen who stood guard, but the skeptic whispered if a riot broke out… on which […]
Read more "The Last Word on Padmaavat"Two months ago, Judges 2-3-4-5 of Supreme Court wrote a long letter to the Chief Justice, complaining of assignment of Benches without any rational basis. Last Friday [*January 12, 2018*], the Judges called a Press Conference, irreversibly provoked by the Bench chosen by the Master of the Roster [Chief Justice of India], to hear a plea […]
Read more "An Alleged Judicial Crisis on Swami Vivekananda’s 155"There are always the traditionalists. They imagine Live Tweeters in Court when ADM Jabalpur was on going, and shiver at the thought. Ray CJI would have had none of it. The present Chief Justice seemingly does not subscribe to old world ideas. Juniors who have the time and the resources are travelling to SC every day […]
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