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Justice Shah sums up Indian Democracy, as it is today

A very powerful article from a former Chief justice. We would all do well to take heed of his warnings:

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India a Liberal Democratic Republic – Only on Paper: Justice Shah

Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice AP Shah, gave the Justice Hosbet Suresh Memorial Lecture on Friday, 18 September, in which he talked...

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Justice Shah sums up Indian Democracy, as it is today

A very powerful article from a former Chief justice. We would all do well to take heed of his warnings:

TheQuint

India a Liberal Democratic Republic – Only on Paper: Justice Shah

Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice AP Shah, gave the Justice Hosbet Suresh Memorial Lecture on Friday, 18 September, in which he talked...

Opinion31 May, 2020

World’s largest democracy

An India court says a state government’s handling of the Covid crisis should not be criticised. World’s largest democracy.

ThePrint

Criticising govt not going to bring back the dead, don't 'politicise' pandemic: Gujarat HC

Gujarat HC requested people to be careful before commenting or entering into any debate with regard to its orders that are being passed by 'in public...

Link15 Jan, 2020

News18

In Trying to Muzzle Dissent, Overzealous Govt Officials are Turning Small Fries into Hot Potatoes

By driving away two then-unknown foreigners last month for protesting against...

Opinion15 Jan, 2020

Bhim Army chief has a “constitutional right to protest.”

Now this is some fine words by the judge: During the bail plea hearing of Chandrashekhar Azad at Delhi’s Tis Hazari court, Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau Tuesday came down heavily on the Delhi Police saying the Bhim Army chief has a...

The Indian Express

‘As if Jama Masjid is in Pak’: Court gives Delhi Police a dressing down at Chandrashekhar Azad’s bail hearing

"You are behaving as if Jama Masjid is Pakistan. Even if it was Pakistan, you can go there and protest. Pakistan was a part of undivided India," Judge...

Link11 Jan, 2020

Hindustan Times

Government staff’s presence in political rally is not political activity, says Tripura High Court

The High Court’s order came in response to a petition filed by Lipika Paul, a...

Link21 Dec, 2019

News18

Arbitrary Use of Section 144 against Fundamental Rights: K'taka HC on Govt Move to Curb Anti-CAA Stir

Section 144 was imposed in Bengaluru in the backdrop of planned protests against...

Link20 Dec, 2019

The Quint

Like Kashmir, Sec 144 Is Being Illegally Used to Stifle Dissent

Section 144 orders are being summarily imposed across the country to prevent...

Opinion13 Nov, 2019

'Made to feel anti-national'

Amol Palekar: "I was one of those few ones who stood up against Emergency, so in that sense, I was against Congress, I was against Indira Gandhi. But, because I was against it, I was not made to feel “anti-national” as today it is being immediately done."

The Quint

Earlier, Dissent Wasn’t an Anti-National Activity: Amol Palekar

Amol Palekar says he was against the Emergency but wasn’t made to feel ‘anti-national’.

Link08 Sep, 2019

Scroll.in

Supreme Court judge says criticism of government, army, judiciary cannot be construed as sedition

‘If we stifle criticism of these institutions, we shall become a police state...

Opinion18 Apr, 2019

If we want to empower dissent, then we must stop panicking about fake news

Dissent is the real target of those in power. They want to curb freedom of expression by any means possible. The proliferation of fake news and more importantly, the nonstop worrying about it being foisted on us by all our mainstream media, is...

Link16 Mar, 2019

The Indian Express

SC stays Meghalaya HC order convicting Shillong Times editor of contempt

The Meghalaya High Court had held the editor and publisher of the prominent...

Opinion11 Mar, 2019

Excellent governance of PM modi I Like BJP very much .

Excellent Government is in center

Opinion25 Feb, 2019

Irresponsible Dissent should be curbed

Dissent is an integral part of any Democracy. However, in our country where a large chunk of electorate is illiterate, uneducated,and under educated spread of Dissent for sake of Dissent creates confusion and indecision in the minds of people. In...

Link16 Jan, 2019

The Indian Express

An act of tyranny: ‘Modi govt threatened democracy; that is the most anti-national of all acts’

Nothing that JNU students did poses nearly as much of a threat to India as...

Link08 Jan, 2019

https://www.hindustantimes.com/

Will jail officials: Supreme Court on plea that people prosecuted under junked Sec 66A

The bench, led by Justice RF Nariman, has given the Centre four weeks’ time to...

Link04 Jan, 2019

The Indian Express

Naseeruddin Shah in Amnesty video: Walls of hatred erected in name of religion

"Those who demand rights are being locked away. Artists, actors scholars, poets...

Link23 Dec, 2018

Times of India Blog

How to rescue democracy: Liberal education will teach us to do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason

Another series of elections has come and gone. Like an imminent surgery, an...

Link19 Dec, 2018

NDTV.com

Manipur Journalist Jailed For A Year, Called Chief Minister PM's "Puppet"

Manipur journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem was sentenced to a year's detention...

Poll06 Dec, 2018

Do you feel that freedom of speech and dissent have been curtailed under the Modi government?

5 votes received Poll has expired

Link16 Oct, 2018

The Indian Express

Dissent Is Democracy

Arrest of activists casts a shadow over state’s commitment to constitutional...

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