ongoing Indian farmers agitation can be likened to the Chinese Long March. Like the latter, it will face many obstacles, witness many twists and turns, and even retreats and splits, but eventually is bound to emerge triumphant, leading to creation of a political and social order
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Justice Katju said, I have explained about India was really the job of historians like Prof Irfan Habib, but they have not done their job properly. So I have to do it instead
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MORAL STRENGTH OF STRUGGLE AND SERVICE : The Sikh community has ensured that anybody coming to participate in protests will not face any inconvenience of any sort.
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was a major leader from NWFP, who due to his anti British stance had to be in British prison and later was jailed by Pakistan authorities for his standing for plural, democratic values.
Saadat Hasan Manto strongly opposed Partition.At that time he was living in Bombay, writing for films, but he had to depart for Pakistan when Muslims connected with the film world started receiving death threats.
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CJI Bobde does not allow the other 2 judges to speak, and he makes all these statements without consulting them. Evidently, these 2 judges are scared to disagree with the Chief Justice.
present protest by farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, but supported by farmers and other groups from across the country, is a harbinger of fundamental economic, social and political changes.
Tuesday, 12 January 2021: Global scientists are intensifying research into COVID-19, as the World Health Organization (WHO) moves to expand its scientific collaboration and monitoring of emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19….
The Supreme Court has been unusually aggressive with the government on the three farm bills. The Chief Justice of India made tough-talking about this and said that he is going to form the ‘expert’ committee…
judicial activism does not become judicial adventurism, the courts must act with caution and proper restraint. They must remember that judicial activism is not an unguided missile and failure to bear this in mind would lead to chaos.
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Islam spread in large parts of the world because of its great message of equality, and the social emancipation it gave to the suppressed sections of society. But Muslims in our subcontinent mostly practice the caste system, which represents inequality, and is directly contrary to what the great Prophet taught.
Courts must realise they cannot solve all problems in the country, and I respectfully submit the Supreme Court should only decide the constitutionality of the 3 laws, and refrain from passing any order trespassing into the domain of another organ of the state.
