Tag Archives: Justice Katju

Wasim Rizvi’s view The demand of Wasim Rizvi,  former Chief of the UP Shia Central Waqf Board, to remove 26 verses from the Quran as they promoted ( according to him ) jihadist and terroristic feelings, while outwardly appearing to be motivated by liberal thinking, deserves to be deprecated.. Many …

By Justice Markandey Katju Tomorrow, 14th March is being celebrated as Punjab Culture Day https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ludhiana/celebrating-tomorrow-in-paks-punjab-with-an-offical-order-the-punjab-culture-day-7226330/ The demand of treating Punjabi as equal to Urdu is wholly justified. Our subcontinent is a land of great diversity, and all its peoples, languages, and cultures should be given equal respect. In India, and …

By Justice Markandey Katju Of all journalists in Pakistan, I respect Raza Ahmad Rumi the most and have high regard for him. He is secular, has a humanitarian approach, and has deep concerns for the problems of the people. Nevertheless, with due respect to him, I must say that like …

Some questions to Imran Khan By Justice Markandey Katju Dear Prime Minister Khan Everyone, including me, heard your speech in the Pakistan National Assembly after getting the vote of confidence ( which had been boycotted by the opposition parties ). The thrust of your speech was about the corruption done …

The farmers laws will not be withdrawn An MP from an opposition party phoned me just now and said that BJP may withdraw the farmers laws, as it may adversely affect their prospects in state assembly elections. I said they will not. The govt of India is now no longer …

Bengal has been for long a bastion of secularism in India, but of late I have been getting disturbing news of religious polarisation in West Bengal society. Will you continue on this disastrous path, or will you reverse it ?

Indian women will lead the way By Justice Markandey Katju The agitating Indian farmers are gathered in large numbers on the Delhi border. They held a massive farmers parade with thousands of tractors in support of their demands on 26th January ( Republic Day in India ), and have held …

In times of great historical crises and transformations, the people have often revealed this marvellous faculty which they have.

“jeevis”, who PM forgot, Justice Katju suggests PM mention in next speech

Terming the arrest of Disa Ravi, a 21-year-old environmental activist related to Friday for Future, as illegal, the Supreme Court Justice Justice Markandey Katju has said, “People’s Courts are the need of the hour”

The Song of the Stormy Petrel – Justice Markandey Katju asks “Will any of our poets write such a battle anthem of the coming storm in India ?”

The brave Indian farmers have been agitating for over 75 days now on the Delhi border, undauntedly and resolutely facing heavy odds, including cold weather, rain and a crafty opponent, backed by powerful vested interests..

Before the farmers agitation began there was a lot of support for the BJP in the USA and the western world including support from most of the NRIs who had become polarised. This support has been considerably diluted now,

It is a mistake to think that a language becomes weaker if it adopts words from another language and makes it of common usage.

I submit that by their ongoing agitation Indian farmers are not just creating Indian history but world history. Many may think this proposition to be unfounded and exaggerated, so I need to explain.

Why would anyone migrate from India to Afghanistan which is cold, covered with snow for several months in a year, rocky, mountainous, with harsh and uncomfortable terrain?

Justice Markandey Katju, a retired judge of Supreme Court of India has once again called Rabindranath Tagore a British agent.

Is Supreme Court under pressure from Amit Shah? Questions raised from Justice Katju's facebook post related to Justice Akil Kureshi

The Indian farmers have seen through the charade of these laws ( made without consulting their leaders ), and are hence on the agitational path.

This sounds a very fine statement, but what if the government has surrendered its sovereignty to the corporates?