Tag Archives: Law
Bangalore Queer Pride March’09: A Report
Did anybody see a rainbow today on Bangalore sky? I did as we drove back from Town Hall, the place where the Bangalore Queer Pride Parade concluded and I thought how very symbolic. Queer people in Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai and Bhubaneswar today celebrated their ‘being’ under a rainbow colored flag. Gays, lesbians, kothis, hijras, intersexs, […]
Justice Katju’s remark equating bearded muslim with Talibans
So most of you already know the news. This high school kid Salim kept a beard in a convent school, school authorities didn’t appreciate. The kid sued the school. I don’t know if it was his own idea to go as far as Supreme Court for this mere cause of keeping beard or was it […]
Welcome decision by SC restricting the freedom of speech often absued by Blogger’s
Times of India reported that the case of a 19 year old blogger Ajith may forever change the way bloggers blog in India. To quote TOI, “Bloggers may no longer express their uninhibited views on everything under the sun, for the Supreme Court said they may face libel and even prosecution for the blog content. […]
RK Anand: A personal shame
The Delhi High Court on Thursday convicted two senior lawyers R.K. Anand and I.U. Khan of criminal contempt for trying to “persuade” key witness Sunil Kulkarni in the BMW hit-and-run case to turn hostile. The court held the two guilty of “… obstructing the administration of justice”. The court has debarred the duo from appearing […]
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