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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- The Nation's Consciencevala (OutLook, T.R. Andhyarujina, Feb 27, 2007)
Eminent jurist, outspoken critic, Nani A. Palkhivala devoted his life to upholding the Indian Constitution
- Cauvery Waters Still Rage (Indian Express, M.S. Menon, Feb 26, 2007)
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT), after 16 years of deliberation, gave its unanimous final award on February 5, 2007, in one of the longest water disputes in the world. As per the verdict, out of the utilisable quantum of the waters of the . . .
- A Congressional Duty (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 26, 2007)
On the first day of the new Congress, two leading senators announced they would join in an attempt to reverse the hasty and ill-considered decision of the previous Congress to deprive foreign prisoners at Guantanamo Bay of the ancient right of . . .
- State Ready To Hold Talks With Tamil Nadu On Cauvery (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Feb 25, 2007)
All-party meet rejects tribunal award; leaders suggest legal recourse
Kumaraswamy ready to go to Chennai and hold talks
Experts to ponder over legal options available to the State
- Sc Refers Pota Review Panel Issue To Larger Bench (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2007)
An important question arising out of the Godhra train carnage case pertaining to the applicability of POTA review committee’s findings in the pending cases already under trial was referred by the Supreme Court to a larger Bench today.
- Karunanidhi’S Charm Offensive In Delhi (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Feb 22, 2007)
The ruling DMK’s decision to extend unequivocal support to the Congress on Uttar Pradesh has brought down a notch its popularity ratings back home in Tamil Nadu.
- Muslim Quota Likely To Be Reduced In A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2007)
The Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to scale down the promised reservation to Muslims from 5 to 4 per cent with a view to steering clear of legal hurdles.
- Lost In Lucknow (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 21, 2007)
The Union cabinet should ignore the Congress Working Committee's call for President's rule in UP. The flawed advice goes against the spirit of the law and of federalism. The premise for Congress's demand to dismiss the UP government is the Supreme . . .
- Combating Corruption (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 20, 2007)
The Administrative Reforms Commission's recommendation that the Constitution be amended to provide for a Rashtriya Lok Ayukta draws attention to an issue raised intermittently only to be quickly forgotten — the need for a national ombudsman . . .
- Scrap Mplads (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 19, 2007)
THE Administrative Reforms Commission, headed by Mr M. Veerappa Moily, has rightly recommended abolition of the MPs’ and MLAs’ Local Area Development Schemes (MPLADS).
- Novartis' Patent Case (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Feb 19, 2007)
The Madras High Court is set to resume hearing arguments in the case on Novartis' patent application for its cancer drug Gleevec.
- Desist From Article 356 Fraud (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 19, 2007)
For the nth time in its post-1950 career, the Congress Party is in the process of demonstrating that, Bourbon-like, it can `learn nothing and forget nothing' when it comes to deploying the knife of Article 356 against State governments it . . .
- The Man Was The Message (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 18, 2007)
MS Golwalkar was the greatest intellectual genius of the latter half of the 20th century. His message was one of love and unity of humanity. He also left a positive impression on both friends and adversaries
- Will The Dream Come True? (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2007)
The Indians want the world to believe that the day is not far when theirs would be the third largest economy in the world –– after the US and China.
- Walter Lippman, A Journalist-Philosopher (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Feb 16, 2007)
The thoughts of Walter Lippmann, the American political columnist, on diplomacy remain relevant for India.
- Speaker Misused (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2007)
THE disqualification of 13 Uttar Pradesh MLAs by a five-member Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court exposes the unprincipled manner in which the Samajwadi Party headed by Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav ousted the Mayawati government and came to power in . . .
- Sc Disqualifies 13 Splinter Bsp Legislators (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2007)
The Mulayam Singh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh suffered a jolt when the supreme court on Wednesday disqualified 13 breakaway BSP MLAs supporting his coalition ministry.
- "Hiv-Aids Test Must Be Made Mandatory Before Marriage" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2007)
Council conducts survey to promote awareness of safe sex among couples
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 15, 2007)
President Putin’s weekend remarks in Munich amount to Russia’s severest condemnation yet of the US of A since the heady days of the Cold War.
- Interview: Ramaswamy R. Iyer (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Feb 15, 2007)
THE Cauvery water dispute is one of the many federal issues that have consistently engaged the scholarly attention of Ramaswamy R. Iyer, who was the Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, between 1985 and 1987.
- Disappointing Cauvery Verdict (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 14, 2007)
After 17 years of deliberation and unimplemented awards, the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal passed a disappointing verdict where not only were the four states unhappy but also disappointing those who were looking for a broader direction.
- Karnataka Is In A Cauvery Whirlpool (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Feb 13, 2007)
Monday saw Karnataka in shut-down mode. The state’s reaction to the final award on the sharing of the Cauvery waters with Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry is entirely true to type.
- Sc Refuse To Interfere With Allahabad Hc Order (Hindustan Times, SATYA PRAKASH, Feb 13, 2007)
In a setback to the Mulayam Singh Yadav Government, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with an Allahabad High Court order for withdrawal of state security provided to various persons including politicians, contractors and student . . .
- Law And Media Freedom (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2007)
This collection of essays makes a strong case that Indian law has failed to move with the times.
- Elections And Political Change (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2007)
In one of her addresses, Benazir Bhutto floated the idea of linking economic assistance with the holding of fair and free elections. This suggestion is likely to attract attention if serious doubts arise about the credibility of the election process
- Fitting Into Ninth Schedule (Hindustan Times, Sharad Yadav, Feb 10, 2007)
Criticism of the Ninth Schedule of the Indian Constitution — after the Supreme Court judgment empowering itself the right to review any Act placed under this Schedule — suggests the critics are either ignorant about this Schedule or have no regard . . .
- Myanmar’S Socialists Hopeful Elections Will Be Held In 2008 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2007)
Despite an absence of elections in military-ruled Myanmar in more than 16 years, the country’s Socialist Party is hoping for a vote in 2008.
- Nithari And The System Of Governance (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Feb 09, 2007)
It would be a mistake to view the Nithari killings purely as a problem of proliferation of crime in Indian society. It is a failure as much of the larger governance system as of the law-enforcement machinery.
- Fitting Into Ninth Schedule (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 08, 2007)
Criticism of the Ninth Schedule of the Indian Constitution — after the Supreme Court judgment empowering itself the right to review any Act placed under this Schedule — suggests the critics are either ignorant about this Schedule or have no regard . . .
- "Allegations Of Corruption Only Against A Handful Of Judges" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 08, 2007)
Chief Justice of IndiaK.G. Balakrishnanspeaks to Karan Thapar in an interview on Devil's Advocate telecast on CNN-IBN and CNBC on February 4 and 5. Excerpts:
- The Clintonian Candidate (Dawn, Ruth Marcus, Feb 08, 2007)
There's a Clinton in the presidential race. The surprise: It may not be Hillary. The truly Clintonian figure running for the Democratic nomination is Barack Obama. The senator from Illinois, it's struck me lately, seems in many ways more like Bill . . .
- Cauvery Award In Constitutional Perspective (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Feb 07, 2007)
The final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal is a judicial determination, a demonstration of constitutionality and federalism in action. There can be no appeal to the Supreme Court. Aggrieved States must not resort to extra-constitutional . . .
- Scrapping Constitution (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Feb 07, 2007)
The DMK's plea for rewriting the Constitution to negate the Supreme Court's verdict on the Ninth Schedule sends a disturbing message about the Indian political class. For a start, it shows a casual, even frivolous, attitude to what is no less than . . .
- Flow Chart (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 07, 2007)
It is unlikely that even after 17 years, the Cauvery water disputes tribunal has managed to say the last word on the matter it was called to adjudicate on. Of the four riparian states involved, two — Karnataka and Kerala — are already intent on . . .
- Fitting Into Ninth Schedule (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 06, 2007)
Criticism of the Ninth Schedule of the Indian Constitution — after the Supreme Court judgment empowering itself the right to review any Act placed under this Schedule — suggests the critics are either ignorant about this Schedule or have no regard . . .
- Cauvery: Tn Gets Lion’S Share (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2007)
More than 16 years after its constitution, the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal today gave its final verdict under which Tamil Nadu will get 192 tmcft of water from Karnataka which has threatened to go to court against it.
- Pakistan’S Politics Of Kite-Flying (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 06, 2007)
This year’s marathon race in Lahore — the third since the event began in 2005 — did not beget even bored threats from the clergy. Refusing to back down on the issue of holding mixed marathons, President Pervez Musharraf seems to have won the . . .
- Parting Of Waters (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 06, 2007)
It is too early to say whether Monday’s Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award will help this country put one of its most bitter water-sharing disputes — going back over a century — behind it.
- Media And The Law (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2007)
An examination of the legal dimensions of the rights and the responsibilities of the media
- Fitting Into Ninth Schedule (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 05, 2007)
Criticism of the Ninth Schedule of the Indian Constitution — after the Supreme Court judgment empowering itself the right to review any Act placed under this Schedule — suggests the critics are either ignorant about this Schedule or have no regard . . .
- Gdp Growth Projected At 9%, Rbi Hikes Rate (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 02, 2007)
The government raised the country's gross national product (GDP) growth to nine percent up from 8.4 percent because of higher than expected agriculture output this fiscal year but the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked short-term rates to check inflation.
- Reality Check On Women's Rights (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Feb 02, 2007)
The Indian delegation faces tough questions on discrimination against women at a U.N. committee.
- Democracy’S Downhill Journey (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Feb 02, 2007)
Managing a democratic transition calls for effective governance and an accommodative spirit. But the government which came to power after forcing King Gyanendra to surrender to the strength of a powerful mass movement, seems to lack both.
- `Supreme Court Cannot Make Laws' (Dawn, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Feb 01, 2007)
Interview with Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
- Judicial Challenge (Dawn, V. VENKATESAN, Feb 01, 2007)
Supreme Court weakens the constitutional protection to progressive laws by making laws in the Ninth Schedule vulnerable to legal challenge.
- Act Of Foresight (Dawn, V. VENKATESAN, Feb 01, 2007)
The debates in Parliament prior to the enactment of the First Amendment throw light on the factors that led to the creation of the Ninth Schedule.
- Quota: Sc Seeks Centre's Response (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Feb 01, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sneaked in an element of doubt on the implementation of the decision to reserve 27% seats in Central educational institutions for OBCs from 2007-08 by giving two weeks time to the Centre to respond to PILs seeking stay . . .
- Privilege To Expel (Dawn, A.G. NOORANI, Feb 01, 2007)
The Supreme Court ruling in the MPs' expulsion case is neither surprising nor an exercise of "judicial activism" in the correct meaning of the term.
- Sc Notice To Centre On College Obc Quota (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Feb 01, 2007)
The law enabling OBC reservation in IITs, IIMs and other premier Central educational institutions came under judicial scanner on Wednesday with the Supreme Court directing the Government to respond to a petition seeking stay of the Act.
- Parliament Can’T Misuse 9th Schedule (Tribune, P.P. Rao, Feb 01, 2007)
THE recent judgment of the Supreme Court by a nine-Judge Bench in I.R. Coelho v. the State of Tamil Nadu has evoked a lot of comment, mostly appreciating the view taken by the court as to the scope of judicial review of the laws inserted in the . . .
- Sc Asks For Obc Quota Justification (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 01, 2007)
Accepting a public interest litigation (PIL) questioning the rationale for the quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC), the Supreme Court (SC) has asked the federal government to provide justification for the legislation.
- Quota In Colleges Up For Hearing In Sc Today (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Jan 31, 2007)
The gamut of laws providing reservation of backward classes in educational institutions will come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
- By The Big Book (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 29, 2007)
The DMK, after the Supreme Court judgment took away the protection given to certain laws by the Ninth Schedule, gave a call to rewrite the Constitution.
- Model’S Release (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 29, 2007)
Kashmiri model Tariq Ahmad Dar and his family would be more than entitled to take the view that all’s well that ends well and try to get on with their lives after his release from custody.
- Ninth Schedule Can’T Help (Tribune, Subhash C. Kashyap, Jan 29, 2007)
Now that the dust and din raised by the Supreme Court judgement of January 11 on the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution have somewhat subsided, it may be time for a careful study and a dispassionate assessment of the verdict.
- Mandate Murdered In Up (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 28, 2007)
UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav has, by winning the trust vote, shown that popular mandate continues to be throttled in the state.
- Jd(u) For All-Party Meeting On 9th Schedule (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2007)
The Janata Dal (United) has requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to call an all-party meeting to find out a political solution to the situation arising out of the Supreme Court judgement on the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
- Trampling Farmers' Right To Property (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 24, 2007)
The judiciary does not take suo motu notice of any situation, howsoever in violation of the Constitution that may be. It can pronounce its position only when a specific case comes before it.
- Rewriting The Constitution (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 24, 2007)
The Governor's Address to the Tamil Nadu State Assembly at the opening of the new session on January 20 has sprung a surprise by asking for a rewriting of the Constitution.
- Re-Right The Wrongs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 23, 2007)
The Tamil Nadu Government’s demand to have the Constitution rewritten afresh is illogical and unreasonable.
- Unspent Research Funds (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Jan 22, 2007)
Scientific research in India is hampered by a growing inability to spend budgetary allocations fully.
- Constitutional Dustbin (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 22, 2007)
Has the Supreme Court missed the wood for the trees in its controversial judgment of January 2007 in the I R Coelho case on the Ninth Schedule?
- Threat From Within (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 22, 2007)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s defiance of world opinion over his country’s controversial nuclear programme, it seems, is not finding favour at home.
- Path Breaker (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Jan 21, 2007)
On January 11, nine judges of the Supreme Court unanimously upheld that no law made by Parliament can afford to violate the Fundamental Rights under the Constitution and enjoy immunity from judicial scrutiny.
- Constitution Is Supreme (Pioneer, SUBHASH C KASHYAP, Jan 21, 2007)
The Ninth Schedule was originally not a part of the Constitution that its founding fathers had scripted.
- Upa Has No Clue To Curbing Inflation: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday blamed the Congress for the climbing inflation.
- State Government Urges Centre To Rewrite Constitution Afresh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2007)
The State Government has urged the Centre to rewrite the Constitution afresh "having regard to the changing needs, while preserving the unity, integrity and sovereignty of the nation."
- Sabharwal’S Judgements Affirmed Supremacy Of Constitution (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Jan 20, 2007)
Justice Y K Sabharwal, who demitted the office of the Chief Justice of India after an eventful and remarkable tenure of little over a year, has adjudicated upon several contentious and important Constitutional issues that no other CJI had done in . . .
- President General Musharraf’S ‘Second Term’ Problems (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 20, 2007)
President General Pervez Musharraf personally gave the nation to understand many years ago that he was a ‘transitional’ figure and would quit after putting the country back on the rails.
- Constitution Is Supreme (Pioneer, SUBHASH C KASHYAP, Jan 20, 2007)
The legislature finds its wings clipped by the January 11 apex court order. What next?
The Ninth Schedule was originally not a part of the Constitution that its founding fathers had scripted.
- Path Breaker (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Jan 20, 2007)
On January 11, nine judges of the Supreme Court unanimously upheld that no law made by Parliament can afford to violate the Fundamental Rights under the Constitution and enjoy immunity from judicial scrutiny.
- Salvage Operation By Iraq Study Group (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Jan 19, 2007)
The Iraq Study Group report comes up with bold, inflammatory views about the U.S. occupation.
- Gandhi Will Be My Inspiration, Says Brown (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2007)
Gordon Brown said last night that Mahatma Gandhi would inspire him as prime minister after publicly admitting for the first time that he would be the successor to Tony Blair.
- Reforming Neighbours (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Jan 19, 2007)
India is in a better position now, with positive changes in its neighbouring countries along the Himalayas.
- Upa’S Cloud Nine Bursts (Asian Age, Balbir K Punj, Jan 19, 2007)
Many old ghosts are likely to be dug up from the ruling party’s backyard as a consequence of the Supreme Court’s unanimous verdict on the limits of the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution. Jawaharlal Nehru would not have thought of the subsequent . . .
- Just Talk, No Reforms (Asian Age, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 19, 2007)
Police reforms in India have been the subject of discussion right from the time the Police Act was passed and implemented in 1861. It was so as the Indian police did not come up to the expectations of both the government and the people even during . . .
- Institutional Reforms — Challenges Facing The Economy (Business Line, T. N. Srinivasan, Jan 18, 2007)
With the markets playing a far greater role in the economy since the reforms of 1991, the Planning Commission and its role have become all but anachronistic. T. N. SRINIVASAN suggests the creation of a fiscal review council to monitor the policies . . .
- Just Talk, No Reforms (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jan 17, 2007)
Police reforms in India have been the subject of discussion right from the time the Police Act was passed and implemented in 1861. It was so as the Indian police did not come up to the expectations of both the government and the people even during . . .
- Sc Upholds Mp Expulsion (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2007)
The Supreme Court (SC) upheld the Parliament’s controversial expulsion of 11 Members of Parliament (MPs) caught in a media sting over the cash for query scandal and said that the expulsion was in accordance to law.
- Unquiet Flows The Cauvery (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2007)
It will finally be here. After nearly 17 years of protracted proceedings, there will be a final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. The panel has set February 5 as the date for its judgment.
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