A fabricated charge sheet rebuffed by the Court
The CBI Special Judge Shri O. P. Saini discharged all the accused including Shyamal Ghosh, the former Telecom Secretary in a case relating to fixation of Spectrum User Charges. The Court observed that...
View ArticleThe NJAC Judgement – An Alternative View
The Supreme Court of India, by a majority opinion, has struck down the 99th Constitution Amendment, which provided for the establishment of the National Judicial Commission to appoint judges of the...
View ArticleThe Ease of Doing Business
The World Bank has upped India’s ranking in the Ease of Doing Business by twelve positions. Last month the World Economic Forum had similarly upgraded India. Even though the push up numerically is...
View ArticleMy Article on Media’s Right to Free Speech, published in TOI, November 5, 2015.
MEDIA’S RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH The Constitution gave a pre-eminent position to the Right to Free Speech. Whereas, the other fundamental rights could be restricted through reasonable restrictions, the...
View ArticleWHY THE CONGRESS IS WRONG
The Congress Party, for the past few days, has disrupted both houses of Parliament. Its Goebbelsian propaganda is that the party’s leadership is a victim of political vendetta. What then are the facts?...
View ArticlePT. NEHRU AND PARLIAMENT
The last Session of the Parliament did not function. The current Session of the Parliament is also threatened with a wash out. The reasons for the wash out of the current Session keep changing by the...
View ArticleFALSEHOOD AS FREE SPEECH
Free speech is unquestionably a pre-eminent Fundamental Right, but does free speech include the right to speak only falsehood? The Delhi Chief Minister, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal, seems to believe in untruth...
View ArticleText of IB annual lecture delivered by me today on ‘Economic& Criminal...
ECONOMIC OFFENCES: DEFINITION AND GENESIS While commemorating its golden jubilee in 1995, one of the key commitments of countries at the United Nations was the urgent need for international cooperation...
View ArticleSTRAY THOUGHTS AFTER THE WINTER SESSION
The Winter Session of Parliament has just concluded yesterday. The Winter Session gives rise to a few legitimate thoughts which I must share. On Parliamentary Democracy: Parliamentary Democracy has...
View ArticleWhat Dr. Manmohan Singh should advise his Party?
Former Presidents and Prime Ministers rarely speak, but when they do, the nation should listen to them with rapt attention. They represent the wisdom of the nation. They are expected to be...
View ArticleText of my speech delivered in Rajya Sabha on February 25, 2016 during...
THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY): Sir, I must confess that initially, when this debate started, I had no intention of intervening or speaking in this debate. My colleague, the HRD Minister,...
View Article‘How much does he know – when will he know’
The Congress Vice-President, Shri Rahul Gandhi, has claimed that the Prime Minister hardly consults his senior Ministers. If Shri Rahul Gandhi is to be believed, then Smt. Sushma Swaraj is not...
View ArticleWhy the Lok Sabha did not adopt amendments to the Aadhaar Bill proposed in...
The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial, Other Subsidies, Benefits & Services) Bill 2016 came up for consideration before the Rajya Sabha on 16th March 2016. Consistent with the spirit of...
View ArticleA STATE WITHOUT A BUDGET
President’s Rule has been imposed in the State of Uttarakhand. Article 356 of the Constitution can be invoked only if the President is satisfied that there are grounds for believing that the...
View ArticleTHE ELECTION RESULTS 2016
The results of the five State Assemblies which went to poll in the last two months are on expected lines. The most important political analysis emerging from the results is a significant setback to the...
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