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“In several cases, the Court has refused to act in defence of citizens who have been victimised for their protest and dissent or for simply exercising their fundamental right of speech and expression.”
This, despite several Supreme Court observations on a person’s right to choice as elucidated in the Constitution; also: HC Overturns ‘Conversion Only for Marriage’ Judgment Yogi had Cited to Justify ‘Love Jihad’ Law.
It is possible to push Joe Biden to the “left” on health care, climate, the police, and other issues. That requires understanding the ways that past movements have won concessions from Democratic presidents, and the reasons why we mostly failed to do so with Barack Obama.
We are hurtling towards a morbid claustrophobic talibanized society, the ruins of which are too grave to be redeemed. Let us hope we soon realize that what this country needs in these times of heightened religious polarization is more of love and not hatred.
The Court has deliberately refused to act in defence of citizens and groups who have been victimised for their protest and dissent, or who are only exercising their fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression.
Delivering the first Dr Narendra Dabholkar Memorial Lecture on 20 August 2019, veteran journalist N. Ram explains why it is important for India to rise above its present challenges of religious intolerance, inequality and lack of freedom of expression.
Humble though its beginnings were, the UAPA has now grown into a poisonous tree and is clearly modelled on the United States’ McCarthyite Un-American Activities Act.
Evo Morales’ three-day return tour in Bolivia was a statement that he intends to provide strong leadership for social movements in Bolivia and abroad. Also, two articles on the first steps taken by the new MAS government after being sworn in.
This phenomenon is not just a matter of individual judges or individual cases. It is now a systematic phenomenon with deep institutional roots.
Since there is no law that prescribes the death penalty for men who marry their wives on false pretences, the UP chief minister’s reference to funerals sounds like a call to vigilante violence.
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