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Markandey Katju 4 Dec 2022 12:49pm
Duty of the Press
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The Indian media seems to have forgotten its duty to the nation. Instead of being a representative of the people, it has largely become a representative of the Establishment. Instead of being the Fourth Estate, it has largely become a limb of the First Estate. Hence I am quoting from the historic judgment of Justice Hugo Black of the US Supreme…
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Markandey Katju 21 Nov 2022 11:15am
The Lysistrata solution to the Russo-Ukrainian war
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On 24th February, 2022 Russian military forces invaded Ukraine, and since then the war is going on. There has been international condemnation of the Russian invasion. The UN General Assembly has called for Russian forces to withdraw, the International Court of Justice has called for suspension of hostilities, the Council of Europe has expelled Russia,…
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Markandey Katju 18 Nov 2022 9:06am
Urdu poetry and modern Hindi poetry
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I have often said that modern Hindi poetry has no ‘dum’ ( power ) in it compared to Urdu poetry. In this connection I am reminded of an incident which happened a few months after I had been appointed a Judge of the Allahabad High Court in 1991.My good friend Neelkant, was a Hindi writer and critic, of Allahabad, my native town (I don’t know whether…
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Markandey Katju 17 Nov 2022 2:36pm
What is to be done
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What India requires is a modern minded dictatorship determined to rapidly industrialise and modernise the country, e.g. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk who rapidly modernised Turkey in the 1920s, or the advisers of Emperor Meiji who rapidly modernised Japan after the Meiji Restoration of 1868.They did not do this democratically. The majority have reactionary,…
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Markandey Katju 16 Nov 2022 1:52pm
Celebrating our defeat
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Many Indians are celebrating Pakistan’s defeat by England in the T20 World Cup cricket tournament, as if India has won the Cup.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEjSYQMLTeMThese fools don’t understand that India and Pakistan are in fact one country, only temporarily divided by the Britishers ( the way they divided Ireland, Cyprus, Palestine, etc ) by…
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Markandey Katju 16 Nov 2022 1:49pm
Course Correction needed by the Indian Judiciary By Justice Markandey Katju
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India has a new Chief Justice of India, Justice Chandrachud, and he will have to deal with several issues, as there is a perception that the Indian judiciary needs a course correction. One of them will be to address the question of the proper role of the judiciary under our Constitution.Many years ago when I was a Judge in the Indian Supreme Court,…
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Markandey Katju 15 Nov 2022 7:54pm
Justice with Urdu
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I have given many judgments in the Supreme Court quoting verses from Urdu poetry. They are in my book ‘Justice with Urdu’ published by Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt Ltd. New Delhie.g. Amir Minai’s ‘Qareeb hai yaaro roz-e-mahshar, chhupega kushton ka khoon kyonkar, jo chup rahegi zubaan-e-khanjar, lahu pukaarega aasteen ka‘ ( quoted in Ajitsingh…
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Markandey Katju 15 Nov 2022 7:39pm
Awarding Arfa Khanum Sherwani
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Arfa Khanum Sherwani, senior editor of thewire.in, will be receiving the Kuldip Nayyar Patrakarita Samman Award from the Gandhi Peace Foundation, allegedly for her great achievements in journalism.But her ‘achievements’ need some examination.1. Arfa said India should have a Muslim Prime Minister. I regard this as a stupid idea. We need leaders who…
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Markandey Katju 31 Oct 2022 2:22pm
Appointment to high offices in India
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A lawyer based in Delhi with a good law practice was recommended by the Indian Supreme Court Collegium in November 2021 for being appointed as a judge of the Delhi High Court. Ordinarily when the Supreme Court Collegium, which is a body of 3 seniormost Supreme Court judges headed by the Chief Justice of India, recommends someone for appointment as…
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Markandey Katju 30 Oct 2022 12:30pm
Can Judges create law ?
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Ever since the US Supreme Court in Dobbs vs Jackson Womens Health Organisation reversed its 1973 verdict in Roe vs Wade regarding womens right to abortion, a fierce controversy is raging in USA, which is likely to have a bearing on the mid term polls for the US Congress to be held on November 8. Justice Kagan of the US Supreme Court has made statements…
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