DOWRY DEATHS - WHY THE PHENOMENON REFUSES TO DIE? Poem by Late Mrs. Baljeet Kaur Tulsi :
“Kaun Kehnda hai ki nari, Purush ki hai Jaidad”
Why the phenomenon refuses to die, is partly because of what Erich Fromm said in “Escape From Freedom”, in 1941, “Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.”
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What is wrong with Inidan judiciary
One of the unintended benefits of the emergency regime seems to be the stirring of activism amongst various social action groups. After the Supreme Court was exposed to merciless criticism in the case of ADM, Jabalpur, it carefully crafted a new climate in which new legal radicalism could flourish. Although Justice Bhagwati does not agree with the assessment that there was any change in his approach after the emergency, yet a number of cases involving the interpretation of Article 21, virtually converted...
TADA - was it just and fair
In my view, the expression “just and fair procedure” for trial of offences which is deemed to be inherent part of Article 20 and 21 of the Constitution of India requires a procedure to be fair not only to the accused but also to the prosecution, the people, the society, the victims and the witnesses whom the prosecution represents....
To be or not to be? CrPC (Amendment) Bill, 2008
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, lays down a uniform law of criminal procedure for the whole of India. The object of Criminal Procedure Code is to provide machinery for the punishment of offenders against substantive criminal law. Cr.P.C came into effect from April 1, 1974 and since then it has been amended on numerous occasions. However, the most recent in this long line of amendments has been in the eye of the storm for a variety of reasons. ...
Judicial activitism in the field of criminal law
There is no doubt about the fact that criminal justice system in India, is in shambles. While on the one hand, we have witnessed 294% and 431 % increase respectively in the number of murders and rapes in the country, on the other hand, we have to bear with steep decline in the rate of convictions. In 1961, 20% of the persons arrested, were convicted. ...
If We Do Not Strengthen The Criminal Justice System, Mafias Will Begin To Rule The Country We don’t need new courts; we need to equip all (our existing) courts. All criminal courts need to be equipped with modern tools of technology and it should be possible for us to have in all the courts short-hand machines, computers, access on the Internet to all the legal developments that take place across the ...
Delhi HC seeks CBI's reply on Buta Singh's charge The Delhi [ Images ] high court on Wednesday sought a response from the Central Bureau of Investigation on a petition filed by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman Buta Singh accusing the probe ...
Hc Slams Bar Body Over Report On Judge [Delhi] NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Friday slammed the allegations made by the Bar Council of Delhi on the conduct of a trial court judge w ...
BMW case: SC upholds conviction of advocate R K Anand he Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction and stripping the status off senior advocate of noted criminal lawyer R K Anand for contempt of court for attempting to influence the course of justice in the infamous BMW hit-and-run ...
BMW case: SC upholds advocate R K Anand's conviction The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of advocate R K Anand for contempt of court by attempting to influence controversial witness Sunil Kulkarni in the infamous BMW ...
Legal fraternity hails conviction of R K Anand The legal fraternity on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court verdict on the BMW expose case holding noted criminal lawyer R K Anand guilty ...
Tough trial by fire It took the promise of Z-category security for Anjali Waghmare to end her dilemma of defending 'the indefensible' — Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the Pakistani terrorist captured alive during the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai. Protests by Shiv Sena activists outside her house had forced Waghmare to reconsider her willingness to defend Kasab at the trial starting next week ...
CBI as an extension counter of Congress? The CBI has sold its soul, senior advocate KTS Tulsi is reported to have commented on February 10, after the central investigating agency, CBI told the Supreme Court that it acted under ...
Centre told us to save Mulayam: CBI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) acted under the Centre’s directive in seeking to bail out Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in the disproportionate assets case. The CBI’s admission in the Supreme Court on Tuesday sent shock waves among legal luminaries, with senior advocate KTS Tulsi even saying the CBI ...
Centre told us to save Mulayam: CBI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) acted under the Centre's directive in seeking to bail out Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in the disproportionate assets case. The CBI's admission in the Supreme Court on Tuesday sent shock waves among legal luminaries, with senior advocate KTS Tulsi even saying the CBI ...
SC refuses revising UPSC list New Delhi: A petition filed by twelve candidates to stay Union Public Service Commission's (UPSC) decision to revise the results of Civil Services Examination by deleting the ...
Blow for ousted OBCs: SC refuses to stay UPSC list New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the revised list of successful candidates in this year's civil services examination that saw the elimination of 96 OBC candidates after ...
Ambedkar Park issue: SC grants relief to Mayawati The Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted curbs imposed by the Allahabad High Court, giving relief to Uttar Pradesh [ Images ] Chief Minister Mayawati [ Images ] to go ahead with the construction ...
Modi's comment invites Tulsi's anger Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi's comments have invited criticism from all quarters with the Gujarat government's special counsel in Supreme Court, K. T. S. Tulsi, threatening to resign if the Chief Minister does not apologise ...
Modi forfeits right to remain in office IT is unusual for a lawyer to return the brief when the case is still being heard. Yet, that is what senior lawyer K.T.S. Tulsi did in the ...
Lawyer leaves Sohrab case after Modi's statements New Delhi: The Election Commission is holding a meeting on the controversial speech of Narendra Modi justifying the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh ...
Uphaar tragedy: The long struggle for justice As Additional Sessions Judge Mamta Sehgal pronounced the judgment convicting 12 people for the infamous Uphaar tragedy on Tuesday, there was no emotion ...
Wife of encounter victim feared dead New Delhi, Apr 27: The Gujarat fake encounter case took a fresh turn on Friday after the Gujarat government told the Supreme Court that Kausar Bi, wife of the encounter victim Soharubbudin ...
SC stops airing of Monica's obscene pics New Delhi, Aug 24: The Supreme Court today directed Union Information&Broadcasting Ministry to restrain all TV channels from showing or telecasting some obscene photographs ...
Three IPS officers arrested for fake encounters : Narendra Modi in line of fire The Supreme Court is expected to issue an order today on the investigation of the Nov. 2005 fake encounter in which Gujarat’s anti-terrorist squad falsely branded Sohrabuddin Sheikh a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant, plotting to kill Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders and gunned him down on ...
SC admits Salem's appeal against charges in Jain murder The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a petition filed by gangster Abu Salem [ Images ] challenging the charges framed against him by a Mumbai [ Images ] TADA court in the murder of builder Pradeep Jain ...
Nursery age details by Feb 27, HC told NEW DELHI: The State government assured Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it would submit — at the next date of hearing — the minutes of what transpired at a meeting of the advisory committee which was convened by the minister ...
Rahul could be booked for possessing drugs: Expert With Delhi [ Images ] police registering a case under the Narcotics Act against unknown persons, Rahul Mahajan [ Images ], who has been hospitalised for suspected drug overdose, cannot escape ...
Congress for curbing Kalmadi The slanging match between 2010 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and the Commonwealth Games Federation bosses is becoming an ...
Gujarat encounter: Provide copy of chargesheet, says SC The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gujarat government to submit a copy of the chargesheet filed by it relating to the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake encounter ...
Wife of encounter victim may have been killed: Guj govt In a startling submission in the fake encounter case, the Gujarat government on Friday told the Supreme Court that Kausar Bi, wife of encounter victim Sohrabuddin ...
Best Bakery case: SC reserves order NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a limited question whether the Gujarat High Court could be asked to consider fresh evidence in the Best Bakery case, even as counsel ...
For them a Brahmin is above the law! The country's legal fraternity is watching every step Kavi Tejpal Singh Tulsi, the senior Supreme Court advocate, takes ...
Sankaracharya Arrest Life is indeed stranger than fiction. One accusation of a murder has made the supreme seer of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham a villain, while those who have lead men to murder in the thousands are proclaimed heroes ...
Lawyers, judges train guns at SC as Modi aides applaud AHMEDABAD: In an audacious attack on the highest court in the country, a panel of senior lawyers and a former court judge sharply criticised the Supreme Court's decision to transfer the Best Bakery massacre ...
KidsHealth-Teens-Staying Safe-Safety Basics-Self-Defence You've seen it in movies: A girl walks through an isolated parking garage. Suddenly, an evil-looking guy jumps out from behind an SUV. Girl jabs bad guy in the eyes with her keys — or maybe she kicks him in a certain sensitive place ...
SC refuses bail to triple murder convict The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a bail petition filed by Subhash Gupta, convicted and sentenced to life in the 'Personal Point triple murder case ...
PIL for demolition of DDA officers’ club near Siri Fort New Delhi: Former prime minister V P Singh on Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking demolition of a DDA officers’ club which is being used as a banquet hall on the protected ...
