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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Cedric Prakash |Ram Puniyani |Srinivas Katherasala |Madabhushi Sridhar
On 28 January 2025, the well-known Calcutta daily ‘The Telegraph’ carried an article entitled ‘Rub your eyes: Hindu Rashtra Constitution to be unveiled at Mahakumbh on Basant Panchami’. The seemingly innocuous inside-page article, speaks volumes not only of the insidious yet meticulous plans which are being made, but also of the calculated attempts to destroy the secular character of the nation and ultimately the sanctity of the Constitution of India.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Srinivas Katherasala |Madabhushi Sridhar |Hiren Gohain |Ram Puniyani
The Constitution of India, adopted on January 26, 1950, stands as a testament to the vision of a democratic, just, and inclusive society. As India celebrates its 76th Republic Day, it is imperative to reflect upon the journey of the Constitution over the past 75 years, its achievements, and the challenges that lie ahead. The adoption of the Constitution marked the dawn of a new era for India, a country that had just emerged from the shadows of colonial rule.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Amit Sengupta |Countercurrents Collective |Hong Jian |Madabhushi Sridhar
Why is Umar Khalid being denied bail again and again? We are reproducing the speech delivered by Umar Khalid in Amravati on February 17, 2020, for the readers and all concerned.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Madabhushi Sridhar |Hiren Gohain |Ram Puniyani |Vikas Meshram
While debating the glorious journey of 75 years of the Constitution, one should remember the words of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The committee headed by him examined the issue of minority rights and accordingly, Articles 25 to 30 were enacted in our Constitution.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Madabhushi Sridhar |Hiren Gohain |Vinod Kumar Edachery |Biplove Kumar
Legally speaking, serious implications are dealing with private property rights. It is around the Constitutional Directive Principle of State Policy, especially Article 39(b) of the Constitution. A nine-bench Supreme Court held that the government “cannot acquire” and redistribute all privately-owned property by simply deeming them as “material resources of the community” under Article 39(b) of the Indian Constitution.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sanjeev Sirohi |Rakesh Shukla |Madabhushi Sridhar |Bharat Dogra
Nothing on earth can ever be more unfortunate than this irrefutable fact that even as India has gone way ahead of celebrating its 78th “National Independence Day” yet we see lamentably that the State of Uttar Pradesh which has maximum population more than 26 crores which CM and PM keeps reiterating and so also has maximum MPs both in Lok Sabha and in Rajya Sabha and so also has maximum MLAs among all the States and so also has maximum villages more than one lakh and so also has maximum number...
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Rakesh Shukla |Madabhushi Sridhar |Bill McKibben |Abdulrahim P Vijapur
To, Sh. Manan Kumar Mishra, Chairman, Bar Council of India CC: Sh. Srimanto Sen, Secretary, Bar Council of India Re: The illegality and unconstitutionality of the notification dated 24.09.2024 issued by BCI regarding implementation of criminal background check system, employment status, biometric attendance, installation of CCTV Cameras in Law Colleges Dear Sir, We the undersigned, lawyers, law teachers, law students and other concerned citizens of India write to you to express our concern...
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Madabhushi Sridhar |Marwan Asmar |Medea Benjamin |Bharat Dogra
To Hon’ble Smt Droupadi Murmu Rashtrapatiji Respected Rashtrapati Ji, Kindly refer to my earlier letter of 10th, February, 2023 addressed to you (https://countercurrents.org/2021/06/appeal-to-president-of-india-refer-the-lakshadweep-issue-to-national-commission-for-scheduled-tribes/) appealing for your intervention to pause the unilateral measues being taken by the Lakshadweep administration, against the letter and spirit of the Presidential Regulations pronounced under Article 240 of the...
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Rakesh Shukla |Madabhushi Sridhar |Bharat Dogra |Pratap Narayan Singh
Coverage of the Commander Nanavati Jury Acquittal Case (Courtesy, Blitz)The acquittal of Commander Nanavati for murder by the jury played a pivotal role in the abolition of the jury system in India. Perhaps, a psychoanalytical lens may throw some light on the role of the unconscious and irrational in the decision to acquit by the jury, despite clear evidence of guilt.
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Mar 3, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy |Bharat Dogra |Ayushya Singh |Madabhushi Sridhar
Chingari is an organization mainly of rural women of weaker sections which has been involved in raising several issues of justice and equality in parts of Bundelkhand region. One of its more active units in Banda district recently organized a two day camp in Rai Kolawalpur village (Mahua block) to introspect on the problems facing them and the challenges ahead on February 28 and March 1 2024.
