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1 month ago | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Swati Sharma |Gitika Suri |Sandeep Pandey
The case of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. v. Maj. (Retd.) Sukesh Behl & Anr. is a landmark judgment in Indian patent law, particularly concerning Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and intellectual property enforcement. This judgment resolves three interconnected suits filed by the Plaintiff Philips relating to the infringement of Indian Patent No. 218255, which pertains to a “Method of Converting Information Words to a Modulated Signal”.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Sandeep Pandey |Salim Khan |Ayub Khan |Ram Puniyani
In Ayodhya the God descended and departed. A temple was built at his birth place. It is claimed that this temple was demolished to build a mosque. The mosque was demolished by Hindutva forces and a temple has now been built. In the process Hindutva forces gained hegemony in the country and captured political power. In Sambhal the God is yet to descend. The same story is being repeated as the Hindutva brigade finds this as convenient and efficacious strategy to maintain their hold over power.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Sandeep Pandey |Justice Markandey Katju |Suresh Khairnar |Ram Puniyani
The Quran contains approximately fifty references to the Children of Israel, along with 137 references to Moses and 18 references to the Torah. Most of these references are positive, acknowledging the special status and divine favour bestowed upon the Israelites.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Sandeep Pandey |Julia Conley |Nagesh Chaudhari |Prem Singh
The concept of the “chosen people” has long been a cornerstone of Jewish identity and theology, sparking intense debate and discussion throughout history. Originating in the sacred texts of the Torah and the Old Testament, this notion has been subject to various interpretations, often oscillating between assertions of exclusivity and divine favour.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Junaid Ahmad |Zeeshan Nasir |Chandra Muzaffar |Sandeep Pandey
To an outsider, Pakistan’s ruling class appears schizophrenic, perpetually swinging between Washington and Beijing, using each as leverage against the other. While Pakistan’s geostrategic importance allows this game for now, the day may come when both powers grow tired of Islamabad’s antics and walk away. Even if former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s tenure was considered lackluster, his skyrocketing support since his 2022 ouster raises a crucial question: why would a failed leader gain popularity?
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Binoy Kampmark |Max Lane |Bharat Dogra |Sandeep Pandey
A stillborn agreement treated as thrivingly alive; an understanding celebrated as consensual and equal. The AUKUS security arrangement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, envisaging the transfer and building of nuclear-powered submarines to the Royal Australian Navy, continues operating in haphazard fashion.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Sandeep Pandey |Harsh Thakor |Bharat Dogra |Kanwal Bharti
When Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur was set up in 1959, two villages were uprooted. The farmers were given meagre compensation for the standing crop. No compensation was given for the land to build this institute of national importance. Each family was promised a job but what was not told to them was that one would require specialised skills to get a job at IIT. Some members of these families were, of course, absorbed for menial work.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
kashmirtimes.com | Sandeep Pandey
A file photo of a common 'Prayer Room' at an Indian Airport. At the airports one sees a ‘Prayer Room.’ It doesn’t say which religion it belongs to. One could go in and pray according to one’s religious practice. This is the model which human society will have to adopt if we are to prevent internecine disputes over religious places in future. Recently we witnessed a frenzy of court cases with petitioners claiming mosques and dargahs having been built upon temples.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Kandathil Sebastian |Shantanu Dutta |Sandeep Pandey |Nizar Visram
Many commuters who passed through the London underground railway stations in the last two weeks were surprised and shocked by seeing posters placed by an organization named Dignity in Dying. In one of those posters, a woman in a striped pink and white pajama is seen dancing in the kitchen saying, “My dying wish is my family won’t see me suffer and I won’t have to”. This advertisement features Sophie Blake, a terminally ill breast cancer patient.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sandeep Pandey |Saleem Khan |Nizar Visram |Kumar Singh
by Sandeep Pandey and Saleem KhanTo: Antonio GuterresSecretary General, United NationsNew YorkDear Mr. Guterres,The genocide – the ongoing Holocaust in Gaza – and who stands in clear opposition to that – is the defining moment today for anyone with a moral conscience. For 415 days now – the Israeli regime, its Zionist citizens and its entirely amoral supporters in the west, have been aiding and abetting this blood-letting.
