Note: Work in progress article Legend Article: The Article number under Part III of the Constitution Focus: The particular ‘area’ of Rights that the Article focuses on Form: Whether the wording of the Article is in the form of a grant of Right, restriction on the State, prohibition of an ‘evil’, protection from exploitation, etc... Continue Reading →
Minorities in India: Who Decides?
In the year 2017, Sri Ashwini Upadhyay, a lawyer and senior BJP leader had filed a PIL in the Supreme Court of India asking, primarily, for section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) Act of 1992 to be declared as void and unconstitutional. He later withdrew the petition stating that he would approach... Continue Reading →
Book List For The Bharatiya RW
During the course of a few mini discussions with Gopi ji — managed to obtain a list of books that any one interested in Indian Nationalism, Hindu Cultural Renaissance, Hindutva and related topics MUST read. Putting the list here in public domain for benefit of wider audience. Jadunath Sarkar: The Fall of the Mughal Empire A Short... Continue Reading →
‘Opposing’ Parties And The Freedom Of Speech and Expression
The Indian Constitution grants complete freedom of speech to Parliamentarians (and members of state legislatures). Under Article 105, nothing that is said by a Parliamentarian can be challenged in any court of law. The founders of this nation granted such a rare privilege, not bestowed on any other institution in the country, with the hope... Continue Reading →
The 93rd Amendment vs Article 15(1)
Introduction This is part-2 of a two-part article that attempts to show why the 93rd Amendment of the Indian Constitution, that inserted Article 15(5), is discriminatory and against Constitutional principles. The first part shows the origins of Article 15(1) and explains how its intent was to have an over-arching principle of non-discrimination across all provisions,... Continue Reading →
The Source Document(s) for Article 30(1)
Introduction In a previous article, we had seen how the initial Draft versions of the Indian Constitution prepared by Dr K M Munshi had guaranteed a very different form of educational rights to its citizens. It was based on the Polish Treaty of World War I and proposed explicit, and equal, educational rights to all... Continue Reading →
The Original Form of Article 30
In an earlier article, I had blogged about the evolution of the Cultural and Educational Rights of the Minorities in the Indian Constitution in the form of Articles 29 and 30. In that post, I had covered the modifications that the relevant Articles underwent from the time the first draft of the would-be Articles was... Continue Reading →
Why we still need to vote for Modi in 2019
The 2019 general elections are still a while away. But the talk of whom to vote has already started — at least on social media. And many who voted for Narendra Modi and the BJP in 2014 are starting to have doubts. The disappointment of Modi not having met expectations is leading some to get disillusioned and... Continue Reading →
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