Was Stirred by Common Man's Predicament After Demonetisation, SC Judge Says
Justice B.V. Nagarathna, who had delivered a dissenting opinion on the legality of demonetisation in January last year, also said that it was “embarrassing” that some governors had to be told what to do.
'Fiscal Injustice' Powers a New Axis of Protest Against Modi Govt
The long pending grouse of states with the Centre for not sharing resources equitably has rapidly morphed into a political agenda difficult for the BJP to duck. YSRCP and TMC also find themselves chiming with Karnataka and Kerala.
South may seek nationhood if funds are not distributed equally: Karnataka Congress MP D.K. Suresh
Arguing that there was injustice in distribution of funds between and northern and southern States, with the latter getting a raw deal, he said: “We are seeing injustice on all forms... If we do not condemn it, there could be a situation when we (southern States) have to demand a separate country.”
"Social movement organizations are groups where people can come together to meet the needs of participants and others through reconstructing new practices, ways of relating, and decision making while also opposing domination, exploitation, and oppression. Social movement organizations can help meet people’s short-term needs while also taking actions to transform society. Social movements organizations vary in many ways. They can be in relationship to community issues, workplace issues, student issues, and beyond. At their best, social movement organizations wisely use free and egalitarian processes to meet short-term, mid-term, and long-term needs of people. However, not all social movements organizations have the kinds of organizational relations, qualities, and contents that make them ethical and effective. Free and egalitarian relations and practices require the means thereof; they will not emerge out of nowhere. The freedom of each and all has objective, universal, and necessary features as well as subjective, particular, and contingent features. The freedom of each and all needs to be continuously recreated, co-authored, and given life by people responding to unfolding conditions.
While social movements are needed to transform society outside of the official channels of business as usual, social movements can go terribly wrong. For example, some attempts at social movements replicate unfree and unequal structures and contents of the social order that they oppose! Some social movements do not meaningfully oppose unfreedom while others fail to meaningfully reconstruct new ways to meet people’s needs. Given the goal of using free and egalitarian processes to develop free and egalitarian social relations, the following are some foundational elements for social movement organizations. Participants in social movement organizations can agree to shared practices, processes, and goals without participants agreeing on a specific ideological line. With something like the following as a compass, social movements and participants in them will be better able to navigate from here to a better society. "
I will refer to IPC only as IPC even after it gets replaced with new law named in Hindi, says Madras High Court judge Anand Venkatesh
The judge tells the lawyers present in his court hall that he does not know Hindi and therefore it would be difficult to pronounce the new names properly.
Can Kerala achieve financial stability as federalism weakens, experts weigh in
Kerala is facing a deep fiscal crisis because of the decline in grants in aid from the Union government, cuts in share of taxes and restrictions on borrowing. Can the state tide over the crisis to meet its development and welfare obligations?
The Kerala Governor is Violating the Sanctity of His Own Post By Withholding Assent for Bills
The Sarkaria Commission report on Centre-state relations observed that a governor's power to reserve Bills for presidential consideration must be “used sparingly” and in limited contexts, adding that reserving a large number of Bills would be contrary to the constitution's federal spirit. SN Sahu writes.
By upholding the Article 370 decision, the Supreme Court has opened the way for the government to amend the Constitution without having to bother with getting a two-thirds majority in both houses of Parliament, writes Prem Shankar Jha.
Justice Kaul Recommends "Truth & Reconciliation Commission" To Report Human Rights Violations In Jammu & Kashmir By State & Non-State Actors
Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, in his judgment approving the repeal of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution, recommended the setting up of a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" to investigate and report on the human rights violations carried out by both the State and non-State actors in the Kashmir valley at least since 1980s.
Parliament Can Carve Out A Union Territory From A State; Views Of State Only Recommendatory: Supreme Court
While upholding the repeal of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court also affirmed the power of the Parliament to carve out a Union Territory from a State.
Four Important Takeaways From the Supreme Court Ruling on Jammu and Kashmir
Many pronouncements and utterances today will have serious implications on India’s two northern-most union territories, but also for the rest of the country.