South Asia Citizens Web

A Supreme Court of India verdict of 3 February 2011 that says mere membership of banned organisations cannot attract criminal action.

The central danger to the Indian polity is communalism, and it works via ideas and prejudice, not organisational affiliation. If our highest judges wittingly or otherwise provide barely- disguised legitimation for criminal deeds, our Constitution is doomed. Speaking out against this judgement is the least we can do to atone for the cruelty with which little Timothy and Philip were deprived of their innocent lives.

We are appalled by the statement of independent Senator from Balochistan Hamayun Mandokhel who has justified the murder of assassinated Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer, who was totally innocent of any wrongdoing but was gunned down by his own guard on the pretext of religion.

Affidavit by the American journalist and writer Lawrence Lifschultz submitted before Justice A. H. M. Shamsuddin & Justice Sheikh Md. Zakir Hossain The Supreme Court of Bangladesh High Court Division Dhaka, Bangladesh Ref: Writ Petition 7236 of 2010 Regarding the Trial & Execution Colonel Abu Taher in July 1976. [ Lieutenant Colonel Abu Taher (retired - BD Army) (1938-1976) was a communist and a left-leaning radical activist of the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, responsible for the Soldiers Uprising and the radical breakout that occurred in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh in Nov 7th 1975.]

An ill planned law suit challenging Astrology is dismissed by the Bombay High court. The Public Interest litigation or PIL was filed by Janhit Manch against fraudulent practice of astrology, vastu, feng sui, reiki, numerology, tarot, palmistry, etc. It is a great tragedy that activists dont plan seriously and ambitiously. Now what could have been a precedent setting legal challenge has instead set the clock back by the judiciary’s approbation of superstition and sham. See news reports from The Times of India and Daily News & Analysis