-The Hindu The Constitution Bench in the land acquisition case must show us that the court still respects rules of precedent Entrenched in our commitment to a rule of Law is what Lawyers describe as stare decisis. That is, in plain English, a promise to stand by things decided, to respect and honour precedent. Today, with the Supreme Court seized by a maelstrom of crises, this principle stands deeply undermined. At first,...
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Against human rights -Faizan Mustafa
-The Hindu Encounter killings militate against the rule of Law Cicero famously said, “We are in bondage to the Law in order that we may be free.” John Adams said about the Massachusetts Constitution that it was intended to have a “government of Laws not of men”. The rule of Law has rightly been argued to be part of the basic structure of the Indian Constitution. It is an unqualified human good....
More »India's wilful defaulters owe more than Rs 1 lakh crore to banks -Atul Thakur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: As on September 30, 2017, more than Rs 1.1 lakh crore was owed to banks by people or companies characterised as “wilful defaulters”, that is those who are unwilling to pay despite having the capacity to do so. TOI analysed more than 9,000 such accounts for which banks have filed Lawsuits for recovery and found that the top 11 debtor groups, each with dues of...
More »Jaitley rules out privatisation of public sector banks
-PTI Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today ruled out privatisation of public sector banks as a response to the Rs 11,400-crore fraud hitting Punjab National Bank, saying the move may not be politically acceptable. Speaking at an event, he said a lot of people have started talking of privatisation in the aftermath of the PNB fraud. “This (privatisation) involves a large political consensus. Also, that involves an amendment to the Law (Banking Regulation...
More »Draft Bill on regulating pesticides could punish farmers who use spurious products, experts fear -Mridula Chari
-Scroll.in The proposed Law is almost identical to the United Progressive Alliance’s 2008 Pesticide Management Bill. Months after more than 40 people in three states were reported to have died in the second half of 2017 after being exposed to spurious pesticides, the Bharatiya Janata Party government has begun consultations on a new Pesticides Management Bill. The deaths in rural Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana highlighted the fact that the Insecticides Act...
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