In this post, I am going to discuss how a certain brand of nationalism which I would call perverted nationalism is used to corrupt understandings of terrorism and insurgency in our legal system, which ultimately leads to a gross violation of the Rule of Law. I start with a brief discussion on how th...
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In this post, I am going to discuss how a certain brand of nationalism which I would call perverted nationalism is used to corrupt understandings of terrorism and insurgency in our legal system, which ultimately leads to a gross violation of the Rule of Law. I start with a brief discussion on how th...
“Why is he still alive?” “16 crores? Give me 16 crores instead of him” “We have no security but he has the best security in the country” “It has been THREE YEARS!! Justice delayed is justice denied” Now that the third anniversary of the horrendous 26/11 attacks has dawned, many of today’s conversati...
Mumbai reeled yesterday under three bombs that killed, injured and shook the confidence of the city. Reporting a tragedy of such a scale is a difficult task for any journalist but one story that appears irresponsible in the face of evidence has taken hold of the mainstream media.
The last few days have been sadly violent ones, also for the legal fraternity. But in both cases so far not much is really clear. Three days before the bomb blast in Pune’s German Bakery , criminal lawyer and 26/11 defence counsel Shahid Azmi was shot dead in what appears to have been a targeted ass...