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Hijab: Attempting to conclude an inconclusive debate
Maneka Gandhi “…It is indeed difficult to see on what principle we can refuse to give its plain natural meaning to the expression ‘personal liberty’ as used in Article 21 and read…
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Debating Hijab: A matter of choice
In recent times a political group has been in the news. It has been called names, and there are allegations. The court notes that “suddenly in the middle of the academic term,…
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Debate over hijab: State can make law that regulates secular activity
I ask myself why the Court needed to ask whether the fundamental rights of freedom of expression under Article 19 (1) (a) and the right of privacy under Article 21 are mutually…
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Debate over hijab: Kiskay rokey ruka hai savera
Not mere passive religious tolerance, secularism is a positive concept in the Indian constitution: equal treatment of all religions, and Santosh Kumar v. Secretary, Ministry of HRD quoted Justice H.R. Khanna: secularism…
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Debating hijab: Raat bhar ka hai mehmaaN andhera/Kiskay rokey ruka hai savera
The Supreme Court of India was Considering Civil Appeal No. 7095 of 2022 with a number of other cases bunched together. The verdict was split. The matters will now go before a…
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Dust to Zabardust
Shafeeq R. Mahajir The line “Dust thou art, to dust returnest” is taken from a poem by Henry Longfellow, (“Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust…
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Opinion: We need a fresh Quit India Movement
Shafeeq R. Mahajir Those who want to stultify the Constitution and render enshrined guarantees nugatory, must quit India. Why? Well, they must quit because they want to run a Quiet India Movement.…
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Uniform Civil Code—A perspective—Part Three
Shafeeq R. Mahajir We learn that before 1955, India was the largest country in the world which permitted its great majority of people, Hindus and Muslims, to practice polygamy (unlimited to Hindus…
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Uniform Civil Code—A perspective—Part Two
Shafeeq R. Mahajir Now, in the context of the recurring references in judgements as well as in political stands, of the expression “common civil code”, one visits Art. 45 and reads that…
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Uniform Civil Code—A perspective—Part One
Shafeeq R. Mahajir Art. 44 of the Constitution came up for comment decades ago and in Ms. Jordan Diengdeh vs S. S. Chopra AIR 1985 SC 935 the court (two judges) suggested for a…
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The Living Daylights
Shafeeq R. Mahajir Drink can intoxicate. Drunkenness can mean disaster. The Living Daylights is the film where a James Bond is the hero. The words are from a phrase where one “beats the living…
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Bashing Islam and its followers is the norm, no more an exception
Shafeeq R. Mahajir I was speaking to this advocate friend. And he was complaining about how he was compelled to go on social media with writing responses to continuous Hindu bashing going…
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The law will take its own course; never mind the destruction it can leave in its wake
Shafeeq R. Mahajir SOP is Standard Operation Procedure. Two rivals eye each other. They assess the opponent’s via a SWOT analysis. If they find chinks in armour, they use those. Not finding…
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How do blockheads like me see the farmers’ strike?
Shafeeq R. Mahajir The government is alleged to have told many incorrect things, jumlas. Who do we citizens, bombarded as we are by an unending blizzard of noise, fake noise, and find…
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To critique or not to critique? Honestly, it is difficult to answer
Shafeeq R. Mahajir The song goes bekhudi mein sanam, utth gaye jo khadam, Aa gaye, aa gaye, aa gaye paas hum. Question is, aa toh gaye… par kahaan ? “Follow your heart” wrote Rob…
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