A group of former Judges issue a statement over the issue of legalisation of same-sex marriage.
"We respectfully urge the conscious members of the society including those who are pursuing the issue of same-sex marriage In Supreme Court to refrain from doing so in the best interest of Indian society and culture," reads the statement.
There is a move to get SC to stay RaGa's conviction about 28 days into the bail granted by the District Court.Supreme Court of India, in its judgement dated 10 July 2013 while disposing the Lily Thomas v. Union of India case (along with Lok Prahari v. Union of India),[1] ruled that any Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) or Member of a Legislative Council (MLC) who is convicted of a crime and given a minimum of two years' imprisonment, loses membership of the House with immediate effect. This is in contrast to the earlier position, wherein convicted members held on to their seats until they exhausted all judicial remedy in lower, state and supreme court of India. Further, Section 8(4) of the Representation of the People Act, which allowed elected representatives three months to appeal their conviction,[2] was declared unconstitutional by the bench of Justice A. K. Patnaik and Justice S. J. Mukhopadhaya.[3]
Harsh Madhusudan @harshmadhusudan
The Indian judiciary has long overstepped its constitutional boundaries. It chooses judges without democratic accountability, has invented the basic structure doctrine to undo constitutional amendments which is beyond judicial review- and to top that uses the threat of contempt.
Harsh Madhusudan @harshmadhusudan
Irrespective of what happened in Israel, a showdown is inevitable in India unless judiciary retreats to its proper constitutional role. Indian people are for a civilisational state unlike Judeo-Christian origin ones who are wary. Because fundamentals matter w.r.t fundamentalists.
Harsh Madhusudan @harshmadhusudan
To put it more starkly, if the anti-India and anti-democratic forces are expecting the Indian armed forces to stand with a minority which may want a street veto on judicial reforms, then outside of small segments - they will be severely disappointed. Our army respects democracy.
What took the SC so long to allow a CBI investigation when the state had no objections?chetak wrote:https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ne ... 779871.cms
Court allows Maharashtra Govt to transfer Palghar Sadhus case to CBI.
Is that true? Why didn't they make it public?Earlier, Maharashtra government had informed the Supreme Court that all guilty police officials involved in the case have been punished or suspended from services.
Prem Kumar wrote:Unfortunately, many US based Indians vote for Ro Khanna because he is desi & democrat. They don't realize the existential threat to even their own way of life from the Left Liberal gang. There is a recent video in Rajiv Malhotra's channel where a parent laments about how their own family is split asunder due to the woke ideology that's taken over their children. I have personally seen this in my interaction with an NRI kid as well.
The Viveka Buddhi seems to be lacking in many of the Indian grownups living in the US. It might have made sense to support the Democrats at one point of time. Now, they are a far worse enemy than the Republicans
Anyway OT for this thread. Glad to see Ro Khanna being roasted. Hopefully it gets through the thick skin of NRIs in the US
A friend of mine living in the Bay area is pretty close to this guy. This moron is always about being in the right position to capture power.ramana wrote:Prem Kumar wrote:Unfortunately, many US based Indians vote for Ro Khanna because he is desi & democrat. They don't realize the existential threat to even their own way of life from the Left Liberal gang. There is a recent video in Rajiv Malhotra's channel where a parent laments about how their own family is split asunder due to the woke ideology that's taken over their children. I have personally seen this in my interaction with an NRI kid as well.
The Viveka Buddhi seems to be lacking in many of the Indian grownups living in the US. It might have made sense to support the Democrats at one point of time. Now, they are a far worse enemy than the Republicans
Anyway OT for this thread. Glad to see Ro Khanna being roasted. Hopefully it gets through the thick skin of NRIs in the US
Ro Khanna keeps saying he is a Progressive and all that but why did he marry a very rich heiress?
There is a split personality with this guy.
Totally Janus faced or worse Dorian Gray like.
The magistrate court has given 30 days for Shri. Pappu Ghandi and his team to file an appeal. Even a mediocre lawyer can draft the appeal in a time span of 3-4 days. But that is not being done. Pappu Ghandi is using the 30 day window to get as much as possible mileage. I am pretty confident that around a week before the 30 day window elapses, he will get an appeal filed in the District & Sessions court. Most likely the sentence would be changed to be that of Rs. 2000/- fine, or perhaps even find him not guilty. Shri. Pappu Ghandi then continues to get his MP seat back along with his official bungalow. The political mileage (?) he gained would be the bonus for Congress.williams wrote:Congi tactics seem to be bizarre. Perhaps they can now file a stay and then declare victory once the stay goes through? I am not sure people will be that stupid to not see their antics.
Subtitles there, arshyam avargal?arshyam wrote:If you understand Kannada and are curious about Annamalai:
[youtube,..]..uIBYxhGaNFY[/youtube]
Context: he's in Karnataka as an election in-charge for the BJP, seconding Dharmendra Pradhan.
That can change. Talk page participation is a must. If not, they will quote some obscure BS rule about “living person bio page” or some cr@p like that and remove the reference.Prem Kumar wrote:Current Wikipedia page of Justice Joseph
Lets make him famous!
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@ANI
We have taken note of the verdict of first instance against the Indian opposition politician Rahul Gandhi as well as the suspension of his parliamentary mandate.
To our knowledge, Rahul Gandhi is in a position to appeal the verdict. Appeal will show whether verdict stands & suspension has a basis.
We expect standards of judicial independence & democratic principles to be applied: German Foreign Ministry spokesperson
9:01 am · 30 Mar 2023
And BJP does not know this and will simply be humble sevaks when Pappu has all the mileage he wantsSachin wrote:The magistrate court has given 30 days for Shri. Pappu Ghandi and his team to file an appeal. Even a mediocre lawyer can draft the appeal in a time span of 3-4 days. But that is not being done. Pappu Ghandi is using the 30 day window to get as much as possible mileage. I am pretty confident that around a week before the 30 day window elapses, he will get an appeal filed in the District & Sessions court. Most likely the sentence would be changed to be that of Rs. 2000/- fine, or perhaps even find him not guilty. Shri. Pappu Ghandi then continues to get his MP seat back along with his official bungalow. The political mileage (?) he gained would be the bonus for Congress.williams wrote:Congi tactics seem to be bizarre. Perhaps they can now file a stay and then declare victory once the stay goes through? I am not sure people will be that stupid to not see their antics.
I wonder what happens when the appeal gets rejected 
What should BJP do? Force the plaintiff to pull back the case so that Pappu's gimmicks will come to an end? Pappu will take that as victory also. If the appeal gets rejected, Pappu & Co will again say that this is all political games. BJP is doing the right thing, senior leadership ignores Pappu's rant some junior leader gives a statement or two - exhalting the independence of judiciary.williams wrote:And BJP does not know this and will simply be humble sevaks when Pappu has all the mileage he wants
Oh, I agree with BJP's strategy. All I want to state is that if we have figured these things out, they know all the gimmicks Raga and Congi's can pull and they know how to play along.Sachin wrote:What should BJP do? Force the plaintiff to pull back the case so that Pappu's gimmicks will come to an end? Pappu will take that as victory also. If the appeal gets rejected, Pappu & Co will again say that this is all political games. BJP is doing the right thing, senior leadership ignores Pappu's rant some junior leader gives a statement or two - exhalting the independence of judiciary.williams wrote:And BJP does not know this and will simply be humble sevaks when Pappu has all the mileage he wants
(Fixing the youtube link. Extra space deleted)vijayk wrote:[youtube...] rWdkK8b2liI[/youtube]
Watch some fun on Ro Khanna
Because we have a assembly line of Jaichands and Gungadins and no public punishment real or fiction meted out. Our hands their brains... Hopefully that changes now. Looks like we have lost concept of societal "shame" and "face" that East Asian countries still have ... With onslaught of westernization even more pertinent to check whether we still maintain some shame and decorum...chetak wrote:why this continuous angst against India
what is constantly tickling these successors to a socio political system that tried to dominate the world twice in less than 50 years and that strenuous and extremely violent attempt at domination was not done based on the principles of ahimsa nor was it based on any principles of christian kindness or generosity. It was a well managed act of genocide, carried out with germanic efficiency, precision and competence
Half the members of the Federal Constitutional Court shall be elected by the Bundestag (parliament) and half by the Bundesrat (representation of the German states).
I don't think these videos had any, but if you are interested, there are other English interviews that give a perspective. I had shared the above as there are few mainstream politicians that comfortably discuss issues in a different language other than their mother tongue (or English) in public fora, though there are plenty of multi-lingual and polyglot politicians. In this ctx, the past Tamil-Kannada dynamic had been mostly shaped by the Kaveri issue, much to the detriment of both states, and I see people like Annamalai undoing that with a more positive approach.Vayutuvan wrote:Subtitles there, arshyam avargal?arshyam wrote:If you understand Kannada and are curious about Annamalai:
[youtube,..]..uIBYxhGaNFY[/youtube]
Context: he's in Karnataka as an election in-charge for the BJP, seconding Dharmendra Pradhan.
vijayk wrote:Trump indicted. Lets see what the filth from NYT/Germany DW/WaPo/FT going to say now?
vera_k wrote:^ Part of the reason is that many countries (Germany in this case) do not have an independent judiciary. It is natural for such countries to think the GoI has more of a say in the courts than it does.
How Judges Are Selected in Germany
Half the members of the Federal Constitutional Court shall be elected by the Bundestag (parliament) and half by the Bundesrat (representation of the German states).
Judges appointed by the government have a prior record of rulings which indicate which way they will rule. The difference between one versus the other is known based on their history of deciding cases or writings in journals. The government then chooses which judges are appointed based on their particular bias or ideology. So the government does not have to tell the courts how to interpret the laws, because the government while appointing the judges knows how their appointees think and are likely to rule. This is why appointment of judges is so hard fought after in some countries.Dumal wrote:Still doesn't add up quite! Does that mean the govts there can tell the courts how to interpret the laws, that too differentially? That just defeats the purpose.
chetak wrote:@ANI
We have taken note of the verdict of first instance against the Indian opposition politician Rahul Gandhi as well as the suspension of his parliamentary mandate.
To our knowledge, Rahul Gandhi is in a position to appeal the verdict. Appeal will show whether verdict stands & suspension has a basis.
We expect standards of judicial independence & democratic principles to be applied: German Foreign Ministry spokesperson
9:01 am · 30 Mar 2023
chetak wrote:why this continuous angst against India
what is constantly tickling these successors to a socio political system that tried to dominate the world twice in less than 50 years and that strenuous and extremely violent attempt at domination was not done based on the principles of ahimsa nor was it based on any principles of christian kindness or generosity. It was a well managed act of genocide, carried out with germanic efficiency, precision and competence
who has forgiven or forgotten the german genocide against the jews. what of their whole hearted, padre sanctioned attempts at mass murder of an entire religious civilization and also their extreme and current hatred towards that very same religious believers
why did they fail so miserably in applying the very same standards of judicial independence & democratic principles when it came to the jews and africans
or are they applying these psychopathic+ destructive ideas on a selective and differential basis and degrading Indian dempocracy.
Ji show me an equivalent statement from our MEA on any other democracies legal processes then we can discus reasonableness.williams wrote:^^^ I think it is a reasonable statement from Germany. After all, our spokesman will say the same when asked a similar question about Trump or any German opposition leader. Remember from their perspective, Raga may become a potential govt leader that they may need to deal with in the future, and they would not want to antagonize him today. It is the same way we keep our relationship intact with both parties in the US govt. The problem is how this is interpreted in the Indian media. If the media thinks this is a German endorsement of Raga's behavior and propagates it that way nothing can be done about it. It is politics as usual.
^^ Any statement from India on Trump indictment? Or any other country in the world? It is an internal matter of US and the world knows when to keep quiet. US and Germany are deliberately doing mischief -- no need to rationalize. RG (half-white Xian) is a Western asset, hence their pain. They are trying to do the Suu Kyi trick here.Cyrano wrote:India would have said "its an internal matter of that country. We do not think its appropriate to comment further on this" in most cases. Thats the right diplomatic response, no pun intended. The fact that Germany has made those statements shows that the collective west cannot cure itself of moralising everyone at every opportunity.
I mean who in India gives a flying duck that someone in Germany is closely watching? This is becoming like reaction videos, seen by only those who seek external validation to feel this way or that way about themselves. Such morons should get a spine, and at least a few neurons.
