In Part I of the post, we had looked at the arguments, opinions and decision of the Supreme Court on the 93rd amendment. In this part, let us look at the same judgement with respect to Article 21A of the Constitution. (Note: It would help if one goes through Part I so the background and […]Read More
From a #Core point of view, there can be no dispute that the “Pramati Educational and Cultural Trust and Others Vs Union of India and Others” judgement on the issues of validity of the 93rd amendment to the Indian Constitution and the validity of Article 21A/RTE Act is the single most important judgement in India’s […]Read More
The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) is a statutory body established by the Government of India in the year 2004 via an ordinance. Subsequently, the ordinance was converted into an Act by Parliament in 2005. In the years 2006 and 2010, two amendment Acts were passed by Parliament, and the current NCMEI Act […]Read More
While shootings in the US generate more hysteria from the Hindu “right wing” on Twitter, it is interesting to note that this alleged Hindu “right wing” crowd don’t ever dare question India’s gun control over countless atrocities against Hindus by their Muslim brothers. It is also interesting to note how they selectively ignore countries such as […]Read More
Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, true to his principle that nationalism and spirituality are the two eyes of a man, didn’t hesitate to point out the farce that the government of the day committed in the name of secularism and Ahimsa. In his maiden parliamentary speech itself, he questioned the government’s stand on advocating Ahimsa when it […]Read More
The maiden parliamentary speech of Shri Muthuramalinga Thevar, a staunch sanatani and a nationalist who considered “desam” (Nationalism) and “deivigam” (Spirituality) as his two eyes made such reverberations across the corridors of the parliament that Indian Express wrote, “Mr.Muthuramalinga Thevar the last speaker of the day, held the attention of the house with his fiery […]Read More
India, right now, is going through a major crisis. Nepal – with whom India shares intimate political, cultural and civilizational ties – has been increasingly becoming hostile under its Communist regime. It is certainly not a new trend. Ever since the Communists took control of Nepal, they have been slowly and steadily moving closer to […]Read More
The Supreme Court on September 8, directed the Union Government of India to conform with the March 2018 circular of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) while hearing a petition against the ‘Char Dham Highway Project’ (CDP) – an ambitious 900 km project that aims to provide all-weather connectivity to the Char Dham […]Read More
The makers of our Constitution never intended the Fundamental Rights related to the practice of religion and administration of educational institutions to be discriminatory in nature i.e. they were never meant to be anti-majority. We have especially seen how the minority leaders themselves, during the Second Round Table Conference of 1932, asked for only equal rights and […]Read More
As mentioned in the first part of this series, India had committed a blunder after Bangladesh was formed in December 1971. India failed to disarm the Bengali soldiers of the Pakistan Army who sided with Sheikh Mujib during the Liberation War but ideologically leaned towards Islamists. It also failed in carving out a separate Homeland […]Read More