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“Abu Salem can Face Death Penalty”. Really?

In keeping with the previous post by Eesvan, the media’s version of the decision of the Supreme Court in Abu Salem’s case is a sad commentary on the state of legal news reporting in India. While most reports attribute a radical conclusion to the Court, a cursory examination of the decision reveals that the decision was nothing but a straightforward application of settled law. Continue reading

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Karna is born

“O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,- an evil refuge indeed.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                –           Quran 9:73 Thus goes a quotation employed by Arun Shourie to provoke a genre … Continue reading

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