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Analyzing Government Affidavit on CBI autonomy 7 Jul 2013 | 04:09 pm
By Dr. Ashok Dhamija CBI is a “caged parrot”. So said the Supreme Court on 8th May 2013 while hearing the PILs relating to the coal scam. It asked the Government of India to file an affidavit as to w...
Democracy does not mean waiting for complete consensus 10 Jun 2013 | 04:23 pm
By Dr. Ashok Dhamija When Saddam Hussein organized a referendum in 2002 to find out whether he should rule for another 7 years, he got 100% backing of voters. There were 11,445,638 eligible voters - ...
Will legalizing betting help Cricket and Tax Revenue? 26 May 2013 | 03:40 pm
By Dr. Ashok Dhamija The cricket spot fixing scam in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has caught the attention of all and sundry in India. In a country where cricket is considered a religion, a “secul...
Government not alone in being responsible for CBI not being independent 25 May 2013 | 01:44 pm
By Dr. Ashok Dhamija All three wings of the State (including Parliament and Supreme Court), and all political parties (including Congress and BJP) should share some blame for CBI not being independen...
Is Sanjay Dutt entitled to Right of Private Defence? 25 May 2013 | 01:44 pm
By Dr. Ashok Dhamija It is disappointing to note that Mr. Shanti Bhushan, an eminent lawyer and a former Law Minister of India, has written in an article (This plot needs a new ending) in The Hindu n...
Non-registration of FIRs - back to square one 25 May 2013 | 01:44 pm
By Dr. Ashok Dhamija Recently, I wrote an article Beginning of the end of the non-registration of FIRs. In hindsight, the title of that article was appropriately chosen to take care of unpredictable ...
Validity of CMM Court as Special Court for trial of Italian Marines 25 May 2013 | 01:43 pm
By Dr. Ashok Dhamija The case involving two Italian marines (Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone), who were traveling on board the Italian vessel MV Enrica Lexie and were held for the killing o...
Delay in deciding mercy petitions on death penalty 25 May 2013 | 01:43 pm
By Dr. Ashok Dhamija Delay in deciding on a mercy petition on death penalty becomes a ground for challenging it by filing a petition in Supreme Court, seeking commutation of death penalty to life imp...
Beginning of the end of the non-registration of FIRs 25 May 2013 | 01:42 pm
By Dr. Ashok Dhamija Following the public uproar after the Delhi gang rape case, and after receipt of the report from the Justice Verma Committee, the President of India has promulgated an Ordinance ...
A guide to Juvenile Justice in India 25 May 2013 | 01:42 pm
By Dr. Ashok Dhamija At one point of time, the 26.11.2008 Mumbai terror attack accused, Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani terrorist, had claimed that he was a juvenile and therefore he should be given benefit...
