THE HIGH COURT INDICTS THE MINISTER OF PORTS AND FISHERIES FOR GIVING ILLEGAL CONTRACT FOR FISHING ON EXTRANEOUS GROUNDS
In a significant judgement and order, the division bench of the High Court of Gujarat comprising Ms Justice R.M. Doshit and Mr.Justice S.D. dave squarely held the minister Mr. Purshottam Solanki guilty of granting contracts of fishing [...]
HIGH COURT NOTICE TO CENTRE, STATE AND MUNCIPAL SCHOOL BOARD FOR NOT RELEASING GRANT UNDER `SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN’ SCHEME.
Mr. Justice Jayant Patel of Gujarat High Court issued notice today to the (1) Union of India – Ministry of Human Resources,(2) State of Gujarat – Department of Primary education and (3) [...]
At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. Yes! India has woken up to freedom, but for whom? After 61 years of Independence, around 400 million unorganised workers struggle to survive without any tangible right, though they substantially contribute to the national income. No employment [...]
AN OPEN LETTER TO RATAN TATA
(Mukul Sinha)
This is one letter I thought I must write. It is not often that people like Ratan Tatas’ write open letters and that to on their perception of the developmental model of the country. Curiously though, he addresses the letter to the ‘citizens of West Bengal’ rather than the [...]
Paragraph 229
Untold stories
(Mukul Sinha)
The eloquence of the Paragraph 229 of the report of the Justice Nanavati Commission on the Godhra incident lies not in what it said but in what it did not say. Ironically, in a hurry to absolve the Chief Minister, other ministers and even the delinquent police officers from the lapses committed [...]
Paragraph 229
(Mukul Sinha)
(1) 229 may be a number that Narendra Modi would like to wear on his shirt sleeves as a lucky talisman. Of the 230 paragraphs that the Commission of Inquiry Chaired by Justice G.T.Nanavati devoted to the unraveling the “conspiracy to set the S/6 coach on fire”, the paragraph 229 absolved the Chief [...]
THE DERAILED REPORT OF SABARMATI EXPRESS
(Please click on the below link for the complete text of Jan Sangharsh Manch’s Report on the burning of Sabarmati Express in Godhra)
ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO GODHRA BY JAN SANGHARSH MANCH
PREAMBLE:
1. On 28th February 2002, the news dailies of Gujarat were carrying the screaming headlines of the gruesome death [...]
P . O . T . A
Production of Terrorist Act, Gujarat.
How does one declare a war on terrorism if there are no terrorists around? In Gujarat, this logical hurdle is easily surmounted. Create them first and then declare war on them so that the "hapless citizens" can vote you to power as their sole savior! [...]
OMISSIONS AND COMMISSIONS
(Mukul Sinha)
The spectre of “Terrorism” seems to have finally captured the sensibility of the entire nation. All spaces, be that in the print media or the electronic media, be it in a public place or in a private drawing room, are fully occupied by this spectre; a sterile nation incapable of focussing on [...]
Anti-Terror Laws
Would GUJCOC inhibit the Growth of Terrorism?
(Mukul Sinha)
Opening Remark: The word terrorism in the modern times is really a gift from the American establishment after the 9/11 attack in NY that led to collapse of the world trade building. Be that as it may, without entering into the realities of these events, we restrict [...]
