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Akshay Mehta in Nanavati Commission
APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICE AKSHAY MEHTA (Retd.) IN NANAVATI INQUIRY COMMISSION - CAN A PERSON BE THE JUDGE IN HIS OWN CAUSE?
-By S.H. Iyer
Advocate
Jan Sangharsh Manch, Ahmedabad
The cardinal principle of administration of justice that – a person can not be the judge in his own cause, is put to test before the Enquiry Commission headed by [...]
OUTNUMBERED OR OUTRIGHT COLLUSION?
Within 48 hours of the fire on Sabarmati Express, which killed 59 Karsevaks (Hindu religious activists), near the Godhra railway stationon Feb 27, 2002, a most horrific genocide was executed in Gujarat. Over a thousand Muslims were killed by rampaging Hindu groups in and around Ahmedabad.
The police force of Ahmedabad did little to prevent the [...]
