K.G. Kannabiran passed away on 30 December 2010. India will enter the second decade of the 21st century without its leading civil liberties lawyer for the last four decades.
K.G. Kannabiran passed away on 30 December 2010. India will enter the second decade of the 21st century without its leading civil liberties lawyer for the last four decades.
With the passing of K.G. Kannabiran, India has lost a great lawyer, defender of the Constitution and conscience-keeper. When this writer last met him some months ago, he was sitting in his office in West Marredapally in Secunderabad, having a drink, his eyes twinkling. He had given away most of his beloved law books. He said he had had a rich life and there were no regrets. He was right. Kannabiran enriched all those who came his way, he spoke for those who could not tell their own stories, he defended dissenters, and most importantly, practised law gloriously. And by doing so, he illuminated the path for younger lawyers.
Under the platform of Artists for Human rights, some of India’s most celebrated actors, poets, writers came to Jantar Mantar on 15 January 2011 to speak out against the unjust imprisonment of Dr Binayak Sen. Dr Sen has been imprisoned on trumped up charges in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. There is a growing movement by civil rights campaigners across India who are demanding the release of Dr Binayak Sen.
I have seen an article by Pervez Hoodbhoy that has recently appeared on several websites under the title, "How Can the Pakistani Left Become Relevant?" I am not sure if this article was produced as a discussion paper for the leftist political circles in Pakistan, or how widely it has been circulated in Pakistan. What surprises me is the considerable latitude taken by Pervez in this piece to indulge in biased and subjective attacks on "Pakistani Left."
I would like to respond to this article briefly because I have always considered Pervez Hoodbhoy as someone who is in common struggle with those active on the political left in Pakistan . . .
A civil rights activist, Rajesh Solanki, has filed the PIL challenging the act of performing Hindu ritual inside the High Court premises.
The petitioner has contended that secularism is part of the basic structure of the Indian Constitution and that since the HC is the ultimate protector of Constitution within the State of Gujarat, the ceremony as per Hindu rituals may lead people of Gujarat to lose their faith on the court.
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