Markandey Katju
Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
Former Judge, Supreme Court of India and former Chairman, Press Council of India.
By Markandey Katju
Instant divorce among Muslims is a barbaric practice that's been effectively banned. Naysayers to the Triple Talaq Bill have no real stand, except for an apparent dislike of the BJP.
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The latest fatwa against MP Nusrat Jahan shows why it is imperative to come down heavily on these despicable judgements.
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Just establishing terror camps and sending jihadis to India isn't terrorism. Terrorising a section of your own people is also terrorism. And Pakistan, by its very nature, cannot stop doing that.
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Mr Owaisi's arguments do not hold real ground. As I see it, if he was really concerned about the plight of Muslim women, he would support the govt's Bill against Triple Talaq.
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The letter written by ‘prominent’ Bengali Muslims to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee only highlights their silence in several earlier cases.
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The sanctimony around 'the return of the Kashmiri Pandits' is just that: sanctimony. The locals are actually not unhappy they left. And the KPs, who know this, know they cannot return.
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Their political marginalisation has helped them realise, and fight, the isolationalism clerics and others subjected them to.
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His latest pronouncement shows the unbearable lightness of being an academic in politics.
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Don't shove judicial corruption under the carpet. It's been done long enough, with terrible results.
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With our continuing communalism, violence and superstition, we are no better at all than our neighbour.
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