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Narasimhan Vijayaraghavan

The author is practicing advocate in the Madras High Court

Supreme Court needs to rise above this

It was quite unnecessary for the Supreme Court to have initiated contempt proceedings against Prashant Bhushan, the senior lawyer before the apex court for his allegedly ‘scandalous tweets”.

Fascinating debate on reservations in 15% states’ quota to pan India pool

Reservation in India is a touchy and dicey subject. And in Tamil Nadu, it is a hot potato. It is minefield, so to say.

Liberals expose their extreme intolerance

The Liberals have been shown up for what they are. ‘The hypocritical bunch’, as historian Niall Ferguson called them once. It is strange that they cannot stand the heat in their kitchens.

Picking a winner in free speech vs national interest debate is easy

The decision of banning 59 Chinese apps is a targeted move to ensure safety and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace.

Police are a law unto themselves

There is something inherently rotten with the politician-police nexus that sustains such deviant conduct

Let us give the TN state its due where it deserves

The migrant or guest worker was a sad and sob story, which needed to be reported, as they deserved all the support. But then to black out on the good, honest, sincere work rendered by the silent Covid-19 warriors, is unfair and unjust.

A conservative justice turns liberal to Trump conservatism

Constitutionally, while the majority has ruled that it was ‘discriminatory’ - the minority has suggested that it was not for the SCOTUS to rule on it- but for US Congress to make the changes.

And the winner is: We the people

The proceedings before the Division Bench of Justices Vineet Kothari and R. Suresh Kumar, Madras High Court, on the challenge to the conduct of Tenth Standard State Board examinations from 15th June, 2020, made fascinating reading.

Trump vs US Congress vs Judiciary in USA, a fascinating duel

Donald Trump’s ‘base’ has steadfast stood by him. The polarisation may help his re election bid too, though the poll numbers, on date, favour the presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate, Joe Biden, Vice President to President Barack Obama, for two terms.

Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul was right to call out rising intolerance

The libertarians need to know free speech is not licence for hate speech. Our fundamental rights are not akin to First Amendment Rights, as in the US. There are reasonable restrictions and they have a purpose.

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