links for 2009-07-02

July 2, 2009 in Links

India Uncut – The India Uncut Blog
If the government takes any action against an individual or an entity, there should be due process. If the government wants to ban a website, it should clearly state why it is doing so, and what provisions of the law make it possible. And the owners of that website [...]

Salil on Offence

July 2, 2009 in Links

Salil Tripathi has written a marvellous new book, “Offence: The Hindu Case.”, as part of a series that examines the growing intolerance around us in the name of religion: Kamila Shamsie looks at the Muslim case, Brian Klug at Judaism and Irena Maryniak at Christianity.
Claiming to take a leaf out of the Islamic book, Hindu [...]

Delhi HC and Sec 377

July 2, 2009 in Life, Quotes, Thoughts

So, someone has seen sense in this great nation of ours! Read the entire judgement here.
The judgement is beautifully written. I’ll quote the parts that I think have far-reaching implications here:
Pg 26:
Dignity as observed by L’Heureux-Dube, J is a difficult concept to capture in precise terms [Egan v. Canada,
(1995) 29 CRR (2nd) 79 at 106]. [...]