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Manoj Mitta

Manoj Mitta is the author of Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India

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Human rights and wrongsSubscriber Only

April 03,2003 00:00:00 AM

Geneva: Delegations from member countries meet every year for six weeks from mid-March in this serene Swiss city to hold a session of the UN...

Thu, Apr 03, 2003

Declare assets, criminal past: SCSubscriber Only

March 14,2003 00:00:00 AM

The Supreme Court today struck down a statutory amendment made last year to overrule its judgment requiring candidates to disclose their cri...

Fri, Mar 14, 2003

VHP opposed excavation, got noticeSubscriber Only

March 08,2003 00:00:00 AM

The Allahabad High Court’s order two days ago to excavate the Ayodhya site has provoked a controversy particularly because it has been ...

Sat, Mar 08, 2003

SC hears entire ‘undisputed’ land case, puts off judgmentSubscriber Only

March 07,2003 00:00:00 AM

Exceeding its own expectations, the Supreme Court today heard not just the Centre’s controversial application but the entire case about...

Fri, Mar 07, 2003

Govt plea in SC could take a knockingSubscriber Only

March 06,2003 00:00:00 AM

Though the Allahabad High Court’s order to excavate the disputed site in Ayodhya has been welcomed by the BJP, it is likely to have an ...

Thu, Mar 06, 2003

Professionals not ready for tradeSubscriber Only

March 06,2003 00:00:00 AM

The WTO debates in India have been dominated over the years by issues like agriculture, pharmaceutical industry and textiles. For a country ...

Thu, Mar 06, 2003

Engineers will need licence to practiseSubscriber Only

March 05,2003 00:00:00 AM

Thanks to pressure from the World Trade Organisation, the Government has come up with the radical reform of introducing a licence for engine...

Wed, Mar 05, 2003

Confronting a distorted judgmentSubscriber Only

February 26,2003 00:00:00 AM

Ayodhya is a storm that will pass. The dignity and honour of the Supreme Court cannot be compromised because of it.’’ Justice S.P....

Wed, Feb 26, 2003

POTA: Panel denies changing standSubscriber Only

February 25,2003 00:00:00 AM

In a damage control exercise, the NHRC has denied that its newly-appointed chairman, Justice A S Anand, has in any way diluted it long-held ...

Tue, Feb 25, 2003

It’s a designer battle, architect in spot over adSubscriber Only

February 23,2003 00:00:00 AM

One of the country’s most celebrated architects, Hafeez Contractor, has been hauled before the Council of Architecture for allegedly pr...

Sun, Feb 23, 2003

New rules for SC bar pollSubscriber Only

February 21,2003 00:00:00 AM

The Supreme Court bar will for the first time ever witness an American-style ‘‘public debate’’ among lawyers aspiring to...

Fri, Feb 21, 2003

Delhi IIT gets stay on SC, ST panel’s fiat on expulsionSubscriber Only

February 17,2003 00:00:00 AM

While IITs were being feted in India and abroad to mark their golden jubilee, the one in the Capital was being hounded by the National Commi...

Mon, Feb 17, 2003

First slip: Jadeja scored because BCCI walked out of crucial matchSubscriber Only

February 09,2003 00:00:00 AM

The arbitration award in favour of the banned cricketer, Ajay Jadeja, came after the Board for Control of Cricket (BCCI) in India accused th...

Sun, Feb 09, 2003

Ayodhya: Govt took stand 4 months agoSubscriber Only

February 08,2003 00:00:00 AM

Despite its claim to neutrality on the acquired land in Ayodhya, the Government had made clear its intention to go along the VHP line four m...

Sat, Feb 08, 2003

Maya opens can of definitionsSubscriber Only

February 06,2003 00:00:00 AM

A dalit chief minister’s audacity in slapping Pota on an independent but blue-blooded legislator, reverentially called Raja Bhaiyya, ha...

Thu, Feb 06, 2003

TRAI’s just shrunk the telecom villageSubscriber Only

February 02,2003 00:00:00 AM

On January 24, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) announced a revised telephone tariff which will come into effect on April 1....

Sun, Feb 02, 2003

Jaitley bounces back to reclaim legacy of reformsSubscriber Only

January 30,2003 00:00:00 AM

Arun Jaitley’s sudden return to the Law Ministry, much as it is bound to be widely welcomed, is as intriguing as his equally sudden exi...

Thu, Jan 30, 2003

Judicial Bills: Govt shows willSubscriber Only

January 28,2003 00:00:00 AM

The Government today unveiled an ambitious two-pronged strategy to reform the judiciary in the wake of its failure to act against high court...

Tue, Jan 28, 2003

When justice is put on holdSubscriber Only

January 23,2003 00:00:00 AM

Ever since the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in the matter on December 17, there has been much churning in the telecom sector as the ...

Thu, Jan 23, 2003

Legal treaty: US puts India in a fixSubscriber Only

January 21,2003 00:00:00 AM

The first treaty India signed with the US in the wake of September 11 has run into a legal impediment even before it could come into force b...

Tue, Jan 21, 2003

A judge reviews his judgmentSubscriber Only

January 09,2003 00:00:00 AM

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and NHRC chairman Justice J.S. Verma have one great grievance in common about Hindutva. While both appro...

Thu, Jan 09, 2003

Hi-tech sticker for your car in the New Year is coming unstuckSubscriber Only

December 29,2002 00:00:00 AM

Come February 28 and the Government has an ambitious plan to make you feel extra safe. From that date on, any new vehicle you buy has to hav...

Sun, Dec 29, 2002

Clean-up in judiciary is a farceSubscriber Only

December 26,2002 00:00:00 AM

The latest survey of Transparency International shows that the judiciary is among the five most corrupt sectors in India. This flies in the ...

Thu, Dec 26, 2002

Rajasthan Ram katha: Minister and Governor play supporting rolesSubscriber Only

December 25,2002 00:00:00 AM

Forget the Gujarat bitterness. In the name of raising funds for drought relief in Rajasthan, a senior Congress Minister in the Ashok Gehlot ...

Wed, Dec 25, 2002

Bhagat free, now Sajjan: how politics bailed politicians outSubscriber Only

December 24,2002 00:00:00 AM

With the Delhi court exonerating Congress leader Sajjan Kumar today, all the six trials involving the alleged complicity of Congress leaders...

Tue, Dec 24, 2002

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