By Ravi Joshi, Formerly in the Cabinet Secretariat It was the summer of 1973, exactly 50 years to this week, and a historic legal battle was being fought in the Supreme Court.…
By Ravi Joshi, Formerly in the Cabinet Secretariat
It was the summer of 1973, exactly 50 years to this week, and a historic legal battle was being fought in the Supreme Court. The case was known as the Keshavananda Bharati Vs State of Kerala. On 24th April, a 13-Judge Bench delivered the verdict, a landmark judgement in the history of Indian jurisprudence. The arguments ran for 68 days and one of the topmost legal luminaries, Nani Palkhiwala, argued for the Petitioners.
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam There is a peculiar arrangement in my neighbour's home that everyone there calls dog ownership. They believe they own a dog. The dog, a portly fellow named Bruno,…
By Sujata Rajpal My name is Sujata and there is no ‘h’ in my name.” That’s how I introduced myself when, twenty-five years ago, I made Mysuru my home. Landing straight from…
from a Princely State By R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana From Left: 1. Unidentified lady, 2. H.H. Yuvarani Kempucheluvajammanni (23.6.1893 to 30.12.1970), wife of H.H. Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar, 3. H.H.…
