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‘Nehru’s India- contains only anti-Modi narratives

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few are to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention, so said Francis Bacon. Putting the book ‘Nehru’s India’ by Professor Aditya Mukherjee in any of the above categories is difficult. The book is more like a pamphlet bereft of any seriousness as it does not make any in-depth study about Jawahar Lal Nehru. It can also be called an adulatory hagiography because the author fails to make a critique of Pandit Nehru. The foreword of the book has been written by a known distortionist of history, Irfan Habib. By reading the book anybody will conclude that the writer is a diabolical Modi hater, therefore, everything looks yellow to a person with a jaundiced eye. The writer fails to see or deliberately ignore the fact that the country has made tremendous progress in the last more than ten years of Nar...
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Justice Chandrachud will be remembered for modernising the Courts functions

Justice Dr D Y Chandrachud's judgments are in the public domain, and the people will scrutinize them when necessary. However, his administrative reforms are momentous. He is credited with introducing live-streaming of court hearings. As a result, most of the High Courts and even the District Judiciary have followed suit. Now, anybody from any part of the country can watch the court proceedings and the advocates argue their cases. Because of the hybrid hearings, any advocate can argue many cases from around the country, nay the world. There is no need for him/her to rush to the Supreme Court at the time of the hearings. An Advocate can handle many cases by switching with the click of a computer button, which was almost unthinkable before Justice Chandrachud introduced them. E-filing of the cases and curing of defects have become very easy and time savers for the Advocates. Now the case files can be inspected from anywhere. Cause lists of cases are easily available in Advocates' ...
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Mughal Rule was the darkest period of Indian history

  Book review of the book BABUR Parmanand Pandey Although I finished reading the book BABUR by Aabhas Maldahiyar almost four months ago, for reference's sake, I had to go through it again. This book was recommended to me by a friend, a well-read veteran journalist Jagdish Upasane, when I visited his house in Raipur a few months ago. There is no doubt that the book epitomises deep learning and, the painstaking hard work of the Author. The Mughal rule was established by Babur, who came from Ferghana. He lived only for 47 years and ruled in India only for three years. He had a diabolical hatred for Hindus and Buddhists and his insensitivity knew no bounds. During the entire Mughal rule, India remained an exploited and backward country. Some pro-Mughal historians keep on saying day and night that, unlike Britishers, Mughals did not loot Indian money to be sent abroad. But there is no denying the fact that despite vast resources at their command they did no deve...
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Artificial Intelligence Must be Introduced in the Judiciary to Make it Timesaving, Transparent and Corruption-free.

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  By Parmanand Pandey "The millions mired in poverty here can only get rid (of it) when science is used in their interest. Such maximum application of science is only possible when scientific knowledge is available to Indians in their own country.” Mahamana Madan Mohan Malviya spoke these immemorable words, emphasizing the importance of science and technology. What was true in those days is truer today. The need is to encourage and augment its use in all spheres of life. Today the dockets of courts, from sub-ordinate courts to High Courts and Supreme Court, are cluttered with new and old cases. Some have been pending for decades together. Some two decades ago when I became an Adorate-on-Record in the Supreme Court of India, I went to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, along with my clerk to seek his help for E filing of the cases. He was courteous but in no position to help. E-filing was at the nascent stage. As a result, one could see the long queues of Advocates, mostly young o...
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  Introduction of e-filing in Allahabad High Court is a Welcome Decision It is bizarre and surprising to learn that Advocates of Allahabad High Court are up in arms over the e-filing initiative of the High Court from all districts of Uttar Pradesh. It is beyond any logic that when the whole world is moving with science and technology, why lawyers are opposed to this welcome decision? It is also learnt that a Special Leave Petition (SLP) has also been filed in the Supreme Court against the introduction of e-filing. It hardly needs to be stated that the e-filing system in High Courts in India offers several benefits that streamline the legal process and make it more accessible. The key advantages are: Time and Cost Efficiency: E-filing saves significant time and money for both advocates and clients by eliminating the need to physically visit the court for filing documents. Convenience: It allows for the online submission of cases and documents, making the process more convenient and ...
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The conduct of Kejriwal and AAP Leaders is Repulsive and Lowest of the Low

 Twenty days have elapsed from the incarceration of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, firstly in ED’s custody and thereafter in judicial custody. L’ affaire Aam Adami Party and Arvind Kejriwal have been controversial for over a year. He and his party have been claiming from housetops for the purity and transparency in public life. But nobody ever imagined that AAP and particularly its leader Kejriwal would plumb to such an unfathomable depth of immorality and opacity. Now leaders of AAP are saying that Kejriwal will continue to run the government from jail. However, the question is how will it be feasible? Will it not be a gross violation of constitutional propriety? Mr Kejriwal had cocked the snook to the summons of the ED nine times and at long last he appeared at the directions  of the court. If he had nothing to conceal in the liquor gate scam, he could have appeared at the first call but always avoided appearing by saying that the summonses of the ED were not...
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Comical Behaviour of Arvind Kejriwal

'Absurdity' has no limits as far as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is concerned. Just to avoid his appearance before the Enforcement Directorate, he is saying that there was no fault of his and yet why the ED has been sending notice after notice to him. Even a layperson cannot avoid appearing before the court or any authority on the grounds of the notice being sent wrong. Therefore, he cannot judge his case. Everybody knows that if any notice has been received by him/her from the court or any authority, it is for him/her to prove that he/she was not at fault. Nobody can prejudge himself/ herself. The summoned person has to prove innocence, but he/she cannot refuse to appear in the court or before the authority. But Kejriwal is an altogether different person, and he has already claimed himself to be ‘not guilty’ even without appearing before the ED. When Anna Hazare’s movement was at its peak at Jantar Mantar of New Delhi, I also used to go there as it was very near to...
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