Good Judges – Open Till The End

A Judgement is not final till it is signed and sealed. It is important for a judge to be open till it is sealed. 

This post explains the same with an incident, at an early stage of my career, from the court of Satish Chandra J. (01-09.1924 – 24.01.2000). He was a judge of the Allahabad High Court, when I joined the Bar and retired as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on 31st August 1986. 

ISAAC ASIMOV: It's Been a Good Life

It is a review of the autobiography of Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) ‘It's Been a Good Life’ edited by Janet Jeppson.

The Court of Last Resort

This post is review of Edgard Award Winner book 'The Court of Last Resort: The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted' written by Erle Stanley Gardner.

 This post is review of the book 'Tata Stories' by Harish Bhat.

This post is review of the book 'Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution' written by John R Gribbin.

AMU Case - Eight Point

The post below explains submits that the long-standing case may not be overruled, with the help of a famous quote from Spiderman comic.  

Spiderman - Image by Mike McKone and Morry Hollowell / Marvel Comics

ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY AND MUSLIM RESERVATION

Introduction।। Points Involved in the Case।। Institution Should Be Established and Administered।। AMU Established by the Principal Act।। AMU Not Administered by Minority।। Legislature Can Not Reverse Decision।। Article 30 - Electoral And Not Numerical Minority।। 1981 Amendments Are Arbitrary।। 1981 Amendment is Against Secularism।। Long Standing Decision May Not be Overruled।। Bourbaki & Zero।।

AMU Case - 7(b)th Point

In 1981, amendments providing the University to mean the educational institution of their choice established by Muslims is also against secularism as enshrined in the Constitution. The post below explains this. 

Green coloured countries States with no state religion. Red coloured countries are States with state religion. Light grey coloured countries are ambiguous states or no data - Picture courtesy Wikipedia.

ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY AND MUSLIM RESERVATION

Introduction।। Points Involved in the Case।। Institution Should Be Established and Administered।। AMU Established by the Principal Act।। AMU Not Administered by Minority।। Legislature Can Not Reverse Decision।। Article 30 - Electoral And Not Numerical Minority।। 1981 Amendments Are Arbitrary।। 1981 Amendment is Against Secularism।। Long Standing Decision May Not be Overruled।। Bourbaki & Zero।।