Judiciary

Not yet ready for (online) purple fingers

The Supreme Court declined to let NRIs vote online in the ongoing elections. The poster says the issue merits attention and asks why residents should not vote online too.

Brown Pundits Archive12 April 20140 comments
Poor or Backward? (that is the question)

The poster prefers reservations for the poor over caste-based claims to backwardness, arguing that the current contest only sharpens grievance, with a report on the Supreme Court refusing to stay…

Brown Pundits Archive9 April 20140 comments
Murderer!!!

A short comment on the Baby Musa case, with a report that a policeman has been suspended after the boy’s grandfather said the charges were invented to push the family…

Brown Pundits Archive6 April 20140 comments
Shakti Mills gangrape – death penalty (3)

A report that three repeat offenders in the Shakti Mills gang-rape cases were sentenced to death. The poster opposes the death penalty in all cases and prefers solitary confinement.

Brown Pundits Archive4 April 20140 comments
Justice delayed (denied) in Suryanelli

A report that Kerala’s high court found 24 men guilty in the Suryanelli case after a rehearing, with the poster crediting the Nirbhaya case for pushing the Supreme Court to…

Brown Pundits Archive4 April 20140 comments
Sawan Masih: judicial murder

A report that Sawan Masih was sentenced to death for blasphemy. The poster calls it judicial murder, opposes capital punishment, and fears the Taliban are warning judges.

Brown Pundits Archive28 March 20140 comments
The enemy is inside. How many?

A report that an Islamabad judge killed in a court attack was shot by his own guard, with the poster asking whether the enemy is already inside the gates.

Brown Pundits Archive8 March 20140 comments
Islamabad

A report on a gun and suicide bomb attack at an Islamabad court complex that killed 11, with the poster saying the ceasefire is a joke.

Brown Pundits Archive3 March 20141 comment