Indian military export to Israel — aiding genocide https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/indian-military-export-to-israel-aiding-genocide/article68648945.ece   September 17, 2024 The top court’s dismissal of a petition on the subject highlights the limits of judicial review over executive decisions in matters of foreign policy, especially in violations of humanitarian law

 The petition, in Ashok Kumar Sharma and Others vs Union of India, had sought the suspension of existing licences and the withholding of further licences by the government to public sector and private companies, for exporting military equipment to Israel during the ongoing war. While the Court made it clear that it was not ruling on the merits of the case, The dismissal raises important questions about the limits of judicial review over executive decisions in matters of foreign policy and especially where there are grave violations of international humanitarian law.

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Stop India's Military Exports To Israel Amidst Gaza Conflict  https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-dismisses-plea-to-stop-indias-military-exports-to-isreal-amidst-gaza-conflict-269008 9 Sept 2024 Anmol Kaur Bawa 

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, for the petitioners, submitted that if the national policy is against the Constitution and the law, then the Court can interfere. Referring to the judgments of the International Court of Justice, Bhushan said that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and India cannot allow exports which are used for genocide. That would amount to abetting genocide and the violation of the Genocide Convention, which has been ratified by India.

Bhushan argued that the Genocide Convention can be read into our municipal law and therefore, any policy, which is contravening the international treaty, has to be stopped by the Court.

https://sabrangindia.in/india-tops-online-anti-muslim-hate-posts-3rd-largest-spike-islamophobic-tweets-2022-report/  The United Nations (UN) marked the first-ever International Day to Combat Islamophobia with a special event on March 15, where speakers upheld the need for concrete action in the face of rising hatred, discrimination and violence against Muslims.

The report also observed the most common themes in Islamophobic tweets, the most prevalent of which were:    The association of Islam with terrorism and the depiction of Muslim men as perpetrators of sexual violence

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/majority-anti-muslim-twitter-posts-come-us-uk-india  Nearly 86 percent of anti-Muslim posts on social media come from the US, the UK and India, a report by the Australian-based Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) has found.

Over a two-year period, between 28 August 2019 and 27 August 2021, India saw the highest figure, with 871,379 Islamophobic tweets, followed by the US with 289,248, and the UK, with 196,376.

 The Citizens' Report on 2020 Delhi Riots is an Indictment of the Country: Harsh Mander Oct 14, 2022 Harsh Mander added: “The report underlines how dark a moment this is in India’s journey as a republic, how every institution is crumbling and with what consequences.”
The interview first discusses alleged complicity of the Delhi Police. How they failed to act for three days even though they had received at least six internal alerts from the Special Branch. How the Committee has found a mass of information indicating police failures and police complicity. How the behavior of the police at Jamia Millia Islamia was nothing short of brutality.
Most importantly, the interview discusses the report’s findings that show that the charge of conspiracy to create terror is fabricated and prosecution under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act is “a perversion of the law”. The interview also discusses the report’s findings that the charge of conspiracy “is based on unexplained belated statements which are inherently unreliable in law.”

 मोदी-योगी की बोलती बंद, गऊ यात्रा से पहले BJP में विद्रोह।https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWyW-FM4_Hc  Navin Kumar Article19 India
Sep 16, 2024 अपनी ही सरकार को BJP यूनिट की धमकी, गाय को मां मनवाया तो अच्छा नहीं होगा। कहा जानवर हमारे खान-पान का हिस्सा हैं इसमें दखल बर्दाश्त नहीं। ये है भाजपा का सच।

 'Does PM Modi Know SEBI Chief Invested in Chinese Funds, Traded Securities?': Congress' Fresh Claims https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tCKhOFb4rY
Mint 
Sep 16, 2024
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera has accused SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch of trading in listed securities and also investing in chinese funds while at SEBI. This comes a day after Buch and her husband issued a detailed statement against a series of allegations. The duo had termed the allegations as ‘false, incorrect, malicious and motivated’. Buch accused Congress of leveling false allegations in installments, an attempt ‘only to keep the pot boiling’. 

Mahua Moitra V. SEBI Chiefhttps://youtu.be/txmsbQbRwnw?t=213 Mahua Moitra file Lokpal Complaint gainst Madhbu Buch

https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/lok-sabha-mp-mahua-moitra-files-lokpal-complaint-against-sebi-chief-madhabi-puri-buch-over-alleged-adani-links-269468

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal In CBI Case https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-delhi-liquor-policy-case-arvind-kejriwal-plea-challenging-cbi-arrest-seeking-bail-269478 
Debby Jain 13 Sept 2024  "In our considered view, although the procedure for the Appellant's arrest meets the requisite criteria for legality and compliance, continued incarceration for an extended period pending trial would infringe upon established legal principles and the Appellant's right to liberty, traceable to Article 21 of our Constitution. The Appellant has been granted interim bail by this Court in the ED matter on 10.05.2024 and 12.07.2024, arising from the same set of facts. 

https://www.livelaw.in/tags/arvind-kejriwal-v-central-bureau-of-investigation 

बाहर आते ही क्या बोले केजरीवाल? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuPXIslWUrc Sep 13, 2024
दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री केजरीवाल को 145 दिनों के बाद ज़मानत मिल गई, और आज शाम वे जेल से रिहा हो गए। आम आदमी पार्टी के वे तीसरे नेता हैं जिन्हें ज़मानत मिली है। केजरीवाल, मनीष सिसोदिया और संजय सिंह की रिहाई के बारे में आप कोर्ट के बयानों में एक समानता देखेंगे। कोर्ट ने हर बार केंद्रीय जांच एजेंसियों द्वारा बेल रोके जाने के प्रयोगों पर टिप्पणी की है। क्या इन टिप्पणियों से एजेंसियों की कार्यशैली पर कोई प्रभाव पड़ेगा? जेल से रिहा होने के बाद केजरीवाल ने क्या कहा, यह भी जानें हमारे इस एपिसोड में Why is there so much difference between HC and SC orders  

 Supreme Scolds CBI While Granting Bail to Kejriwal,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6CQaxzNBhw
The Wire   Google translate extract:   The manner in which Aam Aadmi Party leaders were selectively sent to jail on the charges of Delhi liquor policy scam and the kind of tricks used to stop their bail, the kind of work done, a film should be made on this. If a good film is made honestly on this true incident, then this incident will tell in a very wonderful way how bad is the condition of Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation i.e. the investigation agencies of the Government of India. While working, they look like slaves. This film can also tell that the trial court and the high court are only for show and to hang the case. Where there is clear wrongdoing visible to the naked eye, there is no justice. It seems that work is being done at the behest of someone else. When the matter reaches the Supreme Court, there too the matter drags on for a very long time, only then something like justice is achieved. This film can also show how low is the level of BJP's politics. If the matter was only about justice, then Arvind Kejriwal has been to court and jail for the liquor policy scam. There are thousands of similar cases in India where most of the MLAs and MPs of any political party of India including BJP would be in jail and courts on charges of scam. If the matter was only about justice, then no charges would be put on Arvind Kejriwal. If the matter was only about justice, then the entire cabinet of BJP would have been in jail on charges of electoral fund scam. But here the matter is neither about justice nor about court. All this is just a sham. In the last two years, thousands of pages of documents have been filed in this case. God knows how many witnesses have given statements, but despite that, an organization like ED could not find a single concrete evidence against Arvind Kejriwal.

 Arvind Kejriwal Bail Latest | "He Can Sign All Files, Except...": Abhishek Singhvi On Kejriwal Bail  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlFMGPbNXWI  Sep 13, 2024
Arvind Kejriwal Bail News: Welcoming the bail given to Arvind Kejriwal, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi has said that his client is the Delhi chief minister and no power, except the elected government or President's rule, can change that status.

 वित्त मंत्री से माफ़ी मांगने का वीडियो वायरल, करोड़ों के व्यापारी ने क्यों मांगी माफ़ी https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmj_RB2y34A Sep 13, 2024
वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण कोयंबटूर में थीं। वहां चेंबर ऑफ कामर्स में व्यापारियों ने जीएसटी को लेकर अपनी दिक्कतें बताईं। अन्नापूर्णा होटल समूह के चेयरमैन श्रीनिवासन ने भी बताया कि होटल के भीतर अलग-अलग आइटम पर जीएसटी की दरों में काफी अंतर है, जिससे ग्राहक को परेशानी होती है और होटल वाले को बिल बनाने में। इतनी सी बात पर अगले दिन उनकी पेशी होती है और वे वित्त मंत्री से माफ़ी मांगते हैं और बीजेपी इसका वीडियो वायरल करती है। क्या ये सबक सिखाने के लिए किया गया था? क्या अब व्यापारी जीएसटी को लेकर वित्त मंत्री से बोल ही नहीं सकते? ये दिन आ गया है? देखिए हमारा पूरा वीडियो।

 Narendra Modi की घमंडी मंत्री के कारनामे पर भड़के Rahul Gandhi ?, कहा- इतना अपमान क्यों ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfkHty4hgc8 Ajit Anjum

Shared stage with RSS Chief Bhagwat, backed by Mahayuti- Who is 'seer' Ramgiri Maharaj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oa_B1r6-ts ThePrint 
Sep 12, 2024 Ramgiri Maharaj became overnight sensation in Maharashtra after he passed alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad . In this video, we decode who is Ramgiri Maharaj and the controversy around him

https://thewire.in/society/the-republic-of-apathy 

The fact that our sustained apathy for corruption has enabled the dehumanising violation of women points to one of the most distressing realities of Indian life – the widespread and persistent lack of concern for the minoritised.

“As they say in India,” the economist Pranab Bardhan wrote in an influential paper on corruption, “in the US corruption is in the process of ‘making’ laws, in India it’s mostly in ‘breaking’ laws.” American – and generally Western – models of corruption require narratives of legitimisation that are often stamped with legislative authority.

In India, on the other hand, the ubiquity of corruption keeps its moral cost low – “everybody’s doing it so why not?” The long history of the public tolerance of corruption paves the ground for the political protection, indeed, the further enactment of corruption. Just break the law with impunity. The only legitimising narrative required here is that it is done all the time and no one really cares.

In this country, the spectre of corruption meets the zombie of apathy. This leads to something far more horrifying than corruption, but something that remains more safely hidden – its nourishment and celebration by its direct and indirect beneficiaries. This includes people in power and dominance as well as ordinary people, sometimes disenfranchised ones as well.

by Saikat Majumdar

08/09/2024