I am not saying they were not colonial, re-packaged laws, that they were new
laws.
But I am saying they need to be continuously repackaged or even better
completely discarded as in this example, as D Y Chandrachud is contemplating
and as Faye D’Souza is postulating.
India’s jurisprudence is fa
This is the Mirror Now (Times of India Group) comment by the prominent
and (usually) articulate Mangalorean journalist Faye D'Souza:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzPm7DLTsvo
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Fall behind? Many of these are colonial laws, just repackaged after
Independence and continued with their colonial/archaic/Victorian
approach.
This is the law as it stands:
Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code deals with Adultery. As per the
Indian law, a woman cannot be punished for the offence o
In many respects, Indian law often falls far behind the times we live in and in
comparison with laws of other progressive countries.
Perhaps the yoke of colonialism will forever restrict bureaucracy and justice
in the country.
Recently for example there have flip flops on laws regarding homosex
