Posted on June 26, 2009 by K. M.
Plenty of work coupled with a lack of motivation to spend time on editing has meant that its been quite a while since I last wrote a proper, thought-out post although I do have plenty of accumulated material to write about. While the lack of motivation hasn’t changed, I thought I should just put this down.
In a short conversation over [...]
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Posted on June 19, 2008 by K. M.
Part 2 of this series examined the contradictions and ambiguities in the Indian constitution.
A contradictory and ambiguous constitution has direct effects on the functioning of the judiciary and the legislatures. With no firm principles to guide them, judges have no standards other than their own convictions. With no clear limits on the powers of the [...]
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Posted on May 17, 2008 by K. M.
In an article in The Indian Express, Meeta Rajivlochan says that civil servants should “owe allegiance to the constitution first and foremost”. She goes on to say
“Overt neutrality and strong commitment to the Constitution and the rules of the land make a bureaucrat function much better”.
and concludes
“It is the danger of relinquishing a commitment to the [...]
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