Author: Nipun Saxena

By Nipun Saxena, Student National Law University, Delhi As a child I was amused at the premonition of the Soothsayer when he predicted the Death of Julius Caesar, who out of sheer vanity not only discarded his advice, but also admonished him for the same. A similar analogy can be drawn to the travesty that now surrounds Uttarakhand, the sole exception being, the vanity and obliviousness of the Government has gravely pulverized the State Exchequer and costed the lives of its own denizens, as against the death of one ruler.  The blame game, which is a necessary by product…

The recently enacted Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance of 2013 is a glaring reflective of what happens when the Government suddenly wakes up after 170 years of its slumber, and decides to enact a law overnight in order to appease the public. The travesty is underscored by a simple fact which shows flagrant disregard of the overarching and illustrative jurisprudence of Rape Laws, and the judicial trajectory, before enacting a law as grave and arbitrary as the present one. The legislative powers of the President on the advice of the Cabinet to promulgate an ordinance under Article 123 have been strategic…