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Colloquium Session 2: Safeguarding India's Democracy
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Vibha B Madhava
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She delves into the legalities of minority rights such as reservation for Dalit Christians and the Triple Talaq law.
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Having practised in Family Law, Ramasesan speaks from experience. "In the angle of Triple Talaq, I do handle a lot of cases involving Muslim women. All matters pertaining to marriage, say adultery have a separate channel in the law. You can't directly go to the police, you have to go via a separate way."
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"There is a new challenge in front of the Supreme Court, wherein other forms of Islamic divorce are being challenged, now that Triple Talaq has been criminalised. So the Supreme Court entertains certain matters that should be left in a different realm," she adds.
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Ramaseshan opines: "There is a snowballing effect that comes into play. It has an impact on all sides; we do not even know what is going to happen in more sides than one."
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Geeta Ramasesan expresses her thought that things are changing for both the good and worse. She concludes by thanking the other speakers and how their speech taught her new things today.
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The next panelist Vikas Pathak starts with his experience in chronicling contemporary Indian history.
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"What does the Constitution do about freedom?" Pathak states that the answer to this question goes back to the 19th century.
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"The 19th century is characterised by the heralding of technology, print, mass mobility, modernity and so on," he says.
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As a liberal concept, Pathak opines that modernity brought freedom to the individual. "The individual here is one who increasingly recognised their own religious identity."
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Pathak: "The idea of freedom doesn't come from the British government but from our freedom fighters." He adds that nationalism as a concept talks about collective expression.
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"While freedom of expression is about individual freedom, the balance of freedom depends on the courtroom," he opines.
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"The ideology and influences of judges' perception are where the line of your freedom is drawn," says Pathak about how the constitution is put in the hands of judges.
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Touching upon certain landmark SC judgements and the influence of both the Hindutva ideology and the Emergency, Pathak concludes: "Right now the opposition is very weak. Future-proofing needs a strong opposition to speak and debate in the parliament."
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That's all for today. Thank you for joining us for the Colloquium on 'The Constitution & Democracy' organised by Asian College of Journalism.
4:45
Which speaker's address did you find the most insightful?
Kaleeswaram Raj (0% | 0 votes)
 
Justice K. Chandru (0% | 0 votes)
 
Dr Anushka Singh (50% | 1 vote)
 
Justice J. Chelameswar (50% | 1 vote)
 
Total Votes: 2
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