VARUN DEV

Watching Law in Transit. #Lawyer,#Writer Based in Delhi.

[Supreme Court Observer @scobserver]

Dhavan: This Act is at the teeth of a large number of Constitution bench decisions...it is in the teeth of a number. Now lordship interpreted in TMA Pai the meaning of "established", the phrase is establish and administer. I have the right to establish and a right to administer. It is stated way back in 1954. No legislature can ever take them away.

[Supreme Court Observer @scobserver]

Dhavan: A redefinition of a religious property, it has never happened....what was the occasion for this large scale liquidation of the very concept of waqf. No religion can survive apart from belief, practice and property. You take that away, no religion can survive.

[Abbas Hafeez @AbbasHafeez]

Big blow to the Modi govt by the Supreme Court on Waqf Issue.
No non muslim member as of now and no de notification of waqf by user property till further orders.
I’d like to thank all the lawyers representing the issue and especially my counsel Mr. Varun Dev Mishra. @devvarun
#Waqf

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

Sibal: 3(C)(2)- they can make declaration that its their property - there is no timelimit in this process.

#SupremeCourt #WaqfAmendmentAct

[Abbas Hafeez @AbbasHafeez]

सुप्रीम कोर्ट में हमारे क़ाबिल वकील श्री वरुण देव मिश्रा के साथ वक़्फ़ एक्ट 2025 की सुनवाई से पहले कोर्ट परिसर में।

[Mark Ames @MarkAmesExiled]

In nearly 40 years of rage shootings fueled by soaring inequality, in a culture where so many arm themselves in the belief guns give them political power, it’s always surprised me no one’s ever gone after the oligarchs

[Akshat Shrivastava @Akshat_World]

People are spending money on:

1) Water tankers
2) Air Purifiers
3) Expensive housing in private societies (so that they get a place to walk/play-area for kids)
4) Private vehicles ( 28% GST on cars)
5) High education cost in private schools

In short: they are solving their own problems.
Yet, the taxes are high.

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

An elephant showing off its unmatched strength as it casually pushes over a tree in the Namibian bush.

[Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88]

Thread with the coverage of the electoral bonds case on the ICLP blog over the years:

1. Judicial evasion and the electoral bonds case: https://t.co/2hnWWim9eW (April 13, 2019).

[Supreme Court Observer @scobserver]

On 15 February 2024, the #SupremeCourt struck down the 2018 #ElectoralBonds Scheme as unconstitutional and violative of voters' #RightToInformation.

SCO's judgement matrix breaks down the 232-page judgement in 1 concise chart.

Here: https://t.co/dJhGeYmQiE

#2024Elections

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

“Today is truly the New Year for me” - statement of #BilkisBano on #SupremeCourt judgment.

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

"There Is No Lack of Judicial Power in India. Just a Refusal to Act on It."
@IJaising 's cold and calm analysis on the contribution of courts to India's democratic backslide https://t.co/Vk9VHnWkAE

[Swapnil V. Tripathi @S_Tripathi07]

Justice Kaul in the Epilogue to his judgment in the #Article370Verdict has recommended setting up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for J&K, similar to the one in S. Africa after apartheid. I discuss the TRC in https://t.co/Y7eTPxezn0, its purpose and the results it achieved.

Interesting points to note:
1. The TRC was first mooted to discuss the barbaric acts of the African National Congress cadre during their liberation movement, and not the apartheid regime. However, later the TRC investigated the violations committed by both ANC and the apartheid government.

2. The spirit of TRC was reconciliation and not punishment. The perpetrators could come forward, confess to their crimes and receive amnesty for their actions. Interestingly, an individual who bombed Pretoria and blinded a man, was forgiven by the victim and also granted amnesty.

3. TRC was successful because its purpose was to heal wounds, promote harmony and not engage in prosecution or hate mongering.

4. TRC was arguably inspired by Gandhi Ji's vision and faith in truth.

Read more in this article.
#lawtwitter #Article370Abrogation #SupremeCourt

https://t.co/sIkN0zsW23

[VARUN DEV @devvarun]

@Vaibhavlaw Congratulations !!!

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Why replacing orange street lights is an aesthetic downgrade — and bad for our health:

[Arthur Schopenhauer @SchopenhauerNow]

“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"Your goal in life is to find out the people who need you the most, to find out the business that needs you the most, to find the project and the art that needs you the most. There is something out there just for you."

@naval

[VARUN DEV @devvarun]

Irrespective of the decision of supreme court in same sex marriage

The judgement would be a treatise on #sexuality #family #spectrum #privacy

I wager it will cross 1000 pages !!

[VARUN DEV @devvarun]

Monday wisdom for humans of Delhi

"You are not stuck in traffic, you are traffic"

[James Pierce @RealJamesPierce]

“You are not stuck in traffic, you ARE traffic.”

[VARUN DEV @devvarun]

@parrysingh We all know the pain when someone borrowed a book and never returned!