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Swearing by the Constitution
An orthodox adherent of the Constitution, Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi, 64, the Chief Justice designate, represents a section of traditional jurists which has viewed with distinct unease the aggressive-reformative sheen that the apex court has acquired in its recent metamorphosis. A perception and attitude that are perhaps most clearly evident in the dissenting opinion that he gave in the Advocates-on-Record case of 1993.
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Power to plunder
In a corruption binge that matches the excesses of African dictators like Mobutu Sese Seko and Jean Baptiste Bokassa -- what to speak of some of India's own politicians -- former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's husband Asif Zardari bilked his country of tens of millions of dollars, recent investigations by the Pakistani Government and the Western media have revealed.
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Wave theory in quantum politics
Every day, the BJP announces that the country is witnessing a wave in its favour. Which, to my mind, is great news because waves are such fun things. The phenomenon so enthused me that I visited my swayamsewak friend in the BJP to learn more about this natural wonder.
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"Cong changed its stand overnight after Sonia decided to campaign"
After a long exile in political wilderness, Ramakrishna Hegde has managed to come back to the news columns. Expelled from the Janata Dal after H.D. Deve Gowda -- who was just a provincial leader in Hegde's home State while he was being touted as a future prime minister -- became India's Prime Minister, the former Karnataka chief minister was desperately waiting for an opportunity to bounce back.
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