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What are your Fundamental Rights?
How does the Constitution protect you? What are your fundamental or basic rights?
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Why are we mollycoddling our public figures?
Why are we mollycoddling our public figures? There is a weapon far deadlier than a nuclear bomb. Words are the most powerful weapons in all the world. So much so that a cautionary note penned in 1885 reads: - ‘Every word is endowed with a spirit … One word may be likened unto fire, another unto light, and the influence which both exert is manifest in the world.’ It has been said that a ...
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When former prime minister Najib Razak was charged in court two days ago, the High Court, in the exercise of its criminal jurisdiction and powers, granted an interim gag order. Najib’s lawyer argued that Najib should not be ‘tried by the media.’ The order sought to stop public discussions over the charges pending against Najib. The court said it would hear full arguments on the gag orders later. It nonetheless granted ...
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