Hindu bashing will only ignite Hindu Rashtra stir

The oft-repeated provoking abusive missiles against mammoth Hindu majority community in the country by fanatic communal and pseudo-secular elements has all the potentials to trigger the Hindu upsurge any time. And, certainly this is not just a figment of imagination!

Going by the irresponsible and unwarranted utterances of the self-styled leaders of minorities and crestfallen opposition parties in the electoral battle, it appears that a day is not far away when 80 plus percent majority of Hindus would strike back and emphatically demand for the India to be declared as the Hindu Rashtra.

In fact, the authors of the Indian Constitution knew it very well that this country has been and will be the permanent abode of Hindus and therefore, had refrained from adding the word 'secular' in it.

However, the successive Congress governments were fully aware of the fact that the masses were deeply religious and devoted to the principles and practices of Hindu religion which has the glorious history of evolvement since thousands of years. Therefore, the political leaders of yesteryears desisted from tickling with the Hindu sentiments.

Though no stone was left unturned to suppress the cravings of the Hindus for their political identity through Constitutional diktat, the flame of Hindu Rashtra remained burning brightly throughout.

The partition on the lines of religion and the genocide of Hindus that ensued added fuel to fire.

During all these years despite opposition from all quarters including the governments the Hindus are yet to be convinced about non-declaration of the country as the Hindu Rashtra. During the regime of Indira Gandhi, the words, 'secular' and 'socialist' were added to the Preamble of the Constitution in an apparent bid to appease minorities and Communists at home and abroad.

In this exercise which radically changed the basic structure of the Constitution, it is noteworthy that no Hindu organisation or Hindu religious leader was consulted, leave alone taking them in confidence.

The Preamble of the Constitution of India was amended against the rulings of the Supreme Court which laid down that Parliament cannot alter the 'basic structure' of the Constitution. Obviously, addition of the words, 'secular and 'socialist' in the Preamble to the Constitution amounted to changing the 'basic structure' of the Constitution.

Most importantly no hue and cry was raised by the protagonist of the Constitution who swear by it day in and day out. On the other hand, this lobby celebrated the change.

In view of this historic background there is no reason to oppose or fume over any move to bring back the status-quo by similar Constitution amendment. Besides, dropping the words 'secular' and 'socialist,' the preamble needs to be rightfully amended with the insertion of the words 'Hindu Rashtra' to honour and assuage the feelings of the vast majority of the Hindus living in India and abroad.

Only such a step can bring true communal harmony in the country. Further, by doing so, a loud and clear message would go to the anti-Hindu and anti-nation forces that if they indulged in violence or hurling abuses towards the Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists, they won't be spared from the harshest punishment.

The people belonging to the minorities know it very well that they can live happily and peacefully only by winning the goodwill of the majority Hindus and not by fighting with them or antagonising them.

The Geneva Convention on minorities also clearly lays down that the minorities should mingle with the majority community and earn the goodwill of majority community first, then it shall be the duty of the majority community to protect and promote the interest of the minorities.

Let, the writings on the wall be read clearly by all the so- called secular forces and self- styled leaders of minorities that it would be in their own interests to extend unstinted support to declare India as the Hindu Rashtra ,for even otherwise, it would happen. More Hindu Bashing will only accelerate the process.

'Traffic offences traible under both IPC & MV ACT'

The recent verdict of the apex court on traffic offenders if implemented strictly will go a long way to curb the increasing road accidents in the country.

The Supreme Court has held that traffic rules violators causing accidents by rash and negligent driving could be tried and punished separately under the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicle Act.

A division bench comprising Justice Indu Malohotra and Justice Sanjay Khanna observed that ingredients of offences under both laws are different and an offender can be tried and punished independently under them.

Making an exception to the principle that the M.V Act being special law, it should prevail over the IPC which is the general law, the bench said that the MV Act is a beneficial legislation whose primary objective is to provide a statutory scheme for compensation of victims of accidents. On the other hand, the IPC is different in nature having the object of punishing the offenders.

".. if the IPC gives way to the MV Act and the provisions of CrPC succumb to provisions of the MV Act, even the cases of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and causing death or grievous hurt or simple hurt by rash and negligent driving would become compoundable.

Such an interpretation would have the consequence of letting an offender get away with a fine by pleading guilty, without having to face any prosecution for the offence committed," the court observed.

The court added that Sections 279, 304 part II, 304A, 337 and 338 of IPC have been specifically framed to deal with offences like rash and negligent driving resulting in death, or hurt, for grievous hurt and an accused could be prosecuted under both the laws simultaneously.

Johnson & Johnson fined $8 billion

The Jury of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has recently awarded US $ 8 billion in impunity damages to a person by name Nicholas Murray who claimed that the company failed to warn that young men using its antipsychotic drug Risperdal could grow breast.

This is the first verdict against J&J which is facing thousands of Risperdal related cases.

The company reacted by saying that the Jury award was grossly disproportionate with the initial compensatory award and it would appeal against the same.

SC orders status-quo in Aarey case

The much hyped Aarrey case reached crescendo on October 7 when the apex court ordered status-quo on felling of trees in Arrey colony in Mumbai suburb till further orders which are likely to be passed on the next date hearing i.e, October 21.

The two Judge bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Ashok Bhushan dealing with a representation given by some law students to the CJI seeking the apex court's urgent intervention to stop the cutting of trees in the Arrey Colony was told by the Solicitor General that whatever trees had to be cut, have been cut and no further trees will be cut adding that, the legality of the trees already cut can be decided by the court after the Dussehra vacation.

The contentious issue in this case is whether Arrey is a forest or not. Earlier, the Bombay High court had refused to grant stay on cutting of the trees in a Aarey colony in order to facilitate construction of Metro Station's Shed.

However, what needs to be informed to the Hon'ble Court is that the cutting of trees in Aarey is not for the first time. Earlier, for the construction of a film-studio and to provide burial ground to Christians, several acres of land in the Aarey forest was allotted and thousands of trees cut during non-NDA governments' regime, but no film stars or law students had cared to question the then government.