Bail by 'Rule of law, not Rule by law'

the Watali prevents the courts from even assessing that. This is uncivilized criminal jurisprudence and clear decline of judicial standards.READ

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Posted By Cleofato A Coutinho | 14 Jul '21 21:57 | 0 Comments

Liberty- bail and jail in Vendetta times

It is time to seize the moment. The high Courts and Trial courts must not act as mere post offices of the establishmentREAD

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Posted By Cleofato A Coutinho | 24 Jun '21 22:18 | 0 Comments

Tough leadership paralysis..Even Manmohan Singh was never so helpless!

The strong leader myth got busted when the devastating second wave struck and the administration built around the ‘one and half’ (PM & HM) looked clueless permitting the High Courts and Supreme Court to take over. Even Manmohan Singh never looked so helpless! READ

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Posted By Cleofato A Coutinho | 14 Jun '21 22:44 | 0 Comments

Will the Supreme Court restore its majesty over sedition law

For over 7 decades political activists have been unsuccessfully struggling to get rid of the archaic law Though the British which introduce the law here in India in 1870 scrapped it in 2009 on grounds that it is archaic, irrelevant and suppresses freedom of speech, we in India not only use, but misuse it despite a 2018 consultative paper by the law commission which said that it is time to rethink of repeal the sedition law. READ

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Posted By Cleofato A Coutinho | 06 Jun '21 17:02 | 0 Comments

What Goa can learn from West Bengal

The major lesson for the opposition in Goa is to have apolitically savvy credible leader who can read Goa’s pulse. People want to have a chief ministerial candidate whose name and face they trust. The days of high commands trusting chief ministers on the people are over. Though ours is not a presidential scheme, the credibility of prospective chief ministerial candidate matters the most.READ

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Posted By Cleofato A Coutinho | 10 May '21 17:13 | 0 Comments

The fungus did not expect an attack from a virus!!

An aura of invincibility was built by pliable media which crawled, when it was not even asked to bend. That media built the strong leader cult, so strong that even devastation in the first wave was showcased as triumph.READ

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Posted By Cleofato A Coutinho | 09 May '21 14:31 | 0 Comments

A steep fall into mediocrity

Last year Economist dubbed the world's democracy to be a flawed democracy. This year freedom house says it is no longer free. What a fall!READ

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Posted By Cleofato A Coutinho | 09 Mar '21 23:26 | 0 Comments

Unelected sermonizing to keep faith in the elected!

The Supreme Court's sermon comes at a time when the court's credibility of the Court of standing up to the executive is a all time lowREAD

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Posted By Cleofato A Coutinho | 12 Jan '21 17:16 | 0 Comments

Unelected sermonizing to keep faith in the elected!

The Supreme Court's sermon comes at a time when the court's credibility of the Court of standing up to the executive is a all time lowREAD

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Posted By Cleofato A Coutinho | 12 Jan '21 17:16 | 0 Comments

Delhi's winter chill brings hope!

Irrespective of the outcome, the farms with their back to the wall braved water cannons and recliamed he right o protest READ

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Posted By Cleofato A Coutinho | 14 Dec '20 22:44 | 0 Comments

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Cleofato Almeida Coutinho is a senior lawyer and one of the constitutional expert in Goa. A member of Law Commission of Goa, he also teaches at Kare College of Law in Madgao.