Re:Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due t...
by srean on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @10:55AM
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Afzal Guru was hanged for much less.
Letting article 370 reform go unchallenged would be one example.
It was an opportunistic edge case that allowed the federal body to decide on a state matter because the state government was temporarily missing and a caretaker government was in charge.
Court chose to look the other way.
One can arguesuch opportunism is legal as far as the letter of the law is concerned. It is common on legal proceedings for the spirit of the law to be upheld rather than the letter, except for business/commercial contracts.
Letting article 370 reform go unchallenged would be one example.
It was an opportunistic edge case that allowed the federal body to decide on a state matter because the state government was temporarily missing and a caretaker government was in charge.
Court chose to look the other way.
One can arguesuch opportunism is legal as far as the letter of the law is concerned. It is common on legal proceedings for the spirit of the law to be upheld rather than the letter, except for business/commercial contracts.