Nikhil Mehra

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Lawyer. Fan and follower of many things. I toot and tweet on any and everything. RTs/Boosts not necessarily endorsements.
Nikhil MehraNov 14, 2019
LiveLawNov 14, 2019
[Sabarimala] Courts Should Tread Cautiously While Dealing With Religious Issues: Read The Issues Referred To Larger Bench https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/courts-should-tread-cautiously-while-dealing-with-religious-issues-149757
[Sabarimala] Courts Should Tread Cautiously While Dealing With Religious Issues: Read The Issues Referred To Larger Bench

While referring the Sabarimala case to larger bench, the majority judges observed that the matters involving the interpretation of the provisions of the Constitution touching upon the right to...

Show threadNikhil MehraNov 14, 2019
@nixxin Saale kabhi Yamuna Bridge se bhi photo liya kar
Show threadNikhil MehraNov 14, 2019
@LiveLawIndia Which court is this before?
Show threadNikhil MehraNov 12, 2019
@monteskw I think this one is a fit case for stay in the first hearing. Wonder what justifies the rush.
Show threadNikhil MehraNov 12, 2019
@supriya Even more interesting was that they mostly cited Modi's disastrous economic policies for not wanting the BJP. That's a marked shift from traditional political language. The mention of communalism is actually in the context of what they see as a reformed Shiv Sena.
Nikhil MehraNov 12, 2019
Supriya SharmaNov 12, 2019

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@AarefaJohari spoke to Muslim voters in Mumbai and found that most of them were happy to accept the unlikely alliance between Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress as long as it kept the BJP out of power in the state.

https://scroll.in/article/943404/better-than-having-a-bjp-government-many-maharashtra-muslims-support-a-shiv-sena-ncp-combine

‘Better than having a BJP government’: Many Maharashtra Muslims support a Shiv Sena-NCP combine

As political drama unfolds in the aftermath of the Maharashtra Assembly election, Muslims in Mumbai react to the possibility of unlikely alliances.

Show threadNikhil MehraNov 10, 2019
@cranil This piece is astonishingly wrong in its understanding of the judgment. I won't comment on her view of historicity. She is the expert. Suffice to say she never chose to enter the witness box as an expert on the issue.
Show threadNikhil MehraNov 9, 2019
@jamewils The first part of the paragraph suggests no evidence of Muslim worship with plenty of evidence of Hindu worship. So the last sentence doesn't sit with the remainder of the paragraph.
Show threadNikhil MehraNov 9, 2019
@monteskw Nope. Only read these two.
Show threadNikhil MehraNov 9, 2019
@monteskw That was super. This was even better: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjp-led-govts-gave-pio-and-oci-cards-to-aatish-eased-norms-for-single-parent-6110847/lite/?__twitter_impression=true
BJP-led govts gave PIO and OCI cards to Aatish, eased norms for single parent | India News, The Indian Express

The fact that the government cited Taseer’s “Pakistan origins” to revoke his OCI card despite him being raised by his mother sits at odds with the BJP-led government’s moves towards progressively liberalising the passport rules about a single parent.