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Harthal : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartal In short, you just shut down the whole state for a day.
News article : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/21-year-old-girl-arrested-for-Facebook-post-slamming-Bal-Thackeray/articleshow/17276979.cms
He is the same guy who published the article "Why I can’t pay tribute to Thackeray"[1] in national news paper The Hindu.
I request OP to edit the title from 'smart judge' to 'former supreme court judge', which makes the HNers know that that articles is worthy of their time and attention. And also I didn't understand 'Smart Judge'
[1] http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/why-i-cant-pay-tribute...
Am I reading this wrong?
I would also like some Indian context I may be missing.
Cheers
Just a few months ago he wanted to bring in all media (electronic, social, print) under the Press council of India ambit.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3832839.ece
As an Indian, I've tuned myself to ignore his statements completely. This article doesn't belong on HN.
This really needs an attention. And I think by brining TV into PCI, I guess he is trying to attempt to scrub bogus self-promotion of political parties.
Please tell me why this would wrong?
Your response to this would be to put everyone's speech in the hands of a select few who can filter and pick as they see fit?
On the other hand, we have a rabidly partisan print media instead, which is now moving onto the internet (daily mail, guardian, etc).
The other leading paper eenadu in AP is accused of projecting another leader for decades. (In fact Sakshi was started to counter the propaganda) :)
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/two-girls-arrested-for-que...
> In US terms, Judge Rehnquist just wrote to the Washington Post with a letter titled "Fuck You, You Fascists" Am I reading this wrong?
You are reading it wrong. The posted open letter is to the Chief Minister of the state, stating that the arrest was unconstitutional and if the state doesn't take the cops to task, he will have to resort to legal means.
He is a former judge of Supreme Court(the highest court in India for the unfamiliar) and Chairman of Press Council of India. Being a former judge means he has a good understanding of legal system's letter and spirit, and being the Chairman of Press Council of India means he can rattle the cage quite easily.
The way freedom of speech and expression works here is you have it if you can enforce it. He is among the 5%(owing to his position) who can safely speak their mind without goons ransacking his house.
And his ultimatum to the CM mentions legal means. The CM(Chief Minister of a state) will have to act as he too knows very well that the ultimatum isn't vain and will most likely would be followed through. Also, the cops have a very weak case. Press is saying they have reliable information that the bigger dogs aren't happy with the way cops made the arrest.
Basically, if this guy has any intentions of actually following through(and he isn't just going to forget about it after 10 days), he has the means to make the government take action on the cops.