Law is an ass.
In a case involving the rent payable to the Temple for the shops constructed in Temple property, the Presiding Deity was served a Court Notice to appear in Person .
In its Profound Wisdom Law had animals arrested for one crime or another.
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Source:
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-examples-of-animals-under-arrest.php
The Gay Marriage issue has hotted up in The US, the case has reached The Supreme Court for hearing and is being hotly debated.
What has hitherto an aberration in Behavior, has been taken as sanctioned socially.
They may not agree that it has never been an aberration.
The whole issue snowballed into a Legal and Constitutional Controversy because California vetoed Gay Marriage and a Couple (Gay) have approached the Court for marriage.
Gay Marriage has now become an issue of Constitutional importance involving the the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
What beats me is the argument that the Homosexuals couples want to be treated on par with hetero sexual couples!
The very terms used to denote these groups distinctly is, because of their difference, behaviour.
It is like making a Circle equal to a Square!
What exactly are these people demanding now?
To be treated on par with hetero sexual Family and the benefits?
You want the approval of the Society?
You did not listen to the objection of the majority, normal one at that,of going Homosexual, citing all and sundry arguments to justify not-normal behaviour!
You went ahead.
Why do you seek approval from the Society , only to claim the benefits from the Society?
Or respect and regards from the people?
This is obtained by vilification or arguments but by adhering to Social Norms.
Since you chose a different path, have a set of rules and benefits among yourselves for yourselves.
Well. you can not eat the cake and have it too.
Story:
Inside the court’s ornate chambers, some justices wanted to slow things down.
“You want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution, which is newer than cellphones or the Internet?” Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. asked. “We do not have the ability to see the future.”
Even Justice Sonia Sotomayor, whose questioning indicated that she was skeptical of the reasons proffered for why gay couples should not be allowed to marry, seemed to think that it might not be time for the court to make a bold decision.
“If the issue is letting the states experiment and letting the society have more time to figure out its direction, why is taking a case now the answer?” she asked.
A ‘difficult question’
Sotomayor’s question indicated the complicated nature of the case at hand.
Washington lawyer Charles J. Cooper is representing proponents of Proposition 8 in defending the law, since California officials have refused. He said the court should respect the decision of California voters, who faced the “agonizingly difficult question” of whether to protect traditional marriage after the state Supreme Court ruled that gay couples could wed.
Theodore B. Olson, representing two California couples who want to marry, wants Proposition 8 overturned. But he is also pushing the court to find that the Constitution demands that the fundamental right to marry be extended to same-sex couples nationwide.
United for Marriage has organizeddozens of pro-gay marriage eventsacross the nation Tuesday, many with the aid of Episcopal, United Church of Christ, Methodist, Unitarian Universalist and other congregations.
Meanwhile, anti-same sex marriage groups, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Family Research Council and the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, have also made broad calls, each asking for prayers this week in support of keeping laws that bar same-sex marriage on the books.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/25/gay-marriage-church-support_n_2949179.html
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry, which challenges California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage known as Proposition 8. Read the transcript or listen to complete audio of the arguments below. You can annotate the recording with comments and reactions by logging into SoundCloud.
The IT Commissioner of IT, Nagpur Appellate Tribunal averred that worship of Lord Shiva,Hanuman and Goddess Durga is not a Religious Act and disallowed the expenses incurred in conducting Pooja on this account by Shiv Mandir Devstan Panch Committee,Nagpur!
He refused to allow more than 5% of expenses incurred.
Are the Hindu temples coming under HR& CE taxed and if so under what Rules?
Is the haj Pilgrimage taxed ?
If not it has to be disallowed on the ground that it is nothing but going around Stone!
The knowledgeable Commissioner also states that ‘Technically, Hinduism is neither a Religion nor a Community”
The first part, strictly applying the Vedas is correct.
The second part that it is not a community is incorrect.
if the IT Commissioner’s ruling on Hinduism is correct (It is), then India should declare it as India’s State Policy as it suits more to its ‘Secular image definition!’
Story:
Lord Shiva, Hanuman and goddess Durga do not represent any particular religion but are regarded as supernatural powers of theuniverse, the Nagpur income tax appellate tribunal has said.
The observation came when the tribunal was hearing an appeal by Nagpur-based Shiv Mandir Devstan Panch Committee Sanstan against an income tax commissioner’s order denying it tax exemption on grounds that more than 5% of its expenditure was incurred on religious activities.
The I-T act stipulates that for the purpose of tax exemption, an institution or trust must not be for the benefit of any particular religious community or caste.
Differing with the I-T commissioner’s order, the tribunal said, “Expenses on worshipping of Lord Shiva, Hanuman, Goddess Durga and on maintenance of the temple cannot be regarded as having been incurred for religious purposes.”…..
“Technically, Hinduism is neither a religion nor a community,” the tribunal said.
Bangalore Mahannagara Palke demolished homes of the poor in Ejipura, Bangalore ,located near Asian Games Village.
Heartrending scenes were witnessed as the excavators went to work. Every time their gigantic metal claws moved, they smashed homes, roofs, water tanks. Anything that came in the way.
In the aftermath, the now homeless Ejipura residents ventured out, salvaging what was left of their belongings, trying to pull out a mangled tin roof here, looking for anything else they could pick up there.
For the second day in a row, residents resisted, without much success, their ejection from Ejipura. They are not the original owners of the sheds but tenants who have moved here, most of them working, or finding work, nearby.
On Saturday, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) resumed its demolition of the shanties at the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) Quarters with heavy police protection. This grim task was preceded by the arrest of around 25 residents and rights group activists. They included Kaveri Indira, a researcher from the Indian Institute of Science, and Gee Ameena Suleiman, a filmmaker. Both had joined the protest against the forced eviction and demolition, and tension prevailed when the police led them away.
The BBMP has entered into a joint development agreement with the Maverick Holding and Investment Pvt. Ltd. to construct multi-level residential complexes for the original 1,512 EWS allottees in around seven acres of the 15 acres and commercially exploit the remaining prime property by constructing a mall. Each acre here is worth Rs.10 crore to Rs.12 crore.
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Rosemary (60) one of the thousands rendered homeless by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s recent demolition drive at Ejipura, died on Tuesday evening after spending nearly three days out in the open. Before the bulldozers arrived, Rosemary lived stayed in her 150 sq ft tin hut with her son Sasi Kumar (46), daughter Sobha (38), her husband Govindraj (40) and their six children aged between 17 and 5.
Speaking to The Hindu early on Wednesday morning Ms. Sobha said that her mother’s death was a direct consequence of the demolition. “She had barely eaten anything in the last few days. All she did was cry. The cold [out in the open] was unbearable. She was trembling and was constantly complaining about the cold,” she said.’ ( The Hindu)
Note the last para in conjunction with the fact that the BBMP had gone ahead because “‘The BBMP has entered into a joint development agreement with the Maverick Holding and Investment Pvt. Ltd. to construct multi-level residential complexes for the original 1,512 EWS allottees in around seven acres of the 15 acres and commercially exploit the remaining prime property by constructing a mall. Each acre here is worth Rs.10 crore to Rs.12 crore”
Also the fact the illegally constructed shops doing Crores of Turn over in Ranganathan street,T.Nagar,Chennai went scot-free after an initial show of token demolition and it was “business as usual”
‘It is six weeks now since the civic body, armed with the Madras high court order, demolished illegal projections and concrete structures on Ranganathan Street, T Nagar. However, traders in the street have not learnt any lesson, it appears. Most of them have encroached several feet on public space again, displaying their wares on makeshift wooden shelves and benches on the roadside.
According to revenue records, the original width of the road is 30.6 ft. “The high court’s directive to the local body is about demolition of all encroachments being completed by May 13. However, this has not happened” said K R Ramasamy ( Traffic’ Ramasamy), whose petition in the high court resulted in the demolition order”
Laws, it seems, are different for the privileged!
(The court in a magnanimous gesture allowed them to stay for a year!)
I am reproducing the 23 Executive orders issued by President Barack Obama,US on Gun Control.
It seems to me that there is nothing to be against Freedom or Second Amendment as the gun Lobby would want you believe.
Here is the List of the Executive Order.
The announcement is over, and Obama is signing the 23 executive actions. These actions are in addition to laws that Obama wants Congress to pass. Here, according to the White House, are the 23 executive actions that he and his administration will do:
1. “Issue a presidential memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.”
2. “Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.”
3. “Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.”
4. “Direct the attorney general to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.”
5. “Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.”
6. “Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.”
7. “Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.”
8. “Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).”
9. “Issue a presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.”
10. “Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.”
11. “Nominate an ATF director.”
12. “Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.”
13. “Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.”
14. “Issue a presidential memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.”
15. “Direct the attorney general to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies.”
16. “Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.”
17. “Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.”
18. “Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.”
19. “Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.”
20. “Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover.”
21. “Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.”
22. “Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations.”
23. “Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on Mental health”
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/16/obama-to-announce-gun-control-proposals-shortly/
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