He afterwards moved ahead to worked as their leading writer on Indian subcontinent prior moving down in the year 1981.
Faizan Mustafa: I think so that probably we are heading in that direction unfortunately. Stowe School, Stowe, Buckinghamshire, College: Pembroke College, Cambridge
Karan Thapar: Let me interrupt and ask you this. Karan Thapar: So even in this instance even if Supreme Court finds it objectionable and uphold that objection it would actually not stop Kashmir being divided and reduced to union territory status because new elections will be held, that Assembly would express an opinion, it will be ignored as it can be and the same thing will happen again.
Karan Thapar became the first person to win The Best Current Affairs Presenter and The Best Current Affairs Programme Awards together by the Asian Television Awards in December 2003. Thus when a period is mentioned, then it is called temporary.
Karan Thapar is the youngest child of former Chief of the Army Staff General Pran Nath Thapar and Bimla Thapar.
Karan Thapar knows, but conveniently forgets, that though there has been mass exodus of population from Kashmir to Jammu over last 3 decades, there is hardly any Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Sikh family belonging to Jammu that has moved to Kashmir or purchased immovable property there. Now that ceases to be the case.
And Kashmiri Muslims were not governed by Muslim Personal Law but were governed by customs and some of these customs were at variance with Islamic law. Karan Thapar: and they already had reservations, Karan Thapar: So the claim the Law Minister makes that now for the first time there would be reservation for SCs, STs and the Bakkarwals is wrong, Karan Thapar: Why you are hesitating to say wrong. I am talking about the Supreme Court, CAG, Election Commission, Article 356, the concept of the President’s Rule. The illustrious historian, Romila Thapar, is his first cousin.
So, it was a special status.
I agree with you, for instance, if Parliament amends constitution it becomes applicable in rest of the country. Karan Thapar: Surely, that will be the case in Jammu and Kashmir when they become aware that the very provisions they lost either still exist in the case of Nagaland or may be expanded if newspaper reports are correct to give the Nagas their own constitution and their own flag. Karan Thapar: Let me raise this point a very important concern which you touched upon when you mentioned the Supreme Court. Thapar was bestowed with the ‘Onida Pinnacle Award for Best Current Affairs Presenter Award’ in 1995 for the programme ‘The Chat Show.’. It only acceded in terms of the instrument of accession. Karan Thapar: So, here is the chief of the BJP in Jammu actually saying I am terribly scared now that you have removed 35A, outsiders will come and acquire property we don’t want that please re-impose the restrictions that originally existed anyway? Faizan Mustafa: I would say that they are not really appreciating what was the law existing at that point of time.
Faizan Mustafa: It was a very innovative way. Two, the expression used say after 5th August, it becomes an ordinary State and like any other State, views of the Legislative Assembly are to be a ascertained. Therefore, centre’s relationship with state may differ from state to state. Required fields are marked *. ");b!=Array.prototype&&b!=Object.prototype&&(b[c]=a.value)},h="undefined"!=typeof window&&window===this?this:"undefined"!=typeof global&&null!=global?global:this,k=["String","prototype","repeat"],l=0;l
Why is India chagrined at the mention of Kashmir by Moeed Yusuf? A man walks in front of a shuttered window in Srinagar.
As one of the India’s leading exponent of law- do you believe that there is a chance that the Supreme Court could strike this down as unconstitutional. A deserted Srinagar road.
Still Parliament enacted the Law. Several powers or concessions that Kashmir enjoyed under 370 are also enjoyed by Nagaland.
So, Kashmir had that different dispensation.
If naxalism can exist in 18 states where there is no 370 then it’s hard to say conclusively that 370 is the reason why you have terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. You know those countries which do not concede power to the states and don’t believe in federalism, there secessionist activities increase.
Thapar later went on to become their lead writer on the Indian subcontinent before stepping down in 1981. Have they been enhanced or paradoxically have they been in fact in some critical areas diminished?
Faizan Mustafa: Yes. Do you believe this been a significant enhancement in human rights or once again is this a mixed picture? In his book, The Devil’s Advocate, he has written that Sanjay once tried to teach him how to fly a plane, but Karan wasn’t able to learn.
Once Kashmir’s Constituent Assembly has taken a view, then nothing can be done about it because they have finalized the relationship with Indian Union’. Karan Thapar is an ex-student of The Stowe School and The Doon School in Dehradun.
Navalakha’s seditious sin was to write to the US court seeking clemency for Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai. Report a problem? In fact we have lost more power because of what has happened in last three weeks. Karan Thapar: So the very phraseology of 370 makes it clear that the power of 370 to amend exists to amend ‘other provisions’ not to amend itself, Faizan Mustafa: Because the expression used is ‘other provisions’ which the President of India with such modifications and exceptions would like to apply to Jammu and Kashmir, Karan Thapar: So then this attempt to use 370 to modify or amend 370 itself is actually a form of constitutional slight of hand. And already there was a talk two days before in Deccan Chronicle- there was a big news that Hyderabad is going to become next Union Territory. Karan Thapar: This is very important and this is why I want to reiterate the point that far from the de-operationalisation, actually removing or abolishing the special status of Kashmir, it only happened in terms of the sentimental importance of this measure for the Kashmiris, the real reduction has been in the special status of Delhi. Karan Thapar: Let’s come to this innovative interpretation. However, the government lays a lot of stress on its claim that women’s rights have been enhanced in Jammu and Kashmir by de-operationalizing Article 370 and in particular they point to the fact that the Triple Talaq Act will now apply in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also obtained a doctorate in International Relations from the St. Anthony’s College, a constituent colleg… But the fact is they had Manual Scavenging law from 2010. Faizan Mustafa: There is a difference.
Karan Thapar: Once again therefore this will be challenged in the Supreme Court.
Kashmiris attend Eid-al-Adha prayers at a mosque during restrictions in Srinagar, on August 12, 2019.
Faizan Mustafa: I really don’t know but I personally feel if some states have special status and they feel being an integral part of India, it is better if our states are satisfied.
Faizan Mustafa: Yes, because, if you look at number of states have domicile reservations as well.
Faizan Mustafa: Yes. Even their citizens during even British time were differently treated, that’s why you have Article 35A.
Romila is the daughter of army doctor Daya Ram Thapar, who served as the Director General of the Indian Armed Forces Medical Services.The late journalist Romesh Thapar was her brother while journalist Karan Thapar is her cousin. Photo: Reuters/Danish Ismail.
I give you one example, in Islamic Law they don’t make a distinction between married daughter who is living with husband and married daughter living with her father. The record must be set straight.
In the year 1993, he settled in India and initiated to work with Home TV, The Hindustan Television Group and United Television. Faizan Mustafa: No, on number of parameters, Kashmir has been doing better than other States. The full text of a discussion delving deep into exactly what the Centre has aimed to accomplish with its Kashmir decision. What about corruption?
Can in the first instance Parliament, assuming the powers of an Assembly act in such a way as to actually abolish the state. Faizan Mustafa: It could be. With me to shed light on this critical issues is a gentleman who’s taught law for 25 years, he is perhaps one of the greatest exponents of the Indian constitution. When we abolished privy purses, Supreme Court struck it down.
So they used this power to insert a clause in Article 367 and change the meaning of some of the crucial words which have been used in Article 370. He was also working with India Today and anchored the shows titled Nothing But The Truth and To the Point.
Faizan Mustafa: Difficult to say anything against the Law Minister. the government tells that the real reason to strike down or de-operationalise 370 is because it was permitting even encouraging corruption and terrorism. Karan Thapar: This is very interesting because one of the claim is that the government has made that rights will have been increased as a result of de-operationalising 370 is to do with the right of Kashmiri women to inherit. Now can Parliament acting as Assembly do such a drastic thing. Karan Thapar: And because they reinterpreted the word constituent assembly means legislative assembly when they apply that interpretation back to 370, it means they can deoperationalise Article 370 not with the concurrence of the Constituent Assembly but now with the concurrence of the Legislative Assembly and this reinterpretation has permitted them to deoperationalise Article 370. Do you agree with that line of logic? — Pavan K. Varma (@PavanK_Varma) July 21, 2018, Karan Thapar Receiving The G.K. Reddy Award By The Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, I like to stay in a civilized place at the start of the year, hence I travel to London and do not stay in India.”, Karan Thapar With Rajdeep Sardesai During The Launch Of His Book. On RTI, they had a law in 2004, in 2009 entire Indian Law was made applicable to them. Faizan Mustafa: The whole idea of uniformity that we have one law, one country, one language, one religion is not constitutionally correct.
His zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Because court is not showing any anxiety even to issue notices. But you have several restrictions on outsiders acquiring property in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and those continue.
This has not been discussed in media. Would the same happen here- the similar lack of urgency, the similar delay? Also watch: For Kashmiris, No Wishes From Home This Eid. A Kashmiri man looks out from a window of his house in Srinagar on August 17, 2019.