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 Frankly Speaking: An Informal Letter to Hon. CJI Sanjiv Khanna Regarding the DHFL Cases Frankly Speaking: An Informal Letter to Hon. CJI Sanjiv Khanna Regarding the DHFL Cases Posted on 14th January, 2025 (GMT 17:45 hrs) ABSTRACT The letter addresses Justice Sanjiv Khanna, urging the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognizance of the DHFL scam. It highlights the suffering of DHFL victims, calling attention to the failures in the resolution process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and the disregard for their human rights. The authors, representing affected families, appeal for justice under Articles 14 and 32 of the Indian Constitution, stressing the need for distributive justice to resolve the ongoing crisis. “A Judge callous to the pain he inflicts loses the right to judge.”   – The Mother’s Prayer  by Rabindranath Tagore To  Justice Sanjiv Khanna, The Honourable Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India Sub: Requesting for Suo Motu Cognizance of Dewan...

  Human Rights in India and the DHFL Scam: Knowing through Negations Human Rights in India and the DHFL Scam: Knowing through Negations Posted on 4th November, 2024 (GMT 17:21 hrs) ABSTRACT The article highlights the DHFL scam as a case study in India’s human rights landscape, focusing on the misuse of state mechanisms to silence victims and activists. By examining patterns of harassment, it reveals a troubling trend where dissent against financial misconduct meets state repression. The author argues that this tactic of “knowing through negations” helps illuminate power structures at work in stifling justice. Overall, it’s a critique of how human rights violations often intersect with financial scandals in India. I. INTRODUCTION: IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE-AT-HAND (Not) Quite surprisingly enough, we are compelled to write this article. Most of our blog posts, articles and paper-letters are of this nature: written out of certain crisis-points, certain burning issues, certain existen...