The preventive detention of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka raises troubling questions about police powers, executive magistrates, proportionality and the constitutional right to dissent.
Author: Oswald Pereira
Oswald Pereira, a veteran journalist, is the author of eight books, including The Newsroom Mafia, Crime Patrol: The Most Thrilling Stories, Chaddi Buddies, Revenge of the Naked Princess, The Krishna-Christ Connexion, How to Create Miracles in Our Daily Life, Army Girl Steals Civilian's Heart and Golmaal In Goa. He is a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and practises Kriya Yoga.
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