Colin Gonsalves

@ColinGonsalves_

Founder , Sr Advocate, SC. I strive to use the law as a shield to protect the rights of the poor & of the marginalized. all retweets not endorsements

New Delhi, India
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Joined November 2017
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  1. Sep 20

    He is now worse off than he was as a judge at BomHC. Such decisions will only demoralise upright judges in the judiciary everywhere in India.

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  2. Sep 20

    Its shocking that a judge like J. Kureshi, one of the sr. most in Guj and one who was lined up to head a big HC like MP should be sent to Tripura, a punishment posting with hardly any cases. (1/n)

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  3. Aug 31

    The exclusion of the people from the today is a historic injustice that this country and the government will come to regret

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  4. Aug 12

    Dear Amarendra, you were such a kind and considerate advocate and a good friend. I and all of us at will miss you.

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  5. Aug 12

    After a brief break I am back online! Follow me for views and updates

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  6. 28 Feb 2018

    One year and four months since Najeeb Ahmed's disappearance, will the CBI investigation yield results? I speak with Najeeb's mother, Fatima Nafees. Watch our short video here:

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    14 Feb 2018

    HRLN founder urges prompt legal action through PILs and says, “A lot of the problems we have listed here today can be directly litigated in state high courts or the Supreme Court with a very good chance of success." with

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    12 Feb 2018

    : There is something terribly wrong, Court on SIT probe

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  9. 12 Feb 2018

    There comes a time in the history of an institution when normal ways of handling crises are not effective, where decisive action by thinking out of the box becomes necessary. By speaking out, these four judges have saved the Supreme Court for now.

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  10. 11 Feb 2018

    Sectarian violence, like terrorism, should not be seen only as a law and order problem. Hate speech, like a terror incident, may happen in a village but the conspiracy has to be uncovered nationally.

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  11. 7 Feb 2018

    There have been numerous attempts by the executive to intimidate judges – through interception of calls, or transfers. The executive has been firing its big guns against lawyers who are going to become judges and anyone perceived independent is shot down.

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  12. 6 Feb 2018

    If the govt entertains letters hinting that accused in criminal cases should be let off, it is tantamount to administrative interference. It is a very serious offence for a political party in power to seek to withdraw cases against its own politicians.

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  13. 6 Feb 2018

    Cases take too long in India because the govt refuses to appoint more judges -- because the govt is hostile towards the judiciary. They don’t want an effective judiciary and the rule of law because judges catch the govt all the time for not doing its duty.

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  14. 5 Feb 2018

    I applaud the four judges who decided to speak up. It has probably never happened in the history of the SC. Never in the history of the SC, except during emergency and Indira Gandhi's time, has there been such interference by the executive.

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  15. 5 Feb 2018

    The killings appear to be killings in cold blood. Not a single F.I.R has been registered against the police & it is clear that this is an order from the highest person in the state.

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    ., Founder @hrln_india: The killings appear to be killings in cold blood. Not a single F.I.R has been registered against the police & it is clear that this is an order from the highest person in the state.
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  16. 4 Jan 2018

    "Gonsalves had started his practice in response to injustice. But reaching the higher courts, he realized that the public interest litigation was a powerful tool, which could be wielded like a sword, to ensure peoples' rights."

    Empathetic yet detached, and completely undeterred by challenges, including frequent death threats, Gonsalves has an almost spiritual approach to his dharma: Live and let live, with dignity for all. In this month's Readers' Digest:
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  17. 4 Jan 2018

    Empathetic yet detached, and completely undeterred by challenges, including frequent death threats, Gonsalves has an almost spiritual approach to his dharma: Live and let live, with dignity for all. In this month's Readers' Digest:

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  18. 2 Jan 2018

    "Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for Khushboo Saifi, one of the petitioners, said the number of women who experienced sexual violence by husbands was 40 times the number of women who experienced sexual violence by non-intimate perpetrators."

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  19. 17 Dec 2017

    By refusing to investigate cremations that took place outside Amritsar, to hear any evidence from survivor families or witnesses, and to accept challenges to the police version of events based on victim testimony, the NHRC has shielded the perpetrators.

    Thankyou Killings in & PoliceImpunity That Followed via
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    6 Dec 2017

    "We in @hrln_india don't get vacation or good salaries, but we experience great joy in fighting for the weak against the strong" says

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