Our courts must send a clear signal that India is not a banana republic where foreign companies can be invited to loot our resources and even avoid paying taxes on their windfall gains from the sale of those resources. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
Though the Income Tax Act obliges even non-residents to pay tax on incomes earned in India, many foreign institutional investors avoided paying taxes citing the Double Taxation Treaty with Mauritius. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
A large part of the income of the ‘Big 5’ accountancy and consultancy firms derives from tax avoidance schemes which flourish in the name of tax planning. Their legality has agitated courts in India and abroad for a long time. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
Far from curbing terror, we find that draconian laws used by a corrupt and communal police are creating conditions which will only exacerbate the problem. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
Implementation of reforms within the Police and Intelligence agencies should certainly improve security and reduce terror attacks. But that will not eliminate the problem. Israel, with the most efficient intelligence, security and police has not been able to eliminate the problem, despite the small size of the country. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
Both Pakistan and India stand to suffer severe losses in the event of India using military force within Pakistan. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
In order to provide for their independence, the Constitution made judges of the superior courts immune from removal except by impeachment. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
The rule of law is the most basic principle on which our Constitution is based. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
When the entire administration of the state connives with the perpetrators of violence to thwart justice at every step, clearly there is no rule of law in that state. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
I said that there is considerable alienation among the people of Kashmir which is primarily because of the human rights excesses by the security forces in Kashmir and the impunity from prosecution given to them by the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Prashant Bhushan Read Quote
