Nine youth accused in Malegaon blast case of 2006 have been granted bail by the MCOCA court (Nov 5, 2011). These Muslim youth were arrested after the bomb exploded on the Shab-e-Barat, killing several people. Immediately after that the Anti Terrorist Squad arrested nine Muslim youth; there was really no evidence worth its name against them. Still the police which is, motivated more by biases than by professionalism, arrested these Muslim youth. The investigation agencies have firmly believed ...

Although the leadership of the 190-million strong Muslim minority of the over-a-billion strong plural Bharat does not agree with it on several counts, the Sep 9 verdict of the fast track Special Court, adjudicating a 2002 post-Godhra riot case is significant as it convicted 31 people for the torching alive of 33 Muslims in Sardarpura in North Gujarat and sentenced them to life imprisonment.

Besides merits, and of course demerits, the importance of the 1,024-page judgement lies in the ...