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" Appointments to the higher judiciary must be through transparent processes, which ensure that persons of impeccable integrity and high competence are appointed to these positions. "

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" If you have decisions taken from time to time at the level of the executives, which gives the impression of being discriminatory, if you are not open when government is functioning, then obviously people will make allegations. "

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" How do you trust a prime minister who said one thing before the elections and does exactly the opposite after the elections? "

" When the state machinery defends criminals and the public prosecutors collude with the accused in certain cases and the victims are members of a particular community, then 'Justice to all' is empty rhetoric. "

" To embrace Hindutva is to embrace an obscurantist, backward looking, divisive ideology that seeks to polarise society through identity politics. "

" I have only one sister, Asha Nanda, and she lives in Maharani Bagh. "

" The mindset of a terrorist and the mindset of intolerance know no territorial boundaries when individuals are targeted either for their eating habits or for any other reason. "

" I have never applied for a share in Tehelka. "

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" The genesis of Public Interest Litigation in listening to the voice of the voiceless and giving access to the poor, the marginalised, and the weak is a unique experiment to be lauded. "

" The greater the power, the greater the responsibility in its exercise. "

" Universities are not places where police can come and arrest people. Let the children have a discourse as they want to. They will learn as they move on in life. But to target individuals and institutions is dangerous. "

" India should be an exporter of technology. "

" Every child should get an opportunity to study irrespective of the economic status. "

" Just as judges have enormous stake in the appointment of judicial officers in the higher judiciary, the government has an equal stake. Since both of us have stakes in the appointment of members of the higher judiciary, the consultation of both of them is absolutely necessary. The government must have a say. "

" If the Planning Commission said those who live above Rs 5,000 a month are not at poverty line, obviously there is something wrong with the definition of poverty in this country. How can anybody live at Rs 5,000? "

" If two people cannot live together, both should have the right to opt out of the marriage. In an ideal world, that would be an acceptable solution. "

" I would welcome satirical references to political leaders as part of freedom of expression. "

" Judges decide upon copyright law. They decide upon trademark law. They decide upon scientific issues. They decide upon very complex technical issues on a daily basis. So you must have confidence in the Supreme Court, that they will apply their mind and they will come out with a decision consistent with the Constitution. "

" The fabric of our Constitution and our civilisational culture is based on tolerance. "

" Ownership is a very complex judicial concept. "

" The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression. "

" I have been writing poetry for a long time now. I started writing in my school days. "

" Normally, the law of nature is such that one who rises falls, and one who rises quickly falls as quickly. I don't know how the law of nature will work as far as Modi is concerned. But some time or the other, all bubbles burst. This bubble will also burst. "

" To fix India's healthcare scenario, what is most needed is 'systems thinking.' For far too long, India has followed a vertical approach in its health sector, which translated into disease-specific national programmes being set up. "

" We're trying to create a better world, not a perfect one. It cannot ever be perfect. "

" In India, by and large, women are not educated enough to be bread winners and, within the moorings of traditional cultures, do not have the courage and the capacity to leave the matrimonial home. Given the inequality prevalent in family structures, the woman's right to opt out is suicidal. "

" To the youth who have taken up guns, I urge them to return to their parents and shun violence. "

" My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song. "

" What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice. "

" You may dislike what somebody else has said; that is perfectly valid. You may not agree with what somebody else has said. But saying something cannot possibly amount to sedition. "

" I came into politics by accident. I may go out of politics by accident. "

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