[Foundation-l] Wikipedia quoted in Indian Supreme court case

[Arun Ram]

Dear all,

The following media reports of wikipedia being quoted a recent  Indian
Supreme court case may be of interest to some of you.

Supreme court Judge Justice Markandey Katju referred to some of the common
tenets of the *Common Law
Marriage*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common-law_marriage> -
quoting from a Wikipedia entry.

The judgement turned controversial with the only woman Additional
Solicitor-General attached to the Supreme Court, Indira Jaising, taking
exception to the use of certain words to refer to women in the Supreme Court
judgment.

Links to media stories:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article843120.ece
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/soutikbiswas/2010/10/indias_changing_sex_mores_and_the_supreme_court.html

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markandey_Katju
http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/mkatju.htm

This is FYI.

regards
Arun