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Law & Justice

Supreme Court's Tamil Nadu Governor verdict is judicial zeal gone too far

A critical appraisal of the Supreme Court's judgment on the Tamil Nadu Governor controversy — where the Court's reach may have exceeded its constitutional remit.

Law & Justice

Spare The Judiciary: Don't Politicise Impeachment

The impeachment process is a solemn constitutional remedy — not a political instrument. A warning against weaponising it for institutional score-settling.

Law & Justice

Rule Of Locus Vs Rule Of Law

When courts loosen the requirements of locus standi, do they strengthen access to justice — or weaken the integrity of adjudication? A doctrinal examination.

Culture & Civilisation

Bharat Mata: Living Mother Of The Constitution

The controversy over Bharat Mata's image at official functions reveals a deeper civilisational anxiety — and an opportunity to reclaim constitutional identity.

Security & Strategy

Don't Internationalise Terror, Neutralise It!

In the aftermath of Pahalgam, voices calling for internationalisation of the response miss the point. India's sovereign answer must be swift, certain and internal.

Law & Justice

Revisiting Constitutional & Institutional Dharma: Need of the Hour

The Vice President's critique of the Supreme Court opens a larger conversation about the constitutional dharma that binds all three branches of government.

Law & Justice

Religious Reservation: Fraud on the Constitution

Reservations premised on religious identity strike at the secular foundations of the Constitution. A legal argument for why such schemes must not survive judicial scrutiny.

Law & Justice

In Defense of "Justice"

When a sitting judge speaks on the Uniform Civil Code, the reaction reveals more about India's legal culture than the speech itself. A defence of open constitutional discourse.

Law & Justice

Unravelling The Quest in Courts for Ram Mandir

A detailed legal history of the Ram Janmabhoomi litigation — the evidence, the arguments, and what the Supreme Court's verdict ultimately settled and left open.

Law & Justice

Victim-Centric Justice in New Criminal Laws

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita's most significant departure from its colonial predecessor is its centering of the victim. What this shift means in practice.

Law & Justice

Liberating Justice from Colonial Legacy: Decoding Nyaya, Suraksha & Sakshya Bills

A comprehensive analysis of India's new criminal law trilogy — what changes, what continues, and whether the decolonisation project goes far enough.

Law & Justice

Key Changes in the Law of Evidence: Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

From electronic records to witness protection — a section-by-section breakdown of what India's new evidence law adds, removes, and clarifies.

Law & Justice

Malegaon Blast Case: Vindication beyond doubt

The acquittals in the Malegaon blast case are not merely a legal outcome — they are a reckoning with how prosecutorial overreach and political motivation distort justice.

Law & Justice

1975 Emergency: Democratic constitution vs Dynastic leadership

Fifty years on, the Emergency remains the darkest chapter in India's constitutional history. Its lessons for today's democracy are more urgent than ever.

Policy & Governance

Special Intensive Revision in Bihar: Agitating for Illegals

The political mobilisation against Bihar's electoral roll revision exposes a disturbing pattern of advocacy for those who have no legal right to be on the rolls.

Law & Justice

Right to Reside Exclusive to Citizens and not to Illegal Immigrants

The Supreme Court's ruling securing India from illegal Rohingyas reaffirms a foundational constitutional principle: territorial rights belong to citizens, not migrants.

Culture & Civilisation

Beyond Sambhal: Truth and Reconciliation Healing the Historical Wounds

Sambhal is not an isolated incident but a symptom of unresolved historical wounds. True healing requires acknowledgment, not erasure.

Law & Justice

Muslim Women Maintenance: Justice for Shahbano's Sisters

Forty years after Shah Bano, the Supreme Court's ruling on Muslim women's maintenance rights closes a circle of injustice that politics once forced open.

Law & Justice

Motivated and Malicious: V K Saxena vs Medha Patkar Defamation

The defamation verdict against Medha Patkar exposes how civil society activism can slide into motivated and malicious personal attacks — and the courts' role in checking that.

Law & Justice

Mushrooming of Minority Institutions: A Constitutional Fraud

The proliferation of institutions claiming minority status to escape regulatory accountability represents a systematic abuse of Article 30 — and demands judicial correction.

Law & Justice

Reclaiming Sacred Spaces in Kashi and Mathura: A Legal Odyssey

The Gyanvapi litigation is not merely a property dispute — it is a civilisational question about whether India's legal system can honestly confront its historical legacy.

Law & Justice

Article 370 verdict: A glorious spot in the annals of Bharat's Judiciary

The Supreme Court's unanimous upholding of the abrogation of Article 370 is a landmark that will define the constitutional jurisprudence of national integration for decades.

Law & Justice

The Legal Labyrinth: Verdict on Same-Sex Union

The Supreme Court's refusal to recognise same-sex marriage navigates a complex labyrinth of constitutional interpretation, legislative competence and social change.

Law & Justice

Cover Story — Criminal Justice System: Curating the Nyaya, Suraksha and Sakshya Bills

A comprehensive cover story on India's new criminal law framework — the philosophy behind the bills, the debates they sparked, and what genuine reform requires.

Policy & Governance

One Nation One Election: Re-booting the Election Cycle

The case for simultaneous elections goes beyond saving money — it is about restoring governance continuity and ending the permanent campaign mode that paralyses policy.

Culture & Civilisation

National Youth Day: Young Aspirations & The Way Ahead

On Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary, a reflection on what India's youth owe to the nation — and what the nation owes to its youth.

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