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Judging the judges

The National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution comes down heavily on the functioning of the judiciary and suggests measures to chec

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Truth as defence

AT a seminar held in New Delhi in the third week of September on the subject of contempt of court, organised by the Committee on Judicial Accountabili

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A pracharak as Chief Minister

WITH Narendra Modi taking charge as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders can no longer convincingly portray the Rashtr

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Exit Jayalalithaa

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court quashes the appointment of Jayalalithaa as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. In doing so, the court also sett

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A citizenship question

The Supreme Court dismisses two election petitions which base themselves on a challenge of the Indian citizenship status of Sonia Gandhi, citing defic

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A reshuffle and ruffled feathers

The smaller allies of the Bharatiya Janata Party bear the brunt of the reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers, which is seen as an exercise in se

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Setting the limits

The Supreme Court judgment holding a non-legislator's re-appointment as Minister beyond six months in Punjab as invalid has its echoes in Tamil Nadu.

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A Bill with limitations

The Constitution Amendment Bill on the delimitation of parliamentary and Assembly constituencies, which will have far-reaching implications, is in nee

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To cement a coalition

Atal Behari Vajpayee's offer to quit as Prime Minister might have earned him a reprieve from the dissensions that have beset the National Democratic A

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The CEC's new groove

The new Chief Election Commissioner, J.M. Lyngdoh, starts off on a quiet note.

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For fast track justice

About 450 fast track courts have been launched across the country to try long-pending cases, but doubts have been raised about their efficacy in curta

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Short on sensitivity

IN the aftermath of the orgy of violence that greeted the extension of the Central government's ceasefire agreement with the National Socialist Counci

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