Contempt of Court When Gandhi said noV. VenkatesanIt was the Rowlatt Act that brought Gandhi to the mainstream of Indian struggle for independence, and marked the beginning of the Gandhi era in Indian
When silence is not the answer V. VENKATESANThe Supreme Court’s use of its inherent powers to punish activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan for contempt of itself raises troubling questions about it
Rising to the occasionV. VenkatesanHigh Courts rediscover their powers under the Constitution to fill the void left by the Supreme Court in mitigating the hardships caused to vulnerable
Belated course correctionV. VENKATESANThe Supreme Court sheds its insouciance towards migrants affected by the lockdown, but draws criticism for its silence on the Centre’s attempt to ma
Supreme Court Waiting for Jabalpur momentV. VENKATESANThe Supreme Court’s role in ensuring executive accountability during the ongoing lockdown leaves much to be desired. Standing in shining contrast is
SC and the coronavirus crisis Little hope, less trustV. Venkatesan By placing its trust on the Central government and thereby limiting the scope of its intervention, the Supreme Court continues to stonewall pleas for
Centre brings ordinance with draconian measures after attacks on health care personnel V. VENKATESANThe Centre, on Wednesday, promulgated an ordinance to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 [EDA]to punish those guilty of attacks on doctors and heal
Supreme Court reverses High Court order in defence of 100 per cent reservation for Scheduled TribesV. VENKATESANParagraph 5(1) of Schedule V to the Constitution of India enables the Governor of a State to direct that any particular Act of Parliament or the Legis
Judiciary Court in COVID times V. VENKATESANThe judiciary’s handling of cases relating to mitigation of the common man’s suffering leaves much to be desired.
Legislative framework Abdicating responsibiltyV. VENKATESANThe Centre seeks to acquire disproportionate powers by using a PIL petition in order to silence criticism of the way it has handled the crisis.
Kerala and Karnataka reach agreement to end border blockade near Mangaluru V. VENKATESANThanks to the Supreme Court’s direction, what appeared to be a serious inter-State dispute between Kerala and Karnataka in the wake of the COVID-19
Controversy CJI Ranjan Gogoi's nomination to the Rajya Sabha: More than a sinecureV. VenkatesanThe nomination of former CJI Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha within four months of his superannuation from the Supreme Court smacks of an unabashed bo
Are Hindi films problematising history? After Padmaavat, the Hindu historical tasted blood and sharpened its fangs, but the recent Samrat Prithviraj is a weak offspring of the genre, neither
SlideshowPostcards from Khasi hillsImages that mix politics, history and discomfort to document how the Khasi people made Christianity, a “foreign faith”, their own.
