Law on sedition Sedition vs free speechV. VENKATESANRecent instances of the law enforcers’ recourse to the law on sedition point to its inherent potential for abuse.
Gender Issues Renewed hopeV. VENKATESANDIVYA TRIVEDIThe Supreme Court’s decision to refer the curative petitions against its 2013 verdict re-criminalising consensual sex between two adults in private to
Judicial intervention Supreme Court steps in, againV. VENKATESANThe Supreme Court goads Central and State governments to respond to drought seriously.
Cover Story Of juveniles and justiceV. VENKATESANT.K. RAJALAKSHMIThe passage of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)Bill, 2015, in Parliament exposes the vulnerability of the system in the wake of
Interview: Justice V.N. Sinha ‘Prison inspection can open a can of worms’V. VenkatesanInterview with Justice V.N. Sinha, who commissioned the Bihar prison inspection.
Cover Story Judicial assertionV. VENKATESANThe Supreme Court strikes down an amendment made by Parliament seeking to dilute judicial primacy in the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary
Eclipse and revivalV. VENKATESANDuring the hearing of the challenges to the 99th Constitution Amendment Act and the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, the Supreme
Interview: Shekhar Hattangadi ‘Dramatic example of law vs religion’V. VenkatesanInterview with Shekhar Hattangadi, law professor and the maker of “Santhara: A Challenge to Indian Secularism?”
Media Threat to free speechV. VENKATESANThe show-cause notices issued to three television news channels by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry put the spotlight on the inherent potenti
Debating deathV. VENKATESANThe broad consensus on abolishing the death penalty at the Law Commission’s consultation with political leaders and eminent citizens augurs well for t
In search of alternativesV. VENKATESANThe Supreme Court is hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of restraints on the State government’s power to remit sentences.
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
