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Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang (centre) in Gangtok on May 27.

Election Commission's credibility: Dubious order

The Election Commission’s reduction of the period of disqualification of Sikkim’s Chief Minister, Prem Singh Tamang, erodes its credibility and bodes

Justice V.K. Tahilramani.

Questionable transfer of Justice Tahilramani

The transfer of Chief Justice V.K. Tahilramani from the Madras High Court to Meghalaya High Court, which led to her resignation in protest, points to

At a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Imphal on February 12, 2019.

People's Tribunal on the NRC: 'Worrying signals'

A two-day People’s Tribunal held in New Delhi expresses serious concerns about the ramifications of the National Register of Citizens for people’s liv

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal with Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio at the fourth conclave of the North East Democratic Alliance in Guwahati on September 9.

The NRC case: The Supreme Court's role

In the NRC case, the Supreme Court should have played the role of a neutral arbiter to check whether the government is acting in consonance with the p

Sitaram Yechury (left) with his party colleague Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami at the latter’s residence in Srinagar on September 2.

Petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370: Apex court on test

As the Supreme Court begins hearing petitions challenging the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370, its reluctant intervention to ensure the rele

P. Chidambaram after he was produced in a CBI court in the INX Media case, in New Delhi on August 22.

Arrest of P. Chidambaram: Pending questions

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested and secured the police custody of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for five days in the I

The Sunday book bazar on Netaji Subhash Marg in Delhi’s Daryaganj, in happier times for both vendors and customers.

Iconic book market in Delhi closed over traffic concerns, but sellers look to fight it out.

No one knows when the Sunday book bazar in Daryaganj, Delhi, began. Many of those involved in the trade guess the origin to be in the late 196

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Home Minister Amit Shah.

Abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A: Assault on the Constitution

The scrapping of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir blurs the line between amendment to the Constitution and its complete overhaul.

Police reforms still largely only on paper

In 2006, the Supreme Court issued seven directives for police reform in

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Home Minister Amit Shah speaking in the Lok Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament on July 23.

Amendment to the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008: An act of violation

The Centre enlarges the scope of application of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, through an amendment, amid concerns that the Act may beco

Tarunabh Khaitan

'Religious freedom claims must be balanced against rights of others'

Tarunabh Khaitan is an Associate Professor and Hackney Fellow in Law at Wadham College, University of Oxford, currently on special leave for four year

Supreme Court dithering on defectors: Anti-Defection Act

As the Supreme Court vacillates on responding to defectors exploiting the loopholes in the Anti-Defection Act, political morality takes a beating.

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