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AA Edit | Free speech paramount, leaders’ discretion must

Leaders must behave based on realisation that their words could trigger unacceptable actions by their followers

05 Jan 2023 12:10 AM

AA Edit | Demonetisation valid, but was it judicious?

The dissenting order refuses to accept this reasoning and has found the process to be suffering from legal infirmities

04 Jan 2023 12:10 AM

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC leaves a lot of loose ends with demonetisation ruling

Demonetisation is mainly a policy issue, and an impartial examination of the details will show that it was done without much forethought

04 Jan 2023 12:05 AM

Aakar Patel | The caste factor and the BJP-RSS’ Hindutva politics in today’s India

The fact is that Hindutva wants Indians to worship caste, but it doesn’t want them to talk about it

20 Dec 2022 12:05 AM

Manish Tewari | Should Parliament codify basic structure doctrine?

The basic structure doctrine is a feature of modern and progressive democracy

18 Dec 2022 12:00 AM

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AA Edit | Govt must not bait judges, move to evolve system first

Democracy has infinite ways of resolving issues other than engaging in grandstanding and dishing out innuendo

17 Dec 2022 12:10 AM

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The hidden politics behind Supreme Court’s collegium

On the face of it, the collegium system is indeed untenable in principle in a democratic system. But it is not a simple issue

07 Dec 2022 12:00 AM

AA Edit | SC directions on Andhra’s 3 capitals welcome

Today’s govt in AP, as mandated by the people, is with Jagan Mohan Reddy, and his decision on three capitals is, therefore, legally valid.

01 Dec 2022 12:10 AM

AA Edit | Transparency needed in appointment of judges

The apex court has recently pointed out that the delays are stopping several people from even accepting an invitation to join the bench

30 Nov 2022 12:10 AM

Manish Tewari | What about merit... and equality of opportunity?

The question, therefore, is not reservation but how much?

20 Nov 2022 12:00 AM

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AA Edit | Verifiable data required to curb forced conversions

Religious conversion is allowed under our Constitution but there is no provision for a deceitful or fraudulent conversion

17 Nov 2022 12:10 AM

AA Edit | Use data to frame quotas, update them periodically

That logic of affirmative action for handholding discriminated communities has changed now

09 Nov 2022 12:10 AM

AA Edit | Crack down on two-finger test

The Supreme Court issued the order while reinstating the conviction by the sessions court of a man who raped and set a minor ablaze

02 Nov 2022 12:15 AM

AA Edit | Landmark abortion ruling expands women’s rights

The sweep of the judgment is truly remarkable as the right to access a safe abortion at the hands of licensed medical practitioners is total

01 Oct 2022 12:10 AM

AA Edit | SC move to set guidelines on death penalty welcome

The Supreme Court has found there are flaws in the “procedure by law” while deciding on depriving a person of his life

22 Sep 2022 12:09 AM

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Manish Tewari | Bilkis Bano and the fault in our criminal justice system

Even the Centre’s recent remission policy for release of prisoners on Independence Day excluded rape convicts from its purview

28 Aug 2022 12:09 AM

AA Edit | SC relook at PMLA order, Guj remissions welcome

The observations came when there are allegations from across the country about ED being used by the ruling dispensation to target oppn

27 Aug 2022 12:04 AM

AA Edit | Larger bench should review legality of ED's wide powers

The court did not agree with the batch of petitions, which argued that ECIR, as a provision, was opaque arbitrary and draconian

29 Jul 2022 7:31 AM

SC disposes of plea against blocking of roads due to farmers' protest

A Bench headed by justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul disposed of the PIL saying it has now become infructuous beacuse of the clearance of roads

11 Jan 2022 4:42 PM

SC to hear on Friday plea related to breach in PM Modi's security in Punjab

We will list it tomorrow as the first item, the bench, also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, said on Thursday

06 Jan 2022 1:10 PM

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