Indian Constitution
Aakar Patel | On Republic Day, time to reclaim our basic rights
None of the rights and liberties that the Constitution saw initially as being “fundamental” are present in the original form today
Aakar Patel | ‘Time bombs’ ticking in the Constitution are a worry
The Constitution is a terrific document, but it is also one that has suppressed the Hindu majoritarian sentiment
Karan Thapar | How Nehru had gutted the Constitution in 1951
So sweeping were the changes that constitutional scholar Upendra Baxi calls the post-amendment document 'the second Constitution'
Aakar Patel | How the media, like politics, has become bigoted and intolerant
The media space in India is funded primarily by advertising, The reader or viewer pays very little by way of subscription
Can govt answer the moral question on CAA?
As is expected of it, the government has no plans to take the move lying down.
Losing our religion, reimagining identity
India’s much-celebrated diversity has for long been about “living together, separately”.
Presidential system poses a danger to democracy itself
Its members have to be members of the legislature and can be thrown out of office by a vote of no-confidence.
CAA 'miserably fails' on touchstone of Article 14: Owaisi in his petition to SC
Any classification based on a religious identity ipso facto violates Article 14 of the Indian Constitution, Owaisi in his petition stated.
Cops to register FIRs even if offence committed outside jurisdiction: Andhra DGP
Sources further stated that this step was expected to send across a message that Modi govt was with marginalised sections of society.
Supreme Court call on Sabarimala is counterintuitive
SC has also kept the review petitions on an issue that has been agitating the minds of a lot of people, especially in South India, pending.