Thursday, Dec 07, 2023 | Last Update : 03:50 PM IST
Supreme Court (SC)
AA Edit | Guidelines for governors vital
The Supreme Court has recently put paid to the attempts by some governors to denigrate the spirit of the Constitution by holding back bills
01 Dec 2023 12:05 AM
AA Edit | Hasty justice is justice denied
SC backs alert HC judge who flagged speedy trial of Tamil Nadu minister's corruption case
08 Nov 2023 12:17 AM
Aakar Patel | It’s time to end the anonymous funding of all Indian elections
The next body to say the electoral bonds scheme was dangerous was the Election Commission.
07 Nov 2023 12:08 AM
AA Edit | Governors cannot have a veto in a democracy
The question is not whether governors have the constitutional right and administrative wherewithal to assess the desirability of a bill.
06 Nov 2023 12:04 AM
Anita Anand | Legalising of gay marriage: The key is mobilising of public support
By petitioning, LGBTQ+ groups are keeping the agenda of same-sex marriage and subsequent rights on the table and in view of the public.
26 Oct 2023 12:05 AM
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Legalising gay marriage: Societal shift takes time
In many ways, the LGBTQ+ community senses the conservatism inherent in Indian society, & they are not in a hurry to break the barriers.
23 Oct 2023 12:05 AM
AA Edit | No legal status yet for gay couples; rights to expand
It is now for the Union government to make good the promise it has made before the court
19 Oct 2023 12:05 AM
AA Edit | ‘Stop being vindictive’: SC directive to ED welcome
The legislative intent in conferring such powers on a professional agency is to enable it to act in the manner that the SC has now suggested
06 Oct 2023 12:03 AM
AA Edit | Courts must respect hierarchy
What’s happening in the high court of Gujarat
23 Aug 2023 12:00 AM
AA Edit | No place for sexism: SC manual intent laudable
Sociological changes are supposed to visit the judiciary the last.
18 Aug 2023 12:05 AM
AA Edit | SC relief for Rahul is a boost for democracy too
It is an important marker where the interests of the people, the ultimate arbiters in a democracy, are given due regard.
05 Aug 2023 12:10 AM
AA Edit | After SC rebuke, Centre must act fast in Manipur
The Union government must now take the comments of the apex court as the reflection of what all right-thinking Indians want it to do.
03 Aug 2023 12:10 AM
PATRALEKHA CHATTERJEE | Horrors of Manipur signal a total collapse of governance
The happenings in Manipur point to a collapse of governance even if you go solely by official statements
26 Jul 2023 12:00 AM
AA Edit | Congress, at last, shows some sense
The Delhi services bill that seeks to nullify the impact of the Supreme Court order handing over the supervisory power of bureaucracy.
17 Jul 2023 12:10 AM
AA Edit | Govt must halt arbitrary extensions for officers
The Supreme Court had in 2021 itself pointed out the inappropriateness of granting extensions to top officials.
13 Jul 2023 12:09 AM
AA Edit | Define free speech as a right
Calumny has been a rather badly abused form of speech not only in Indian politics.
10 Jul 2023 12:53 AM
AA Edit | It’s time to scrap sedition law, not make it harsher
Laws must be brought in to protect the people, and not the government
06 Jun 2023 12:15 AM
AA Edit | Keep astrology out of courts
Judges and the solicitor general reiterated that astrology is science.
05 Jun 2023 12:30 AM
AA Edit | Imran drama intensifies
It appears Pakistan is in for more mayhem if Imran is indeed arrested again, which many fear will happen soon
16 May 2023 12:20 AM
AA Edit | SC warns police, courts on bail
The order has two parts; one meant for the agencies and the other for the courts
29 Apr 2023 12:20 AM
Columns
Mr Navin assumed the role in September 2023, succeeding S.K. Mishra
This is also the first time Mizoram has elected three women MLAs -- two from the ZPM and one from MNF.
The reasons behind the BJP’s victory in this round -- Modi factor, Hindutva, welfarism and party machinery -- may not work across states
In politics as in cricket, the better side wins. It is credit that must necessarily be shared between the leader/captain and members.