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Unprecedented Move

By Vivek K Agnihotri  On May 13, 2022, using its omnibus powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court in an unprecedented step ordered that existing judicial and a...

Yet Another Filter

By Vikram Kilpady If you are one of those parents who suffer­sleepless nights due to the high percentages in Class 10 and Class 12 needed for your ward to make it to college and he/she is coasting...

Pray, Why Were Rules Flouted?

By Vikram Kilpady Monarch of the 8th century Karkota dynasty Lalitaditya Muktapida would surely be happy that prayers were offered recently at Martand Sun Temple, which he had commissioned, in Ana...

A Bridge too Far?

By Tahir Mahmood The media recently reported a case in which the Madhya Pradesh High Court had directed the Arya Samaj to solemnise marriages among its followers in accordance with the Special Mar...

My Master’s Wish…

By Ashutosh K Sharma The word police is derived from the Greek word polis, which means city. It was used as politia in the Latin language, which means civil administration. Basically, the dictiona...

How India elects its President

By Vivek K Agnihotri Recently a news item added a new dimension to the presidential elections. It was reported that in the presidential elections scheduled in July 2022, the value of the vote of a...

Miscarriage of Mercy

By Lokendra Malik and Yogesh Pratap Singh Professor Upendra Baxi defines a crisis as a situation where “the structure of a social system allows fewer possibilities for problem-solving than are nec...

Freedom, Finally: Senior Advocate Dr GV Rao on the Supreme Court’s recent stay on the sedition law

The right to freedom of speech and expression is subject to the rigours of hate speech or seditious content. With the apex court boldly moving to suspend the sedition law, free speech will be protected.

Global landscape of women’s empowerment: A case of bolstered parochial bargains

By Mahalakshmi Pavani Gender equality is a basic human right, and it is also fundamental to having a peaceful, prosperous world. The last century witnessed movements and overall activism for real...

Hard Lessons

Approximately 22,500 Indian students were evacuated from Ukraine by the Government of India. Now, some of those students have approached the Supreme Court seeking formulation of a policy as a special measure to enable the Indian medical students who were studying in Ukraine to continue their medical education.

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