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The excruciating burden of high fuel prices on the common man continues unabated. The price of petrol and diesel has reached a record high in many cities of India. And the government has simply put the onus on the UPA dispensation.

By Rajbir Deswal Remember Vikas Dubey, who was killed in July 2020? A politician, criminal, don, gangster, murderer, land grabber, terrorist or a heartless monster? It may be recalled that a year ...

This year on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day celebrations held at the Supreme Court lawns, Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana lamented the “sorry state of affairs” of lawmaking and parliamentary debate in the country.

The terror bombings and killings around Kabul’s airport have once again focused world attention on the “sudden” American pull out. Actually, President Joe Biden’s “new” Afghanistan policy is old wine in new bottles.

The apex court and the Gujarat High Court have stressed that federalism is an integral aspect of the BSEF doctrine and thereby saved it from the excesses of the amending power.

The recommendation made by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to bring all minority-run schools, including madrasas, under the purview of the Right to Education Act and the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has generated much consternation and apprehension. What exactly are the issues?

Even as the collegium recommended nine names as judges to the apex court, there was none from minority communities. The Court should reflect the composite culture and constitutional values of the nation.

The legislation has stringent provisions against any individual or institution indulging in forcible religious conversion by marriage. The Gujarat High Court is hearing two petitions that have challenged the newly enacted amendment. What are the legal issues at stake?

CJI NV Ramana said there are misconceptions of a judge having an “easy life”. Judges have lots of work—reading pleas, hearing cases, recording evidence, writing opinions and keeping abreast with law. Here is an insider’s view.

Here are some sobering bits of information. Afghanistan has now endured two decades of horrifying war and brutality under the Taliban, followed by another two decades of American “occupation”, purportedly to the benefit of the common man, and to help set up a legitimate government. Yet, the country now descends into god knows how many years of complete chaos under the Taliban, again.