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KKV IN THE HOT SEAT

Above: KK Venugopal, who takes over from Mukul Rohatgi, will also have to resolve several questions regarding a code of ethics for the AG’s office. Photo: Nikhil Kanekal/Wikimedia ~Inderjit Badhwar...

ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIA

~By Inderjit Badhwar There was once an India in which people on different sides of issues—no matter how deep or broad the chasm—could disagree without being disagreeable or spewing venom. They coul...

THE PATRIOTIC SLUGFEST

~By Inderjit Badhwar The Great Intolerance Debate which has consumed this country ever since the wildly popular Narendra Modi government swept the polls and established a throttlehold on the Dilli ...

BINDING THE MINOTAUR

~By Inderjit Badhwar Given the nature of the Indian political system in which the doctrine of separation of powers—the cornerstone of accountable governance—lies supine at the altar of executive pr...

THE CULTURE RAJ OR THE ECONOMY?

Almost immediately after Prime Minister Modi announced the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on November 8, 2016, I carried an exclusive interview with Professor Arun Kumar, the noted author...

LYNCHINGS AND THE LAW

~By Inderjit Badhwar Many of us watch with helpless horror the headlines that regularly tear into our senses and sensibilities: “Jamshedpur limps back to normalcy after lynching of 7 men over Whats...

THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR AND THE KING

~By Inderjit Badhwar One of the biggest problems that functioning democracies face is that they often become dysfunctional when faced with investigating allegations of criminality, and actual or ...

WHEN DEAN COLL SPOKE OUT

~By Inderjit Badhwar I am a strong believer in the theory of reporters without borders. This is by no means a judicially enforceable concept. But in today’s world where a famine, a war, a banking...

WHOSE BODY IS IT ANYWAY?

~By Inderjit Badhwar “Recent inventions and business methods call attention to the next step which must be taken for the protection of the person, and for securing to the individual … the right ‘...

NATIONALISM CAN BE BEAUTIFUL

~By Inderjit Badhwar Last week our website www.indialegallive.com ran a passionate piece by Col R Hariharan, a soldier, intelligence advisor to the government, and leading national security analy...

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