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DÉJÀ VU IN MAHARASHTRA

By Inderjit Badhwar Even as the unholy alliance of the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress is poised to form a new government in Maharashtra following state elections that threw up a hung assembly with the...

KASHMIRI CONUNDRUMS

By Inderjit Badhwar For most of last week, the Supreme Court has been neck-deep in tackling a slew of petitions on the constitutional, administrative and law-and-order fallout in Jammu and Kashmir...

THE CJI’S CROWN OF THORNS

By Inderjit Badhwar Our cover story this week zooms in on Sharad Arvind Bobde who will be sworn in on November 18 as India’s 47th chief justice. It will be a sobering day for the judiciary and for ...

J&K—The Apex Court Asks: Why?

By Inderjit Badhwar Courts in India have inevitably become the arena to resolve issues concerning emergencies. Considering that our Constitution provides certain powers to the executive during the ...

WELL, RECUSE ME!

Above: Gautam Navalakha/Photo: wikimedia commons By Inderjit Badhwar In his inimitable style, Professor Upendra Baxi, the reigning aficionado of the complexities and vicissitudes of jurisprudenc...

NRC AND THE EXODUS

Above: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has been vocal against the NRC in India/Photo: UNI By Inderjit Badhwar Home Minister Amit Shah’s desire to expand the National Register of Citizens (NRC) t...

The Balance of Power

By Inderjit Badhwar The unanimous decision by the highest court in the United Kingdom to enforce the supremacy of parliament and declare Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliame...

THE FINAL BEND

Above: CJI Ranjan Gogoi/Photo: Anil Shakya By Inderjit Badhwar We are entering the last lap of what will be one of the most historic and complex cases ever handled by the Indian judiciary. By pu...

Barring the Bar

Above: (L-R) Afzal Guru was deprived of his right to effective legal aid; lawyers in India had also refused to defend Ajmal Kasab By Inderjit Badhwar Increasingly, it has become the norm for Bar...

Showcasing the Best of the Legal World

By Inderjit Badhwar The World Justice Project, an international non-profit initiative intended to advance the rule of law worldwide, defines four universal principles: accountability, just laws, o...

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