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A New Environmental Jus Cogens?

By Prof Upendra Baxi The decision on January 27, 2022, by Justice Rudolph Contreras, United States District Judge, in Debra A. Haaland v. State of Louisiana, is of enormous political significance ...

The Crypto Conundrum

By Shivanand Pandit For many years, speculation was widespread that cryptocurrencies will be prohibited in India. In the past, the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have warned agains...

A Scholar Par Excellence

By Lokendra Malik and Shaileshwar Yadav Professor Upendra Baxi, an eminent legal philosopher and public intellectual, is among the few names which have impacted Indian constitutional and human rig...

Image Takes a Beating

By Prof Yogesh Pratap Singh The Supreme Court of India is looked at as the upholder of the rights of citizens, and to a great extent, it has delivered on that trust. The Court has done more good f...

A Two-Faced Budget

By Sujit Bhar This year’s budget proposals were a wonder a minute. This time Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke for just 90 minutes and did not come out with any figures that can satisfy al...

Gandhi and the Spanish Flu

By Dilip Bobb Author and journalist Laura Spinney’s gripping narrative titled Pale Rider was written before the current pandemic but has been reprinted by her publishers because of its relevance t...

Snubbing Uncle Sam

By Kenneth Tiven in Washington Many Americans old enough to remember the Watergate burglary hearings that led dramatically to then President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974 are mystified how f...

Balancing the Books

By Shivanand Pandit In November 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had declared the creation of India’s first-ever “Bad Bank”. Now in January 2022, the RBI has finally given the bad bank th...

Born Free, Stay Free

By Devender Singh Aswal Every man’s home, even if it has a thatched roof, is his citadel. A home is the sanctuary which provides us shelter, privacy, safety, security and joy unspeakable. Yet, pro...

Tardy Justice

By Lokendra Malik The Supreme Court of India, established in 1950, is considered one of the most powerful courts in the world. It is the guardian of the Constitution and has a great record of pr...

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