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Each year since 2019, the Tata Trust along with social organisations, have compiled the annual India Justice Report. The latest one, launched recently, provides some startling, and worrying contrasts when it comes to individual states. It’s a timely reminder that the justice system in India is not uniform, or on the same legal page

By Prof (Dr) S Surya Prakash The bloodbath, marked by a confrontation with Islamabad, reflects the Baloch struggle for existence and survival against the exploitation of their re­sources by the Pu...

By Prof Upendra Baxi We live amidst the outcries of alleged popular opinion, and media trials, and pop media surveys about diminishing public confidence in courts and trust and faith in the judici...

By Dilip Bobb Bulldozer justice has become a thorn in the side of justice, particularly in the BJP-ruled states of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, with the authorities carrying out demolitions of p...

By Sujit Bhar As India’s business atmosphere gets murkier by the day, as manufacturing-related productivity is set to virtually collapse in a heap, and as foreign investment turns into a trickle, ...

The Supreme Court has upheld the Calcutta High Court’s verdict terminating the services of nearly 26,000 school teachers. While it is a fact that most of them used unfair means to get their jobs, there still were honest applicants in the mix who now have  become collateral damage

As scandals shake the judiciary, will this be a turning point for reform—or a slide into deeper institutional distrust?

By Annunthra Rangan In today's world, misinterpretations and misunderstandings are inevitable. However, targeting a specific community and attempting to marginalize them is contrary to the princip...

As global economies struggle with recession fears and protectionist policies, India faces a two-fold crisis—an overstated manufacturing boom and a middle class sinking under the weight of unchecked debt 

For years, activists around the world have argued that extreme  concentration of wealth is leading to extreme concentration of power, allowing an ultra-rich few to tighten their grip on governments, economies, and media. America is now the cradle of the new oligarchs