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The extraordinary saga of whistleblower Sanjiv Chaturvedi and a string of judicial recusals exposes a widening faultline in India’s legal system—where silence over reasons for stepping aside raises more questions than answers

By Inderjit Badhwar The phrase “justice delayed is justice denied” is not a cliché—it is a moral truth. This issue’s cover story by Binny Yadav is both a chronicle of legal inertia and an urgent c...

Five years after the February 2020 Delhi “riots”, the continued incarceration of activists like Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and Gulfisha Fatima without trial highlights a grave erosion of liberty. The Delhi High Court’s denial of bail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act exposes how pre-trial punishment has become the new normal in India’s justice system

Even environmental activism must respect the limits of judicial authority, says the top court in a landmark ruling

Australia’s High Commissioner to India Philip Green speaks on the student visa controversy, the promise of branch campuses, and why India-Australia relations must look beyond cricket. Stricter visa rules, growing migration pressures, and Australian universities setting up in India have unsettled many Indian aspirants. Green, however, avers doors remain open for genuine students, even as he reflects on India’s rise, shared ties, and the taste of jalebi and chai.

The Donald Trump administration has found its own version of Josef Mengele—not in Auschwitz, but in Washington, DC. At the helm of the nation’s health system stands Robert F Kennedy Jr, a man whose rejection of vaccines and science has transformed the US Department of Health and Human Services into a dangerous stage for conspiracy and quackery

A new National Sample Survey lays bare the harsh truth—urban students are nearly compelled to take private tuitions to survive examinations, exposing the failures of India’s schooling system and raising uncomfortable questions for policymakers

The immense wealth that lies within Indian temples and other religious institutions have for long been eyed by political actors. This tug-of-war has existed over centuries and millennia through several conquests. A recent Madras High Court ruling shows how that tussle continues

The insights shared by legal minds and experts analysed the transformative power of AI on the architecture of judiciary and policymaking

The sixth edition of the Swadesh Conclave was a confluence of thought leaders and achievers who brainstormed the theme, “Transforming Bharat”, in the backdrop of emerging new technologies