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As President Donald Trump pushes the limits of executive power, deploying National Guard troops against protestors and defying state authority, critics warn that the line between constitutional governance and authoritarianism is being dangerously blurred. KENNETH TIVEN examines how fear, force and political theatre are shaping America’s democracy in crisis

In a landmark ruling underscoring the rigidity of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the apex court has held that even a minor error in the cheque amount mentioned in a legal notice can render the entire case invalid

The Reserve Bank of India has decided to give the rupee a bigger role, so that it can travel faster through the system. This may be a good thought, but it is somewhat impractical within the current financial and geopolitical realities of India

With over three-quarters of India’s prison population awaiting trial and thousands more languishing behind bars after completing their sentences, the country’s jails reveal a harsh truth—in India, freedom often depends not on guilt or innocence, but on the ability to pay

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s interim verdict on the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, Islamic scholar and reformist Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahli calls for calm, introspection and faith in due process. While disappointment simmers beneath the surface, he insists that the community must continue to believe—Umeed par duniya kayam hai—the world lives on hope

A stray courtroom quip recently spiralled into a storm, reigniting debate over judges’ spontaneous observations and their amplified consequences in the age of live-streamed justice

By Inderjit Badhwar The relationship between law and morality has always been uneasy, yet inseparable. Law is the instrument by which a society governs itself; morality is the compass by which it ...

As India’s constitutional ideals face testing times, the chief justice’s reminder that “what is legal is not always just” revives the Gandhian-Ambedkarite dialogue—that morality must remain the heartbeat of the law

After continuously stalled negotiations, New Delhi and Washington are once again pushing for a breakthrough on a trade pact. Optimism is high, but entrenched disputes over tariffs, energy, agriculture and visas still threaten to derail the process

How President Donald Trump’s vision of military power and political control threatens the foundations of US democracy