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Unique Identification Dissonance

The twelve-digit number has been at the crossroads for a while now, failing to identify as a citizen’s identity, his nationality, his access to benefits and even in its very relevance. A recent Meghalaya High Court verdict brings this issue to the spotlight

When Trust Breaks, Tapes Speak

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that secretly recorded spousal conversations are admissible in divorce cases—redrawing the line between privacy and proof in India’s digital era of marriage breakdowns

Landmark Shift

In a game-changing ruling, the apex court has recognised companies as “victims” under criminal law—granting them the right to independently appeal acquittals, a move that redefines justice for the corporate world

Part of a Gameplan?

This is the second time that the outgoing vice-president has obliged the Opposition: maybe a few months late, but he has finally gone and done what the Opposition MPs were demanding

Moment Of Reflection

By Inderjit Badhwar In the lexicon of criminal justice, few phrases are as chilling as “wrongful conviction”. When it happens, it doesn’t merely signal a failure—it exposes a fault line running th...

Justice on Trial

The Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court’s dramatic acquittal of all 13 accused in the 2006 bombings, putting the spotlight back on a prosecution riddled with torture, tampered evidence, and systemic failures

75 Years and Still Counting

Within the BJP, 75 years is an enigma: a harbinger of ill-boding and a signal that it is time to hang one’s boots. Good news for those who want to push people out and bad for those who want to stay and hold on to their posts and positions

Tapped Out?

Recent rulings by the Delhi and Madras Courts offer sharply  contrasting views on the legality of phone bugging in India—reviving critical questions about privacy and the scope of state power

Knifed with a Tongue: On the arrest of 400 Bengali-speaking migrant workers in Odisha

As over 400 such people from West Bengal are held illegally by Odisha police and charged with being: “foreigners”—Bangladeshis, in other words—the Calcutta High Court has responded strongly. The entire issue is set to flare up as a divisive plague that could  one day engulf the entire nation

Trump, and the MAGA Meltdown: A Conspiracy Too Far?

The US president’s failure to release the promised files has triggered a rare revolt within his MAGA base—raising questions about transparency, betrayal, and the limits of loyalty in a movement founded on exposing the elite

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