By Inderjit Badhwar
The issue of hardcore, virulent nationalism has jumped centre-stage once again as the ruling BJP has elevated the countrywide ongoing anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) prot...
By Inderjit Badhwar
For the first time in recent memory, there is no feel-good “India Story” from Davos. In 2020, the Swiss mountain resort, home to the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), the globe...
By Inderjit Badhwar
Whenever an Indian judge or magistrate waves the Indian Constitution in the face of an errant official sworn to uphold its precepts, proscriptions and prescriptions in word and ...
By Inderjit Badhwar
The most popular cliché about India is that it is a land of extremes. That generally refers to the rural-urban, rich-poor chasm. But in the wake of the snowballing university up...
By Inderjit Badhwar
The ugly tug-of-war between the “state” of Delhi and the lieutenant governor (LG) that surfaced several years ago as Najeeb Jung tried to thwart the administrative initiatives o...
By Inderjit Badhwar
Perhaps the kindest words in the volley of the slings and arrows of vitriolic abuse flung by political and social opponents of the millions who thronged the streets across this...
As expected, the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 has been challenged in the Supreme Court by several groups including the Congress party. Its leader, Jairam Ramesh, has submitted: “The impugned enac...
Above: Noah R Feldman was one of the law professors in the US who testified during hearings related to Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry
By Inderjit Badhwar
The announcement by US House of Repr...
If the night belonged to wily politicians, the day was won by the Supreme Court with its quiet, dignified, conscientious and calibrated approach in extricating the Constitution from the clutches of those who appear to have little or no heed or need for its proscriptions and prescriptions.
Above: Acting US ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor (R), and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent take oath before the US House Committee during the impeachment hearings for President Donald...