Dilip Bobb

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

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

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

From royal feuds to forgotten partitions, India’s judicial system holds records for cases that have spanned decades—some still unresolved

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Both the IMF and the World Bank have consistently argued that the Indian judicial system is in urgent need of reforms. There’s a reason why global institutions tasked with economic and monetary policies are so keen on judicial reforms in India

When a YouTube joke sparks social media death threats, government warnings, and a Supreme Court gag order, the battle over free speech in India takes a disturbing turn

A recent report revealed that the Supreme Court in 2024 commuted five death sentences to life imprisonment. Is the apex court’s approach signalling a shift in India’s approach to capital punishment?