On NDTV’s discussions on Mandate 2009, Prannoy Roy once made this point that this is the age of the discerning Indian voter. The Indian voter in the 1950s and 1960s was a passive voter, voting...
In the U.S., where the voluntary retirement of Supreme Court Judges is rare, Justice David Souter’s retirement at the age of 69 merits considerable discussion and debate about the Judge’s...
The Supreme Court Bench (Coram: Justice D.K.Jain and Justice Sudarshan Reddy)heard Dr.Binayak Sen’s bail plea today, after admitting his SLP. Justice Jain asked Ram Jethmalani, Sen’s...
The Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, has another hurdle to face (in terms of ethics and propriety), before and if at all his party gets the mandate to project him as the next-to-next PM-in...
Justice Arijit Pasayat of the Supreme Court is retiring on May 9, and has been one of the most active Judges in the history of Indian Supreme Court. Having been appointed on October 19, 2001, Justice...
Two unrelated cases before the Supreme Court have brought the Court under critical scrutiny recently, pointing to possible involvement in the ongoing electoral process. One is the symbol allotment...
Well, one would be right to consider such a concern as being inconsistent with the aims of PIL, if she agreed with Justice Katju’s previous formulation of this judicial strategy. But readers...
The Supreme Court’s direction to the Special Investigation Team to investigate Ahesan Jafri’s complaint against the Gujarat Chief Minister and others has raised questions about the...
Siddharth Varadarajan’s apt piece in The Hindu (Set Binayak Sen free now) pleading for his immediate release created the right atmosphere for the hearing of Dr.Binayak Sen’s fresh bail...
During the past few days, our blog has discussed the issue of lack of voting rights for Indians temporarily residing abroad during the elections. Responses to the debate suggested that if those...