In pursuance of the Order passed by the Supreme Court on 19-01-2009, in writ petition ( C) No. 207 of 2004, the Election Commission issued Guidelines, on 17th February, 09, to be followed in the...
A few commentators including Pratap Bhanu Mehta have tried to expose the activists working among the Gujarat carnage victims for “fabricating evidence”. But the rebuttal by the activists...
The Supreme court has justified in this judgment the denial of reservations by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission in the entrance examination to fill up state civil service posts. Mail...
The Foundation for Media Professionals is organising a panel discussion on a serious journalistic issue: “Is Media Jingoism Fanning Indo-Pak tensions?”. This debate will held in the main...
[The Home Minister, P.Chidambaram’s statement hinting at ‘whole life’ sentences as alternative to death penalty opens up several possibilities. Bikram, a researcher on death penalty...
The Home Minister P.Chidambaram’s interview to The Hindu today has dealt with some key questions on death penalty. One is the Minister’s claim that Afzal Guru’s mercy petition will...
Sudhir Krishnaswamy’s recently published book, Democracy and Constitutionalism in India: A Study of the Basic Structure Doctrine is an important milestone in our understanding of the BSD, ever...
The use of National Security Act against Varun Gandhi by the Uttar Pradesh Government has been criticised even by those who defended the E.C.’s strictures against him, for his hate speech. On...
One of our regular readers, Mr.Abi has sent this note (and a query) for us. I wonder if any of us can answer the query. I wish to bring to your attention, the issue surrounding the recent IIT...
Shamnad’s and my posts have elicited quite a few comments, which explain (and also fail to explain) some facets of Indian secularism. Here, I wish to confine myself to some of the seemingly...