The power to countermand elections is an extreme weapon in the hands of the Election Commission to ensure free and fair elections. The ongoing Lok Sabha election has so far not witnessed any...
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 a recent post, Vikram reflected on Mayawati and the BJP’s comments and studies the relationship between Dr. Ambedkar and the Congress. In this engaging article, in yesterday’s Indian...
This piece in today’s Wall Street Journal highlights the pressing problem of newspapers (mostly Hindi, Urdu, and Gujarati) selling positive or “not negative” coverage to candidates...
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...
Talha Abdul Rahman, a recent graduate of Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad, currently pursuing post graduate studies (BCL) at the University of Oxford as a Shell Centenary Chevening Scholar...
We are pleased to publish this guest post written by Pratiksha Baxi, Assistant Professor, Centre for Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. While Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s...
The CBI’s recent decision to remove Ottavio Quattrocchi from its list of wanted persons has invited much debate on the CBI’s impartiality, and the role of the Attorney General who...
Yesterday, at an election rally in New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati accused the Congress party of mistreating Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and ensuring his defeat in the first general elections...
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...
In this recent piece in the Indian Express I argue that India needs more strong and independent prosecutors to help address the continuing governance gap. I wrote the piece for a couple reasons...
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...