Reasons behind Grant of Remission in India
You must have heard the name of Maharshi Valmiki. Before gaining this status, he was a dacoit. The transformation became possible only because society accepted his remission. The idea has found ...
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In actuality, Murli Manohar Joshi was the first education minister of India
From 1947 to 1968, the education system of India was working without a National Education Policy. Although the commissions were formed, they never materialised to create an impact on the education ...
NJAC and Collegium: The hidden truth
India being a participatory democracy provides a clear bifurcation between the judiciary and the legislature, to facilitate effective checks and balances on the people in authority. On the contrary, the two ...
NJAC is the past! Government Representative to revamp Collegium
Collegium System India: The Lok Sabha elections of 2014 had in many ways put the nation in a revamp mode. Looking from a vantage point, the most significant drift towards judicial ...
Oleum gas Case: Introduction of absolute liability in India
Oleum gas Case: Extreme ownership. That is what the self-help diary of military blokes prescribes. Somehow, society does not always follow. The legal system makes space for common human traits like ...
Perils of absolute majority: When Rajiv Gandhi made a mockery of Indian judiciary
There is a reason the Judiciary is important for proper functioning of any democracy. Majority often turns into absolute majority, compromising the interest of the common people. No one understands it ...
The promise of UCC is finally going to fructify
UCC implementation: The essence of a righteous Constitution lies in the colorblindness of its provisions and impartial implementation. A healthy democracy is expected to not discriminate between the diverse ethnocentric sections ...
Article 370 and more: Under these circumstances, government can legally shut down Internet
Article 370: Roti, Kapda aur Makaan. These are the three key ingredients that have traditionally dominated the conversation of Fundamental Rights in India. There is a new dimension to it in ...
If you are following these basic rules, you need not follow the “Contempt of Court”
Law is all about walking on the tightrope of conflicting principles. The biggest issue with practitioners of law is to do just that. Let us understand it in terms of the ...
Courts are clear about the fate of Rohingyas, it’s the government that is not
The Rohingya crisis is one of the biggest human tragedies in recent Asian history. Does that mean that every country should welcome them with open arms? Definitely not. The reason for ...
The Case that gave bureaucrats an edge over lawmakers, but it remains unused
Subramanian & Ors Vs Union of India and Ors: In a democracy, the role of the bureaucracy is to act as a bridge between the legislators and the populace. The bureaucracy ...
Anti-conversion laws hit the radical Islamists where it hurts them the most
Anti-conversion law: For a long time, conversion has been an unacknowledged reality of the Indian society and mostly Hindus were on the suffering side of it. The caste division in the ...
