The Quiet Sentinel
By Pawan Kumar “The Constitution is not a mere lawyer’s document; it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of the age.” —Dr BR Ambedkar…
“Kashmir Is Tired of War: We Want Justice, Not Collective Punishment”
By India Legal Correspondent Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, member of Parliament from Srinagar and a prominent face of the National Conference, is no stranger to the political churn in Jammu…
Demons From The Past
By Sujit Bhar The disaster called demonetisation, suddenly imposed on unsuspecting Indians nearly a decade ago, still shows up sometimes, fangs bared. Having destroyed umpteen human dreams and even lives…
Judge’s Assets and the Bangalore Declaration
By Dilip Bobb Last week’s declaration of assets by 21 of the 33 Supreme Court justices on the apex court’s website follows the decision of the full court to make…
The Monarch: Trump’s Fantasy Kingdom of Lawlessness and Lies
Legal, political, and social realities are colliding with President Donald Trump’s efforts to rule the United States as though he were a monarch—his reign marked by deportation crusades, trade wars…
Retaliation, Reckoning, and the Rising Cost of Conflict
By Annunthra Rangan How often can we truly say that war is justified? Rarely—perhaps never. At a time when the world is already grappling with devastating conflicts in Ukraine and…
Power, Punishment and the ED: When Arrest Becomes the Sentence
By Sanjay Raman Sinha The much-feared arrest powers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) were thrust back into the spotlight recently when, on the agency’s Foundation Day, Additional Solicitor General (ASG)…
A Fork in the Road: Apex Court Ruling Blurs Finality with Flexibility
By Binny Yadav The recent 4:1 judgment of the Supreme Court—declaring that appellate courts may exercise “limited power” to modify arbitral awards under Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration…