Yearly Archives: 2026

The conviction recently of a Kerala legislator in a criminal case is bizarre not only because of the facts involved, but also because of the extraordinary length of time it…

By Kumkum Chadha Sanjeev Bikhchandani has been nicknamed the “father of start-ups”: till then a concept unknown, at least in this part of the world. Some also call him the…

By Binny Yadav Few ideas sound as persuasive in a democracy as speedy justice. Fewer still are as dangerous when pursued without constitutional caution. The Supreme Court’s December 29, 2025,…

By Inderjit Badhwar This week’s cover story is not about Venezuela alone. It is about a moment when the architecture of restraint—legal, constitutional, moral—gave way to raw assertion of power.…

By Shaan Katari Libby Shakespeare famously wrote in Romeo and Juliet, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.” In theory,…

By Sanjay Raman Sinha One of the world’s oldest mountain systems—the Aravallis—has once again become the site of a high-stakes legal and ecological contest. At the heart of the dispute…

By Abhinav Mehrotra and Biswanath Gupta The recent turmoil in Bangladesh—marked by recurring episodes of violence, intimidation, and displacement affecting religious minorities—has once again drawn international attention to the precarious…

By Sujit Bhar The Supreme Court’s recent dismissal of a public interest litigation seeking the adoption of World Health Organization (WHO) standards for permissible levels of antimony and Di (2-ethylhexyl)…