Trial by Television and the Authority of Courts
By Dr Rajeshwar Singh In recent years, a troubling phenomenon has taken root in India: the media trial of judicial decisions. Judgments of constitutional courts are increasingly debated in television…
Delhi court allows Anil Ambani to withdraw defamation suit over Rs 41,000 crore improprieties
A Delhi court has allowed Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani to withdraw a civil defamation suit filed against investigative portal Cobrapost, The Economic Times, and other media entities in connection…
What’s in a Name? For the BJP, Everything—Especially When It’s “Ram”
By Kumkum Chadha “What’s in a name?” Would William Shakespeare be turning in his grave? Quite likely because when he wrote the famous and kind of immortal line, he had…
From Bisada To Christmas: A Decade That Put The Republic on Trial
By Binny Yadav The story of India over the last 11 years is, in many ways, the story that began the night Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched. In September 2015, in…
Dhaka in Flux: How The Unfinished Transition Is Rewriting South Asia’s Strategic Map
By Annunthra Rangan Since its violent birth in 1971, Bangladesh has struggled to secure enduring institutional stability. From the trauma of Partition to cycles of military rule and dynastic political…
The Cry of the Aravallis
By JP Singh Temples can be destroyed, repaired, and rebuilt. Mountains, however—like the Aravallis, now at the centre of a grave controversy—once destroyed, can never be rebuilt. Temples may rise…
DDA moves Supreme Court seeking permission for regulated use of forest land in Aravalli Ridge Zone
In the backdrop of the continuing embargo on non-forest activities in notified ridge areas and the requirement of judicial clearance under the forest and environmental protection framework, the Delhi Development…
Madras High Court allows 1755 war memorial on private land, records Stan Swamy’s legal status as UAPA accused
The Madras High Court has reiterated that in the absence of a specific statutory mandate, the State could not compel a private landowner to obtain prior permission for erecting a…