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The rule of law: Bail, due process and citizenship

Hyderabad, July 18 -- The controversy surrounding the grant of bail to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre in the alleged assault (I say alleged despite video evidence because a court will have to eval... और पढ़ें


Pathology of power: When democracy rewards defiance

Hyderabad, July 5 -- A "leader" slaps a teacher. A "leader" forces food into the mouth of a fasting canteen employee. A journalist who wrote against some leaders is murdered. A journalist who investig... और पढ़ें


Legislative architecture and Constitutional mandate in Conflict

Hyderabad, June 28 -- Two treatises, "Socio-spatial Consequences of Disturbed Areas Act 1991 on Urbanizing Spaces in Gujarat" by Shrivastava and "Saffron geographies of exclusion: The Disturbed Areas ... और पढ़ें


A law that segregates without saying so

Hyderabad, June 23 -- a plea of malice against a public authority must be specifically pleaded and proved with cogent material; courts will not infer an oblique motive from a pattern of adverse outcom... और पढ़ें


The beginning: Legislative architecture and Constitutional mandate in conflict

Hyderabad, June 22 -- Two treatises-Socio-spatial Consequences of the Disturbed Areas Act 1991 on Urbanizing Spaces in Gujarat by Shrivastava and Saffron geographies of exclusion: The Disturbed Areas ... और पढ़ें


How Nehru, Azad and Ambedkar answered the politics of grievance

Hyderabad, June 19 -- The constitutional answer to the politics of inherited grievance is neither obscure nor difficult to discover. It lies in the circumstances in which the republic itself was conce... और पढ़ें


The architecture of memory: How Partition lives in India

Hyderabad, June 15 -- The history of modern India is not merely a history of institutions, elections, constitutions and governments. It is also a history of memory. Nations, no less than individuals, ... और पढ़ें


The quiet drift of India's constitutional jurisprudence

Hyderabad, June 8 -- The Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, recently remarked at Oxford that the Supreme Court is developing a "Swadeshi Jurisprudence" rather than relying solely on "imported concept... और पढ़ें


In a dysfunctional state, predators thrive and futures suffer

Hyderabad, June 2 -- We learnt that in the afternoon of February 28, 2002, in Gulberg Society in Ahmedabad, a crowd armed with swords, iron rods and petrol bombs gathered outside a cluster of homes. I... और पढ़ें