New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- "The form of the administration must be appropriate to the form of the Constitution." When the Supreme Court invoked B.R. Ambedkar's warning at the end of its November 2025 judg... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Until 1961, a law graduate in India entered the profession at the pleasure of a High Court. Enrolment, discipline, and removal from the rolls were judicial functions. The Indian ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- In March 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt went on American radio to explain why he wanted to enlarge the United States Supreme Court. He described constitutional government as a "three... Read More
New Delhi, July 28 -- On July 24, the Supreme Court placed the record of its own hearings behind a permission counter. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana is... Read More
New Delhi, July 20 -- In 1768, the English writer Laurence Sterne published a travel book called A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. In one scene the narrator, a clergyman named Yorick, is... Read More
New Delhi, June 23 -- A certificate of registration gives an organisation a recognised legal form. Its absence does not make the organisation unlawful. Nor does it make it invisible to the law. This ... Read More
New Delhi, June 13 -- The Constitution guards its elections with a wall. Article 329(b) tells the courts to stand aside once the poll process begins. The design is deliberate. An election must not sta... Read More