Governance and Policy

Governance and Policy

The Vikas Barala case raised larger questions on how we appoint our law officers and what constitutional ethos demands
SC fixes Presidential Reference hearing from August 19, to first hear Tamil Nadu and Kerala on maintainability
Bihar electoral rolls: SC to hear challenge to ECI’s SIR exercise on August 12 and 13
“10 of 11 voter ID documents can be forged, include Aadhaar and EPIC,” SC tells ECI to focus on mass inclusion, not exclusion
Explainer: How Vice President Dhankar’s resignation has opened the lens to a constitutional ambiguity
‘More than 97 percent ‘untouchability’ cases remain pending, majority result in acquittal’, claims Social Justice Ministry’s data
Free speech in the age of war
The Muslim electorate at margins in Bihar
On the voter list revision in Bihar, has the ECI forgotten its duty?
How to revisit the human angle in data driven space governance
SC refuses to halt Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision, presses ECI to “consider” Aadhar, EPIC, ration cards too
Eights years on, the structurally flawed GST has failed to achieve its goals
What does the Indian Constitution truly ask of its citizens when it speaks of scientific temper?
What Karnataka’s bike taxi ban can learn from Brazil’s struggles over gig work
Innovative consent-based data processing can change the way we look at the user-experience versus compliance debate
The Indian State’s expanding sovereign power has everything to do with the incline of digital governance
Editorial: We released the Justice Varma probe report. The real question is what must follow now?
The Chinnaswamy stadium stampede pushes us to rethink crowd safety and legal preparedness in India
ANI’s de facto monopoly is both constitutionally impermissible and dangerous to democracy
Justice Varma impeachment: Why the government’s reported plan to bypass the Judges (Inquiry) Act procedure should concern us
How the reformed criminal laws put a cosmetic patch on India’s abiding issue with witness protection
In its verdict on taxing entertainment in the digital age, the top Court clarifies a complex area of law
India’s foreign trade: How free can it be?
Demanding justice in “difficult times”: The Supreme Court’s ‘fanciful’ response to refugee protection as India allegedly abandons Rohingyas in the sea
Will India really shift to a 4-day work week? Under the new labour regime, it seems untenable.
Deferred dreams: Bureaucratic lethargy in CLAT and judicial service exams unravels the dim future of the legal profession in India
A ‘refuge’ from learning: India’s longstanding dilemma on Rohingya education
Of sound decisions and marked silences: CJI Sanjiv Khanna’s balancing act amidst turbulent times
When the guardian falters: What the NHRC downgrade means for the Indian masses
“Courts are not as fragile as flowers”: Supreme Court rebukes BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for comments on CJI being responsible for “civil war” in India
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