Governance and Policy

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
This Constitution does not permit war
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Tamil Nadu’s Justice Kurien Joseph Committee could give the push for a much needed re-alignment of federal balance
As India's NHRC gets a downgraded 'B' status, a logical conclusion to its steady decline of autonomy
Having captured the legislature and the executive, the judiciary is the final bastion of the Republic that the Hindu Rashtra project is seeking to vanquish
Should India revisit the Indus treaty?
X Corp. v. Union of India: All you need to know about the Karnataka HC battle over Sahyog portal, censorship and the scope of the IT Act
Supreme Court’s indication for deadline on disqualification petitions would reinforce the Tenth Schedule and democratic accountability
Trump’s policy flip-flop on tariffs indicates he may have a goal, but not so much a plan
Why the contemptuous tirade by VP Dhankar and BJP MPs against the judiciary is costly for our democracy
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