What’s in an oath?

Thursday 12 November '09

Linguistic choice is our constitutional right. No hoodlum can take that away....

The Brethren

Friday 28 August '09

There is a myth about the brotherhood of judges. In India, the higher brotherhood consists of high court and Supreme Court judges.

Attorney soldier

Monday 4 May '09

The Bofors controversy, that alleged that Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was part of a corrupt kickback deal, will not die down.

We, the helpless people

Thursday 22 November '07

Political parties play musical chairs. Allies renege on their commitments and stab each other in the back.

Courting a fine balance

Saturday 6 October '07

The Supreme Court’s words in the DMK case on bandhs had an excessive quality to them. It decreed what it could not enforce totally. Its warning seemed inappropriate.

Publish and be damned

Tuesday 25 September '07

Mid Day’s journalists have been sentenced to four months imprisonment. The order is bad in law.

Guilty by association?

Thursday 26 July '07

Haneef is a Muslim, a cousin of the Glasgow ‘terrorists’, a migrant to England and Australia—and suspected on all counts

Parliament versus Courts: Episode Three

Friday 27 April '07

The quota controversy between the courts and Parliament is no less important than the property and parliamentary sovereignty controversies of the Nehru and Mrs Gandhi eras. Battle lines have been drawn

No Centre ground in UP

Tuesday 20 February '07

The Bommai judgment is clear. Majorities must be proved by a floor test

Our everyday constitutional

Thursday 4 January '07

Executive-judiciary tussles over police reform indicate institutional malaise