Shocking bureaucratic bungling

Sunday 5 May '13

The recent judgment of the Supreme Court which commuted the death sentence of the Assam murder convict Mahendra Nath Das

A brave judge

Thursday 25 April '13

Justice Verma possessed that rare and lonely virtue: courage

Ominous nuclear portents

Sunday 7 April '13

The people of North Korea are suffering from acute economic deprivations and related ills

Supreme Court judgment in 1993 Bombay blasts

Sunday 24 March '13

Understandably, family members, friends and admirers of Sanjay are dismayed and shocked at the severity of the sentence.

International Women's Day

Sunday 10 March '13

This week we are celebrating International Women''s Day.

Hyderabad terror attack

Sunday 24 February '13

After the Supreme Court judgment confirming death penalty on Afzal Guru and the rejection of his mercy petition, the legal and logical course was to execute the death sentence.

Saving the Yamuna

Sunday 10 February '13

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently passed an order restraining all individuals, companies as well as public authorities from throwing any debris or solid waste on the Yamuna river banks or wat...

Verma Committee Report

Sunday 27 January '13

The promptitude with which the report was prepared in 29 days without asking for any extension was exceptional.

Reform mindset

Sunday 13 January '13

The horrific rape of the young Delhi girl in a bus has evoked extreme reactions ranging from cries for mandatory death penalty, public hanging and castration of the rape convicts.

Cry for speedy justice

Sunday 30 December '12

The efficacy of any well-intentioned act depends primarily upon its timing

Rights and Duties

Sunday 16 December '12

The current thinking is that discourse on fundamental rights cannot be divorced from fundamental duties or else we do a disservice to both.

Leveson Report on UK media

Sunday 2 December '12

Justice Leveson''s recent report on media is the outcome of a public enquiry which lasted for eight months

When Suu Kyi spoke

Sunday 18 November '12

Aung San Suu Kyi''s Nehru memorial lecture delivered last Wednesday in New Delhi was outstanding for more than one reason

Law: a noble profession?

Sunday 4 November '12

It is generally forgotten that law is a profession. It is not a commercial undertaking operating on the law of demand and supply enabling lawyers to charge extortionate fees

No street justice

Sunday 21 October '12

Anna Hazare''s movement against corruption undeniably galvanised the nation against corruption.

Right to Health

Sunday 7 October '12

It is a settled law that right to health is included in the right to life guaranteed by Article 21 of our Constitution

Pervasive perplexity in politics

Sunday 23 September '12

There is talk in some quarters about mid-term elections about which there is no political consensus.

Alarming intolerance

Sunday 9 September '12

Raj Thackeray has been at his intolerant best.

Insulating the police from politicians

Sunday 26 August '12

For that purpose, it is necessary to ingrain into the minds and hearts of the police personnel that they are servants of the law and not of their current political masters.

Confusion about sedition

Sunday 12 August '12

K M Munshi moved an amendment for its deletion which was accepted. Hence 'sedition'' is not a permissible head of restriction on freedom of expression.

President''s crucial role

Sunday 29 July '12

It is a fallacy that the President of India is a ceremonial figurehead and has no meaningful role to play.

Presidential election

Sunday 15 July '12

In the present Presidential election, use of intemperate language at times and canvassing by the contesting candidates are reminiscent of college and trade union elections

Tax evasion or tax planning?

Sunday 1 July '12

The great American Judge Justice Holmes observed that he liked to pay taxes, because thereby he purchased civilisation.

Whither rule of law

Sunday 3 June '12

It is shocking that senior CPM leader M M Mani in the State of Kerala can openly flaunt with impunity that his party has eliminated, in other words murdered

Mindless cartoon controversy

Sunday 20 May '12

Bombayites eagerly looked forward to seeing R K Laxman''s cartoons on the front page of The Times of India.