Commentaries & Articles
Judiciary versus Executive – Need for Early Resolution

It appears that the confrontation between the Union Government and the judiciary over the appointment of judges, is not going to end soon. Ever since a Bench of the Supreme Court struck down the validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commissi....

ASEAN-India and ASEAN Summits: Opportunity and Challenges for ‘Acting East’

The month of September 2016 commences with a number of important summits. The first would be the G-20 summit, followed by a series of ASEAN related summits including the 11th East Asia Summit and 14th ASEAN-India Summit. While the G-20 summit is sche....

Offshoots of New Financial Governance

There has of late been speculation that the Modi Government could usher in substantial changes in the country’s fiscal governance through three methods: First, by revising the financial year from the present April-March cycle to January-December; s....

Sedition versus free speech: The conflict goes on

A clamour to repeal the law dealing with sedition gains ground every time the police somewhere in the country files a case under the provision. The most recent example of this has happened in Bengaluru, when the Karnataka police regist....

Revamping the Justice Delivery System

India’s creaking justice delivery system has impacted millions of lives and brought miseries to people on a scale that has not been comprehensively documented. Governments and the judiciary have since decades grappled with the crisis but been large....

कृषि उत्पाद के लिए न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य

राजनीतिक और आर्थिक दोनों ही दृष्टिकोण से कृषि संवेदनशील विषय है। आधे से अधिक श्रमशक्ति इसी क्ष....

The legal and Political battle for Delhi

The Delhi High Court’s verdict of 4 August is not important because it has settled the political fight between the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Government and the Union Government (via the Lieutenant Governor). It hasn’t. That slugfest will continue....

Governing the Governors & Article 356

Through its forceful intervention in political developments in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh, which were brought under President’s Rule, the Supreme Court affirmed that it would not let the letter and spirit of the SR Bommai versus Union of ....

समान नागरिक संहिता की तत्काल आवश्यकता

हाल में भारत के लॉ कमीशन से जब केन्द्रीय सरकार ने रिपोर्ट मांगी तो एक बार फिर से ये बहस छिड़ गई कि �....

Minimum Support Price for Agricultural Produce

Agriculture is a sensitive subject from both the political and the economic viewpoint. More than half the labour force is employed in this sector; a large majority of the population lives in rural India; a rise in disposable incomes among those assoc....

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