2023: The Year of the Surajmukhi Court
A long look at 2023 and how the courts let India down.
A Midnight’s Child Cautions Against the Gathering Darkness
“We have become refugees in our own country, we are ‘internally displaced’ not by climate change but by the changing political climate, not by dams but by the mob, held prisoner not for any crimes but for having a conscience”, writes Indira Jaising.
Rajkumar Keswani’s Warning About a Gas Tragedy in Bhopal Fell on Deaf Ears
Eulogizing the recently departed journalist Rajkumar Keswani, the author writes about his lone voice warning about the Bhopal Gas Leak disaster in 1984 through meticulous reporting, his tireless championing of the cause of the victims of the tragedy, and her personal acquaintance with him.
Prashant Bhushan, the Question of Contempt, and Motorcycle Diaries
Without a vibrant bar, there can be no vibrant judiciary. We lawyers are the primary victims of this judgment—be quiet or face contempt, is the message of the court.