Is Brazil Moving Towards a Fascist Dictatorship?
Brazil’s General Heleno warned of “unpredictable consequences” if the Supreme Court granted a request to seize President Bolsonaro’s cell phone in an obstruction of justice investigation.
Bar and Bench are Conscience of the Court: Lawyers write to SC on Migrant Crisis
“…we believe that the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s failure to protect the rights of the hapless millions of migrant workers in March … severely impaired the fundamental rights of the poorest sections of our citizens.”
As the First Year of Modi 2.0 Ends, It’s Clear that Democracy has Been Quarantined
If there is one thing we’ve learned about Modi, it is that he never learns from his mistakes. The current crisis is the product of his cult of personality and the only response he is capable of is to double down on his worst impulses.
Kashmir Is in a Lockdown Within the Lockdown, This Must End Now
The social, economic, political and communication lockdown imposed by the Union government is now doubly reinforced by the coronavirus pandemic.
Covid Lockdown is Seen as a Cover for Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir is also imprisoned in intellectual, political, constitutional, strategic and moral lockdowns.
Citizenship and the Nation of the Rich in India
Today, the questions of citizenship and alleged ‘infiltration’ are the topic of debate everywhere; the real question is being sidelined: why are a miniscule elite cornering most of the wealth generated by the common people?
Justice Sachar’s Way to Stop the Alienation of Muslims
Remembering Justice Rajinder Sachar’s concerns about the ever-increasing alienation of Muslims in Indian society, on the occasion of his second death anniversary on 20 April.
From Aadhaar to Aarogya Setu: How Surveillance Technology is Devaluing India’s Democratic Rights
The app could potentially allow the government to peer into aspects of the user’s private life that have nothing to do with Covid-19.
Justice Lokur, Prashant Bhushan and Mahua Moitra on the Supreme Court’s Functioning During Corona Times
Justice Lokur: ‘SC Not Fulfilling Its Constitutional Role Adequately, Needs to Introspect’; Bhushan: “Justice Is in ‘Emergency’ Care”; Moitra: SC has forgotten it is a court of rights.
Why Is Anand Teltumbde So Dangerous for the Narendra Modi Government?
Jignesh Mevani, Meena Kandasamy Even as the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic looms large and prisons are becoming dangerous hotspots of contagion, even as the Supreme Court of India directs prisons to release undertrials and convicts on interim bail, even as the Indian nation grinds to a halt following a lockdown, even as hundreds of…