India’s constitutional democracy has always struggled to tame the country’s religious and caste divisions, especially during elections. The Supreme Court of India has now issued an important ruling that makes…
The benefit of POCSO is not afforded to children when they are in married relationship but over the age of 15: plea A chink in the colonial-era Indian Penal Code…
Manipur, an important border state with Myanmar, heads towards state assembly elections in February 2017. If the economic and infrastructure development that the policy calls for is to take place,…
The issue is the interpretation of Section 123(3) of the Representation of People’s Act (RPA). Appeals to religion, caste etc have always been prohibited. But the core issue has been…
The Supreme Court has grappled with the question whether a provision in electoral law that makes it a corrupt practice to use religion, race, caste or language as a ground…
On November 30, 2006, the 403-page report of the Sachar Committee, on the social, economic and educational condition of Muslims in India, was tabled in Parliament. The Committee, headed by…
The Union cabinet has recently approved setting up a permanent tribunal (PT) for inter-state water disputes resolution. Under the existing arrangement, the Interstate (River) Water Disputes Act 1956 (IWRDA) It…
