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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments

Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections

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Where is India under Modi headed?

If not Theresa May, the accompanying media ought to...

Ferguson Rises: a documentary on love, hope and beauty

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In failing to follow SC Guidelines on Encounters, has MP Govt committed Contempt of Court?

The recent purported encounter in Bhopal of eight men...

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