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Article 370: Understanding history, legal contexts and why it matters

A constitutional bench of the Supreme Court will deliver its judgement on several petitions that challenged the August 2019 J&K Reorganisation Act that de-operationalised Article 370 and bifurcated of Jammu and Kashmir state into two Union Territories.

‘Indians Less Charitable Than Asian Counterparts’

 Mumbai: India ranked 82nd among 128 countries for generosity...

Witness Protection in India: an idea gathering dust

One expects that after having waited for years for...

India Justice Report 2019 shows country’s failing criminal justice system

India has only 1 police personnel for every 663 individuals. Most states and Union Territories (UTs) spend less than Rs. 100 per prisoner per day.

Babri Masjid-Ayodhya Judgement must restore faith in the Constitution

Awaiting Supreme Court's Judgment in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhumi Case

Gujarat’s anti-terror law gets President nod after 16 years

The BJP, infull throttle, has been relentlessly pushing its agenda through various policies and this time it has gotten its draconian anti-terror law for Gujarat passed by the President

Does the VBA’s performance in 2019 signal Maharashtra’s subaltern sunrise?

The 2019 general elections saw candidates from the Vanchit...

WB post poll analysis: Saffron fades as one heads South along the Bangladesh border

Sabrang India has discovered that even though the BJP...

Forest Dweller rights missing from Election 2019 discourse

The Lok Sabha elections have concluded, results are in,...

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