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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’
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Witness Protection in India: an idea gathering dust
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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
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Does the VBA’s performance in 2019 signal Maharashtra’s subaltern sunrise?
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WB post poll analysis: Saffron fades as one heads South along the Bangladesh border
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Forest Dweller rights missing from Election 2019 discourse
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