50 Years Of Emergency: Banality Of Evil, And A Warning

While India today is vastly different from the India of 1975, the need for vigilance against authoritarianism remains the same, asserts Utkarsh Mishra. IMAGE: National Democratic Alliance MPs......

Jail, not bail, is the rule in today's India

It is not just the weak who are harmed by the judicial process's failure to grant bail.Any high profile person can be made to spend weeks in jail while the arresting authority shouts and preens for......

'Judges are not free of fear'

'Judges have families; they have their future to worry about.''In an atmosphere of fear, the judges are constantly under some kind of psychological pressure.''I have seen this is happening across......

The Collegium has not entirely freed judges from dependence on the government

'There is one weapon in the government's armoury which impacts the independence of the judiciary, and which has not been affected by the collegium system.''It is post-retirement employment with the......

Remembering Ashok Mitra

Dr Mitra called the Pandara Road crowd a 'cheerful collective of young dreamers,' united in its 'love and pride for the newly Independent India,' despite 'sharp disparities in background,......