Letter to the readers, Mainstream, April 13, 2024
It is campaign time for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Most opposition political parties have released their ‘Election Manifestos’, highlighting their proposed policy promises to voters. We had in (...)
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Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, April 13, 2024
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Opposition Ruled States Under Stress Over Financial Dues from the Modi led Union Government | JP Gadkari
12 April, by J P Gadkari"Let there not be a contest between the Union and the State", said the Supreme Court while hearing the Karnataka Govt’s plea seeking the direction of the Court to the Centre to release financial aid for meeting its need for managing the severe (...) -
Ladakh fights to restore statehood and Mountainous Ecology | Soma Marla
12 April, by Soma S. MarlaCurrently, in Ladakh section 144 has been imposed, the internet is shut and barricades are put on all roads leading to Leh city. All these restrictions are imposed to stop people joining the peaceful Pashmina march demanding statehood to (...) -
Murder in the campus | Sukumaran C.V.
12 April, by Sukumaran C.V.A resident student of the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University was found dead in the hostel (dormitory) room on Feb.18, 2024. Those who "found" him dead (including the Dean and the hostel warden) say he was found hanging in the (...) -
Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES): Resolving Income Disparity Concerns | S N Tripathy
12 April, by S N TripathyThe release of the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) from August 2022 to July 2023 has sparked discussions and raised eyebrows across the nation. While the survey aims to provide insights into households’ Monthly Per Capita (...) -
Who dare question judicial prudence? | Faraz Ahmad
12 April, by Faraz AhmadThe general elections commence from April 19, in the midst of the BJP ruled government’s tremendous effort to paralyse any opposition worth the name.
There is an oft quoted statement in legal circles regarding the majesty of law attributed to a (...) -
A Discourse on Public Trust in the Election Commission | Arup Kumar Sen
12 April, by Arup Kumar SenThe 18th Lok Sabha elections in India are almost knocking at our doors. On the eve of the Lok Sabha poll, The Caravan (April 2024) carried a report titled ‘The Taming of the Election Commission of India’. The author of the Report, Eram Agha, (...) -
India’s First Metadata case: Why Justice Sikri’s order on Aadhaar project and Aadhaar Act is unconstitutional – Part 4 | Gopal Krishna
12 AprilIf once people become inattentive to the public affairs, “you and I, Congress and Assemblies, judges and Governors shall become wolves.
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of USA in a letter dated (...) -
Live-in lover law opens door to attacks on freedoms | Arpan Acharya
12 AprilIndia’s new code throws into doubt whether its citizens are truly protected from the arbitrary exercise of power by public officials.
Imagine a knock on the door at midnight, not because you are charged with sedition or tax evasion but because (...)