Supreme Court

Mumbai after Yakub’s Hanging

Omkar Khandekar

The disquiet among Muslims in Mumbai

Disabilities Bill: Enabling India

V Shoba

How the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, expected to be tabled in Parliament this Monsoon Session, could replace a 20-year-old law and bring large swathes of India’s disabled into the mainstream

JATS: BACKWARD FORWARD

Kumar Anshuman

The Supreme Court decision to take Jats off the Central OBC list means that the Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur districts don’t get the benefit of reservations that others of the community do in Rajasthan

The silence is not broken

Madhavankutty Pillai

Dhoni’s comment on the IPL betting controversy is as good as a no-comment

‎The Dharmic Judge

Shahina KK

Justice V R Krishna Iyer (1914-2014) was a tireless champion of fundamental rights

‘Pink Revolution’ beneficial to whom?

Mina Anand

Dazzled by the sheen of ‘dollars’, we do not perceive the hidden costs that come with meat exports

A Murder by Any Other Name

Madhavankutty Pillai

The Supreme Court spells out a policy on encounters to prevent cold blooded killings

Mercy killing

Haima Deshpande

While the Supreme Court has issued notices to states and union territories seeking their views on legalising passive euthanasia, the families of comatose patients Shruti, Najma and Amit refuse to even discuss the issue. They think they are being unjust to their loved ones