Uphaar verdict reinforces a dispiriting message: scales of justice tilt towards well-heeled

Thirty years after its creation, the Bajrang Dal continues to challenge an already precarious rule of law

The santhara case offers yet another opportunity to re-examine the legal status of suicide.

Disneyland and the Nashik Kumbh share a distaste for the social media phenomenon of our times.

AG De argued it was a fundamental fallacy to suggest that free and fair elections could not be conducted if courts of the country were denied the right of “judicial review” of election disputes.

Differentiating between terror and other cases for death penalty is unsustainable.

Once again, the debate on census population data on religion misses the point.

The urge to rename roads betrays embarrassing insecurities about the annals of history.

Modi government does well not to repromulgate the land ordinance. Now it must focus on other, more urgent, reforms.

Why payments banks must not fizzle out like other attempts at financial inclusion.

Its debut rally was a riposte to Modi, the grand alliance in Bihar seemed to lack a voice of its own.

Use of ‘development’ as a catch-all represents a shrinking of the imagination.

India and Pakistan are seriously in need of couples conselling.

Call drops raise questions about Digital India. Spectrum shortage is at the heart of the matter.

The state needs a stimulus. Only the Centre can provide it.

A look at the front page of Indian Express on August 31, published forty years ago.

Nation after nation has abolished the death penalty. India must summon the moral courage to follow them.

And so, as in 2008, comes the obvious question: How fast can Usain Bolt run the 200m?

As the all women police station comes to Haryana, the experience of other states offers lessons of possibilities, limits

Income-tax raids at the premise belonging to Vijaya Raje Scindia of Gwalior and other members of the former ruling family revealed “extensive tax evasion and concealed wealth”

The man of the match in Sri Lanka: Mahinda Deshapriya, elections commissioner

Things can change between India and Pakistan if one side simply refuses to play the well-worn game

Patel demand for reservation is an eruption against growth that has not been inclusive or accommodative.

The rebellion in Assam is a warning. Congress’s central leadership needs to engage state units, play a mediating role.