Sanjay Hegde

Freedom from freebies must not come from judicial diktat or executive fiat

The Supreme Court should stick to its normal posture of not getting embroiled in political thickets

Courts have become spectator sports but can't degenerate into public brawls

The advent of 24x7 news channels, continual live-tweeting and YouTubed webcasting of proceedings have made judges and lawyers participants in a judicial content-creating version of Bigg Boss

Supreme Court order on farm laws: None to praise and very few to love it

The order illustrates the axiom, that Indian judiciary's idea of justice is that when two people fight in court over a 100 rupee note, the judge tears it up into two and gives each person a half

The AGR case is a triumph of bureaucratic obstinacy over good sense

While it raises the larger question of the Court's role on matters that have a major impact on the economy, much of the blame also lies with the govt for poor handling of the issue

Right to privacy: SC judgment also makes case for regulating data storage

Says dangers to privacy originate not only from state but also email, search, social media services

AMU professor row: This is where SC's Triple Talaq judgment falls short

The court's refusal to judge personal laws on the touchstone of Constitution is problematic

Ram Jethmalani: Consummate lawyer who lit up every courtroom he graced

Whether it was politics or the courtroom, Jethmalani was never one to shy away from a fight, howsoever unpopular his stand was

Democracy abjures secrecy: Electoral bonds go to the heart of democracy

The SC's reluctance or inability to hear the challenge to electoral bonds means that the 2019 elections are being fought on dubious funds, write Sanjay Hegde and Pranjal Kishore.

Jamming Justice KM Joseph: Will SC protect the constitution and the court?

"It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship, but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings."

Simultaneous polls for States and Centre? An idea as bad as demonetisation

The noise and chaos of India's democracy is what keeps it alive and kicking