Book review of On Citizenship
Varanasi court order on Gyanvapi mosque questions the optimism that Ayodhya wouldn't be repeated. Spending too much time looking at the past is a recipe for disaster
Linda Colley, an eminent historian of Britain, she focuses on one critical component of democracy - constitutions
A country as diverse as ours needs a political culture rooted in constitutional values and political discourse based on truth, respect, civility, and restraint
Book review of THE CROOKED PATH TO ABOLITION: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
Justice Lokur further said that judges should be people oriented and the Constitution is above everything
Book review of Voices of Dissent
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
The Bombay High Court on Friday said the freedom of speech and expression provided under Article 19 of the Constitution was not an absolute right
The acclaimed basic structure doctrine, came into being in 1973 while deciding a case of Kerala seer Kesavananda Bharati.
Kesavananda Bharati, a petitioner in a case that led to the Supreme Court evolving the celebrated doctrine of basic structure of the Constitution, died on Sunday
The PIL said that the amendment made in 1976 was antithetical to the constitutional tenets as well as the historical and cultural theme of India
Congress MLA filed an application before Rajasthan High Court seeking Centre to be impleaded in the ongoing case filed by rebel Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs case
Chief Justice of India S A Bobde reiterated that India is already called Bharat in the Constitution
For this, the govt will use Entry 42 of the Union list, along with Entry 33 of the Concurrent List, to frame a legislation
The CJI said more than 50 countries have specific provisions on fundamental duties in their constitutions
The larger question here is how important is the right to vote for the average Indian? How satisfied is the average Indian with the nation's tryst with electoral democracy?
Constitution must be followed in spirit, too
Naravane said the Army would safeguard the 'core values which are enshrined in the preamble to the Constitution; that is justice, liberty, equality and fraternity'
President Ram Nath Kovind had gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, on Thursday night, turning it into an Act.