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    V Aravinda
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      CJP
      Legal Lens

      CJP leaders in jail: Right to protest vs condition to maintain peace

      20 Oct 2026 4:00 PM IST
      Maharashtra govt scraps 5 pc Muslim quota under SEBC category
      Legal Lens

      Why does changing religion put reservation benefits at risk?

      18 Oct 2026 4:32 PM IST
      How Vijays TN assembly tests anti-defection law
      Legal Lens

      TN MLA resignations and re-election test limits of anti-defection law

      14 Oct 2026 6:05 PM IST
      Jantar Mantar
      Legal Lens

      Can Delhi Police take Jantar Mantar off the protest map?

      13 Oct 2026 6:33 PM IST
      INDIA bloc SIR petition
      The Federal Special

      What Rahul Gandhi's SIR petition in SC asks, and why sceptics doubt it

      13 Oct 2026 9:41 AM IST
      Six things to watch as SC examines EC’s decisions
      The Federal Special

      Six things to watch as SC examines EC’s decisions

      6 Oct 2026 9:00 AM IST
      Uniform Civil Code
      The Federal Special

      Nothing uniform about UCC: How Gujarat, Assam and Uttarakhand rules differ

      5 Oct 2026 9:00 AM IST
      One Nation One Election meeting
      The Federal Special

      ONOE panel and SC judges: Why the cancelled meeting matters

      2 Oct 2026 6:15 PM IST
      Supreme Court on grounds for preventive detention
      The Federal Special

      Why preventive detention now needs more than a police confession

      30 Sept 2026 6:05 PM IST
      Justice Satish Chandra Sharma
      The Federal Special

      Cost of non-disclosure: Why two SC cases sparked questions of judicial impartiality

      28 Sept 2026 7:10 PM IST
      Danam Nagender
      The Federal Special

      Danam Nagender case: What SC’s refusal to intervene means for Telangana defections

      26 Sept 2026 5:01 PM IST
      Appointment dispute and internal dissent: EC faces a checks-and-balances question
      The Federal Special

      Appointment dispute and internal dissent: EC faces a checks-and-balances question

      23 Sept 2026 9:03 PM IST
      Equal rights may not need a Uniform Civil Code: Shah Bano a case in point
      The Federal Special

      Equal rights may not need a Uniform Civil Code: Shah Bano a case in point

      23 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
      Surendra Koli
      The Federal Special

      Surendra Koli: Freed from the gallows, failed by the State

      19 Sept 2026 7:00 PM IST
      Tata Sons at a crossroads: RBI listing, Chandrasekaran’s term
      The Federal Special

      Tata Sons at a crossroads: RBI listing, Chandrasekaran’s term

      19 Sept 2026 4:00 PM IST
      Whose Trinamool Is It anyway? ECs toughest test since Sena
      Explainers

      Whose Trinamool Is It anyway? EC's toughest test since Sena

      19 Sept 2026 7:10 AM IST
      Uniform Civil Code (UCC)
      The Federal Special

      One nation, many codes: The contradiction inside Amit Shah’s 2029 UCC promise

      15 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
      Why does a judge think 23 death sentences make him brave?
      The Federal Special

      Why does a judge think 23 death sentences make him brave?

      12 Sept 2026 3:14 PM IST
      Ashish Joshi, Aparna Kurup
      The Federal Special

      From Ashish Joshi to Aparna Kurup: How a riot provision is being used to police speech

      10 Sept 2026 6:20 AM IST
      Why Punjab govt is sulking over HC chief justice appointment, but silent on the man himself
      The Federal Special

      Why Punjab govt is sulking over HC chief justice appointment, but silent on the man himself

      8 Sept 2026 7:00 PM IST
      Supreme court compensation
      The Federal Special

      NEET suicide compensation: Why relief must go along with prevention

      6 Sept 2026 12:54 PM IST
      One protest, two probes: Why the 2,873-person FIR raises questions
      The Federal Special

      One protest, two probes: Why the 2,873-person FIR raises questions

      4 Sept 2026 6:25 PM IST
      How fishing-permit delays became an ‘unwritten ban’: SC’s purse-seine ruling decoded
      The Federal Special

      How fishing-permit delays became an ‘unwritten ban’: SC’s purse-seine ruling decoded

      3 Sept 2026 8:04 PM IST
      SC labour verdict: Old cases protected under 1978 test, ‘industry’ definition still unsettled
      The Federal Special

      SC labour verdict: Old cases protected under 1978 test, ‘industry’ definition still unsettled

      25 Aug 2026 4:00 PM IST
      Why legal experts, activists are critical of PM Modi’s call to ‘identify and isolate Dimagi Naxals’
      The Eighth Column

      Why legal experts, activists are critical of PM Modi’s call to ‘identify and isolate Dimagi Naxals’

      21 Aug 2026 5:09 PM IST
      Sonia Gandhi vande mataram row
      The Federal Special

      Vande Mataram row: Can a gesture or a remark amount to an offence?

      18 Aug 2026 1:46 PM IST
      Bar council of India
      The Federal Special

      After NALSAR row, a bigger question for Bar Council: Who makes its decisions?

      16 Aug 2026 3:19 PM IST
      laws
      The Federal Special

      What makes a law colonial? India’s oldest statutes still live on

      15 Aug 2026 2:53 PM IST
      Inquiry panel finds Justice Varma guilty, leaves crucial witnesses unheard
      The Federal Special

      Inquiry panel finds Justice Varma guilty, leaves crucial witnesses unheard

      13 Aug 2026 1:18 PM IST
      SC says media can be sued for privacy violations; will judgment hurt journalism?
      The Federal Special

      SC says media can be sued for privacy violations; will judgment hurt journalism?

      11 Aug 2026 10:28 AM IST
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