Senior advocate Indira Jaisingh writes that the recent letter stated to be written by 600 members of the bar comes as no surprise. “It is in fact a reaction to the resistance and a defence of the status quo.”

He was a liberal in the constitutional sense of the word, defending the fundamental rights of citizens against an overbearing state.

'Custom' and 'culture' impacted the judiciary as one saw an increasing trend to use those to justify imposing restrictions on fundamental rights or writing them out of existence.

A long look at 2023 and how the courts let India down.

The judiciary must consciously eliminate derogatory tendencies towards women in our (spoken and judicial) language.

India has no “federal crimes“, only a federal investigating agency. Its powers are subject to the state giving its consent to investigate a crime within its territory.

Marriage must now conclusively be held to be a secular institution, governed by civil law that confers equal rights on men and women within a marriage.

Mediations are only fair if both parties are equally powerful – which isn't true for the Babri Masjid case, particularly in Adityanath's UP.

The Supreme Court has erred in refusing to examine why the CBI did not appeal the discharge of the BJP president in a case of triple murder – the encounter killings of Kauser Bi, her husband Sohrabuddin and his associate Tulsiram Prajapati.

The Supreme Court has erred in refusing to examine why the CBI did not appeal the discharge of the BJP president in a case of triple murder – the encounter killings of Kauser Bi, her husband Sohrabuddin and his associate Tulsiram Prajapati.

The police power of the State has asserted itself once more against the right of free speech.

In response to the bail order granting bail to JNU Student Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, Indira Jaising reminds us that there can be no anticipatory restraint on free speech

By this one judgement of setting qualifying standards to contest elections, the Supreme Court has ensured that power at the grassroots level will remain in the hands of the entrenched elite.

The show-cause notices issued to three private TV channels for their coverage of the Yakub Memon execution have no basis in law and raise disturbing questions about freedom of expression in the country.

In a society in which data can be so easily made public, how can one trust the Digital Locker to be secure?

The most recent attempt to usurp the powers of Delhi Government in the matter of postings of civil servants shows complete disregard for constitutional norms and is a cynical abuse of power