It took the largest bank in the country 17 days, from February 16 to March 3, to figure out that it cannot provide information by March 6 but will be able to provide it only by June 30.

Focusing the entire discussion using the term EVMs to actually refer to a group of three machines tends to confuse a lot of lay voters who still think that the Electronic Voting Machine is being discussed.

The immediate cause of concern arises from the recent public utterances by two of the seniormost members of the highest judiciary in the land.

A lot of us seem to have forgotten that political parties, elections and democracy existed even before 2017 – and so before the existence of electoral bonds.

Beyond the binary of a Supreme Court ruling and the Modi government’s disquieting new Bill lies a fresh perspective on limiting executive control over EC appointments. This ‘new’ perspective goes back to prescient Constituent Assembly debates.

The fact that the land legally belonged to the Akhil Bharat Sarva Seva Sangh, founded by Vinoba Bhave in 1948, was just a minor irritant for the powers that be.

It is incumbent on civil society to stand by them as they now take on this legal struggle which may well turn out to be a marathon.

There are three elements of today's political culture that possibly explain “the phenomenon of ‘Modi can do no wrong’".

A set of events reported in the media suggests that no court is willing to hear the allegations against the BJP MP and WFI chief.

Prime Minister Modi inaugurating the building is a violation of constitutional principles. Given that President Droupadi Murmu has been steadfast in correctly performing her public duties, this violation leaves her with just one honourable option.

The interview with Satya Pal Malik gives a fair idea of what Malik was being asked to be silent about, but what is of great concern is who asked him to stay silent and what could be the implications of his staying silent and not staying silent. The concern arises because the implications could be very wide, ranging from national security to the state of our democracy

The proposal for remote voting for migrant resident voters (MRIs) is not new has its origins in an older proposal, to allow Non-Resident Indians to vote. There are serious issues with this.

The problem of defection is not of the legislators alone. Political parties are essential actors in this drama of defection that now plays out repeatedly and brazenly in the political theatre of this country.

The Supreme Court's judgments in the cases of Zakia Jafri and Nupur Sharma are a study in contrast; one in which observations in court supplanted the main arguments of the petitioner, and the other, where the court proceedings were virtually left out.

All that the announcement does is to follow exactly what several judgments of the Supreme Court have ordered.

The Union minister of state for home affairs was acquitted in a 2000 murder case, but appeal is still pending before the Allahabad high court, and the case is still sub-judice.

Despite the ECI's enquiries and reassurances, there is a fairly widespread impression that the attempted linking of electoral roll data with Aadhaar may have resulted in the disenfranchisement of legitimate voters.

The Sangh parivar knows that its Hindu rashtra project is close to complete. It cares about little else.

Presenting the current impasse in the Collegium as one that could 'cost India its first female CJI' would be a mistake.

The polarisation caused by traditional bases of political and electoral mobilisation means that new methods are required. The farmers' protest has transcended these divisions.