Fake ‘encounters’ completely sidestep and circumvent legal procedures, as it essentially means bumping someone off without a trial.

Our courts should start imposing heavy fines on politicians at whose instance illegal arrests and detention orders are passed.

Conspiracy theories are targeting Indian Muslims, and not just those connected with Tablighi Jamaat, as spreaders of COVID-19.

The Supreme Court of India has already upheld the Brandenburg test for when speech is illegal. It is time now for the court to reiterate this principle via a constitution bench so that the right to free speech is not trampled upon.

The agitation is now really benefiting those who benefit from communalism in politics.

The new jurisprudence which has arisen in the soil of Uttar Pradesh pays little attention to the illegality of penalising protesters.

Khan has been accused of creating religious disharmony in a speech made at an anti-CAA rally in AMU.

Criticising the government is not a crime and a man’s liberty of movement cannot be hindered except on the surest grounds.

Part of the poem uses traditional Islamic imagery, but it is used to attack Zia’s dictatorship and restore democracy, not for establishing orthodox Islam.

The higher one moves up a hierarchy, the more humble and courteous one must become.

Some people may criticise General Bajwa's extension, but in my view this avoids an unnecessary confrontation, and gives adequate time to the concerned authorities to decide on his replacement as Chief of Army Staff.

While I have nothing against Sardar Patel, I believe that he had no connection with Kashmir. Therefore it would be wholly inappropriate to rename the Sher-i-Kashmir stadium after him.

Previous judgments have established that president's rule can only be imposed when no other recourse is left, which was not the case in Maharashtra.

It is foolish to think the Supreme Court’s decision will bring about communal peace. Appeasement, like the Munich pact of 1938, only whets the appetite of the aggressor.

While there are many upright lawyers, it must be said that the ethical standards of not a few have fallen.

Two wrongs don't make one right. What was done to Kashmiri Pandits in the past was condemnable. But does it justify the wrongs being done to Kashmiri Muslims today?

Why a song about the American Union Army still evokes a strong response today.

It remains to be seen if the court will uphold the fundamental right to life and liberty.

In today's surcharged communal atmosphere, Dhavan has not flinched from his duty to appear for Muslims in the Ayodhya land dispute case.

As the CBI moves to arrest former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, it is time to ask ourselves what makes a good cop.