CJI Chandrachud’s ‘tareekh pe tareekh’ anguish over adjournment requests in the Supreme Court is valid. But as masters of their own court, judges should put an end to the growing trend and impose costs if such appeals are made on flimsy grounds. Lawyers must contribute to vitality of the judiciary.
Jinping wants Chinese women to focus on marriage, babies. It’s a knockout punch to equality
Xi Jinping wants Chinese women to focus on marriage and having babies. This desperate move to address a shrinking population is nothing but regressive. When India is making efforts to bring more women into the workforce, China’s slide back toward the middle ages is a knockout punch to gender equality.
Mob robbing police campus is a blot on Manipur’s continuing crisis. State, Centre must answer
In another blot on Manipur’s law and order, a mob stormed a police campus to steal AK-47s. It’s a reminder of the continuing breakdown of constitutional machinery. The state government and the Centre have eluded accountability for months. Manipur continues to burn. They must answer for the cycle of violence.
Governors in non-BJP-ruled states are making a mockery of democracy. SC must step in
Governments of Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Kerala having to move Supreme Court to get governors to clear bills is another sign of politicisation of Raj Bhawans. Governors in many non-BJP-ruled states are making a mockery of democracy by obstructing elected governments’ functioning. SC must step in to check gubernatorial hyperdrive.
BJP leader Dayma’s mosques-gurdwaras remark shows warped mindset. SGPC right to call him out
Rajasthan BJP leader Sandeep Dayma calling mosques-gurdwaras’ growth problematic and then apologising to Sikhs that he meant mosques-madrasas betrays warped mindset. SGPC has done well to call his apology ‘equally condemnable’. BJP must teach Constitution to cadres and tell them what PM Modi’s ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ slogan truly means.