Topic: Constitution
Women have constitutional right to enter Sabarimala temple: Supreme Court
Women cannot be discriminated against with regard to offering prayer in a temple, observed the apex court.
Not Congress but BJP has lived up to the commitment to preserve Constitution
Critics of Deendayal Upadhyaya must remember the BJP ideologue never advocated wholesale amendment or mutilation of the Constitution.
The Aadhaar challenge: 3 features that put constitutional rights at risk
Even if the state can interfere with a constitutional right based on some legitimate state interest, the intrusion can’t be arbitrary.
Reservation in job promotion is a knot India has been struggling to untie
As a Supreme Court constitutional bench looks into the reservation in promotion policy, here’s how three landmark judgments have dealt with the controversial issue.
Justice Chelameswar’s legacy is fraught with contradictions
Justice Chelameswar’s stepping out as a leader of the collegium is important, but as a judge in NJAC case, he privileged the executive as central to individual liberty and the structure of constitutional institutions.
Dear Ravi Shankar Prasad, soul of Constitution resides not in images, but in its text
Since the text of the Constitution goes against the Hindu Right’s worldview, minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has to scavenge the manuscript to show us pictures to suggest its Hindu-ness.
Ravi Shankar Prasad’s weapon of choice against opposition is a copy of the Constitution
Be it at TV debates or seminars, the law minister often quotes from a copy of the original manuscript of the Constitution to support his government’s stance.
Civil service recruitment needs real reforms, not ad hoc approach
By turning the foundation course into an obstacle course, we will really convert the ‘Happy Valley’ into a ‘Paradise Lost’.
Where are the archives of our Dalit Trans foremothers and forefathers?
Dalit transgender people are at the intersection of caste and diverse notions of gender, and are always the last people who make it into the annals of history.
Secularism is just a word, but opposition will resist BJP bid to drop it from Constitution
The word itself may not be essential, but its removal will symbolise an assault on the spirit of Indian pluralism and religious freedom.
As China and military transform Pakistan, voters weigh their options
Possibility of Chinese neo-colonialism, excessive military intervention, and incoherent agendas of political parties are major challenges confronting voters.
As India mourns legendary Neeraj, is the era of poetry over in Bollywood music?
Experts weigh in on the art of poetry in Bollywood songs
