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Topic: Constitution

How a case on Minerva Mills challenged and undid Indira Gandhi’s damage to the Constitution

The Minerva Mills case was as important as the Kesavananda Bharati case. And fighting it was Nani Palkhivala, India’s foremost constitutional litigator.

For the first time, India is seeing secularism go from a top-down decree to a street slogan

When Gandhi talked about secularism, he was shown black flags. When Indira Gandhi amended the Constitution to add it, she was asked to clarify what she meant.

In Ambedkar’s ‘Proposed Preamble’ to Indian Constitution, there was no ‘equality’ clause

Controversies around equality in India have existed since the birth of the Republic on 26 January 1950 and continues to this day.

Why Supreme Court of India won’t strike down Modi govt’s Citizenship Amendment Act

The primary ground on which the CAA is being challenged is its ostensible violation and abuse of the ‘right to equality’ enshrined in the Indian Constitution.

India has wide grounds for internet shutdowns but minimal safeguards – 2019 saw its result

Internet shutdowns are blanket bans and should be subject to serious scrutiny. But from Kashmir to Rajasthan, the reality has been different.

If Modi-Shah succeed in CAA-NRC project, these consequences will alter Indian society

If CAA and NRC are implemented, India will be split between Hindu India vs Muslim India, northeast vs Hindi belt and Kashmir vs the rest of India.

On Citizenship Bill, Modi and Amit Shah don’t really care what Supreme Court will say

Even if the Supreme Court does intervene and decide to strike down the unconstitutional amendments to the Citizenship Bill, Modi and Shah would not be too sad.

Modi’s new love: Fundamental duties Indira Gandhi inserted in Constitution during Emergency

Modi government excels at handpicking certain constitutional traditions that it finds agreeable and then dressing them up as the core of India’s Constitution.

Preamble reading, year-long campaign — how Modi govt will mark 70 years of Constitution

The plan also includes a special session in Parliament’s Central Hall to be addressed by PM Narendra Modi on 26 November, Constitution Day.

Constitution needs a re-look, says PM’s Economic Advisory Council chief Bibek Debroy

Speaking at the Palkhivala Memorial Lecture, economist Debroy also asked the judiciary to set performance and accountability indicators for itself.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.