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Topic: Constitution

Are courts awarding too many death sentences? 539 convicts on death row in 2022, highest in 17 yrs

A look at judgments shows that trial courts often award death penalty without adhering to SC guidelines & precedents, and that 'rarest of rate' criterion is inconsistently understood.

EC appointments: SC says it’s a ‘myth’ court can’t make law, no strict separation of powers in India

Brushing aside Modi govt's opposition to intervention, 5-judge constitution bench observed if ‘separation of powers is part of basic structure' of Constitution, so is ‘judicial review’.

Constitution makers’ vision guiding our country, grateful to Ambedkar, says President Murmu

In her address on the eve of 74th Republic Day Wednesday, President Droupadi Murmu said in founders of the Constitution gave us a framework & walking that path remains our responsibility.

‘Mandatory reading’ — New book delves into meaning of India’s ‘constitutional democracy’

Published by Bloomsbury, 'Between Hope and Despair' by Rajeev Bhargava will be released on 20 January on Softcover, on ThePrint’s Softcover.

New book exalts democracy & Constitution through lawyer K.G. Kannabiran’s courtwalks

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘The Speaking Constitution: A Sisyphean Life in Law,’ by K.G. Kannabiran, translated by Kalpana Kannabiran will be released on 16 December on ThePrint’s Softcover.

Gauhati Medical College wins grand finale of ConQuest 2022

The quiz is promoted by the Centre for Law and Policy Research and it aims to facilitate public engagement with the Indian Constitution, history and politics.

‘Increase debate & discussion’, says Modi on Constitution Day, extolls virtue of ‘We the people’

Union ministries & senior leaders of the country commemorated the adoption of the Constitution on this day in 1949 by reading the Preamble & inaugurating new social justice initiatives.

After a 2-year hiatus, ConQuest is back—India’s biggest quiz on the Constitution

ConQuest 2022 we will bring to life the people, events and ideas that were central to India’s Independence Movement and highlight its inextricable link with our Constitution.

Reservations do not help further the cause of higher education in India

At times discussions need to be politically incorrect to reflect the true picture and help the Nation and society to progress and prosper, writes Col KL Viswanathan.

Unafraid to oppose Ambedkar, Congress—Dakshayani Velayudhan was India’s 1st Dalit woman MLA

Achyut Chetan's 'Founding Mothers of the Indian Republic' explores the contributions of women leaders in the making of our Constitution.

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Bads of Bollywood can’t get more brazenly nepo. The joke’s on us

After watching the most discussed series on Netflix, I was planning to write an asterisk-heavy column. As a tribute to the asterisks in its...

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.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

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.