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Tuition fee to marriages, Indian MPs have to go beyond duty, but MPLAD fund just not enough

Rwitwika Bhattacharya - June 13, 2022

From conducting weddings to paying school tuition, MPs often go beyond the call of duty to satisfy constituents, and receive little help from the government.

Denying Parliament info citing ‘national security’ undemocratic. Govt moves need oversight

Lt General Prakash Menon - May 10, 2022

In the tussle between weakening Parliament and power-hungry executive, Indians are losing their voice.

Increasing ordinances, decreasing Parliament time – How BJP is making legislature irrelevant

Himanshu Rewar - August 25, 2021

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Parliament to middle class: These are the 8 failings of India coronavirus has exposed

Dilip Mandal - May 27, 2020

The Covid outbreak has shown that right to equality is only India’s official position. A nation that can’t cry together, isn’t a nation.

With 3 pillars of democracy falling apart, it’s time to read the Constitution once again

Maneesh Chhibber - November 26, 2018

Constitution-framers wanted these three wings to function independently, with clearly defined separation of powers.

अब गेंद मुख्य न्यायाधीश दीपक मिश्रा के पाले में

Shekhar Gupta - January 13, 2018

बयानबाजी से बचने की न्यायपालिका की अघोषित अचार संहिता को तोड़कर जजों ने जो संकट पैदा किया है वह क्या मोड़ लेगा, यह मुख्य न्यायाधीश दीपक मिश्रा पर निर्भर है.

The revolt by four Supreme Court judges just made it easier for the Modi govt to step in

Madhav Khosla - January 13, 2018

As one controversy after another has shown, there is no longer much credibility for the judiciary to lose.

What CJI Misra does this weekend will decide the future of Indian judiciary

Shekhar Gupta - January 13, 2018

The four judges have shattered the judiciary’s code of silence. How this crisis ends is up to Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.

The courts do not have the ability, space, time, or powers to perform another institution’s role

Shekhar Gupta - November 27, 2017

The judiciary cannot govern like the executive, and it cannot make laws like the legislature.

If the judiciary and executive are on the same page, it will be disastrous

Alok Prasanna Kumar - November 27, 2017

President Kovind, PM Modi, and Chief Justice Misra's comments have reignited the debate about the separation between the executive and the judiciary.

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