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TopicShanti Bhushan

Topic: Shanti Bhushan

Former union minister and senior advocate Shanti Bhushan passes away at 97

PTI -
Bhushan, whose sons Jayant and Prashant Bhushan are leading lawyers, served as the law minister from 1977 to 1979 in the Morarji Desai cabinet.

Prashant Bhushan is a selective crusader for democracy, with a cussed streak of intolerance

Aashish Khetan -
When it came to undemocratic attacks on AAP govt and Arvind Kejriwal, 'guardian of democracy' Prashant Bhushan mostly stayed silent, or rejoiced. 

Now another SC bench calls for fresh examination of powers of chief justice of India

Apurva Vishwanath -
A day after Justice Chelameswar refused to entertain Shanti Bhushan's petition, justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan admitted it.

Shanti & Prashant Bhushan move Supreme Court against powers of chief justice

Apurva Vishwanath -
They have argued that ‘master of roster’ could not be an ‘unguided and unbridled discretionary power, exercised arbitrarily by the CJI by hand-picking benches of select judges.’

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Opinion

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

Manvendra Singh -
The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

Superman Modi to superpower meeting — Indian TV anchors script a Tianjin blockbuster

Why India should let the rupee fall

Economy

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Defence

Choppy ride for India’s submarine ambition: Project P-751 chugs forward, Scorpenes a stinging tale

Snehesh Alex Philip -
With P75I still years away & the follow-on Scorpenes stuck, India’s long-promised 30-yr submarine plan remains behind schedule

National Interest

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

Shekhar Gupta -
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.

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