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Election Commission Independence: How It’s Debated Today
Judiciary, Law & Institutions

Election Commission Independence: How It’s Debated Today

Who gets to select India's Election Commissioners, the officials responsible for overseeing every national and state election, has become a genuinely contested question in recent years,…

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Places of Worship Act: The Legal Cases Testing It
Judiciary, Law & Institutions

Places of Worship Act: The Legal Cases Testing It

A 1991 law meant to settle disputes over religious sites once and for all has instead become the subject of some of India's most closely watched…

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The National Judicial Appointments Commission: Why the Supreme Court Struck It Down
Judiciary, Law & Institutions

The National Judicial Appointments Commission: Why the Supreme Court Struck It Down

Early in its first term, the Modi government attempted a fundamental overhaul of how India appoints its judges, replacing the judiciary-led Collegium system with a commission…

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Sedition Law Review: Why the Supreme Court Put It on Hold
Judiciary, Law & Institutions

Sedition Law Review: Why the Supreme Court Put It on Hold

India's colonial-era sedition law spent years in an unusual legal limbo: neither struck down nor fully operational. This article explains the Supreme Court's 2022 order that…

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UAPA Amendments: How Anti-Terror Law Powers Were Expanded
Judiciary, Law & Institutions

UAPA Amendments: How Anti-Terror Law Powers Were Expanded

The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act is India's primary anti-terrorism law, and a 2019 amendment significantly expanded its scope. This article explains what changed, the low conviction…

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The Right to Privacy Judgment: How a 2017 Verdict Reshaped Indian Law
Judiciary, Law & Institutions

The Right to Privacy Judgment: How a 2017 Verdict Reshaped Indian Law

Few Indian Supreme Court judgments have had as far-reaching an influence on subsequent law as the August 2017 ruling in K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India.…

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Judicial Appointments Under Modi: The Collegium System Tensions
Judiciary, Law & Institutions

Judicial Appointments Under Modi: The Collegium System Tensions

India's system for appointing judges to its higher courts, the Collegium, has been a recurring source of friction between the judiciary and the executive throughout the…

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Article 356 and President’s Rule: How Often It’s Been Used Under Modi
Judiciary, Law & Institutions

Article 356 and President’s Rule: How Often It’s Been Used Under Modi

Article 356 gives the central government a genuinely extraordinary power: the ability to dissolve an elected state government and place a state under direct central administration.…

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Farm Laws Repeal: The Legal and Parliamentary Process Explained
Judiciary, Law & Institutions

Farm Laws Repeal: The Legal and Parliamentary Process Explained

Our earlier articles covered why the 2020 farm laws were introduced and their federalism dimension. This article focuses narrowly on something distinct from both: the specific…

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