Minority Mess

Even though AMU is facing a legal battle over its minority status, it has been performing its constitutionally ordained duty. Is the challenge to the University symbolic of the crisis…

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Tall Claims

A recent case of the Bombay High Court refusing to allow relaxation of height norms for a building near Mumbai’s airports is another example of rules being recklessly flouted by…

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Vive La France

While it is necessary to acknowledge the influence of English and European thought in India, let us not forget the French ideas of liberty, equality, fraternity, introduced in the Preamble…

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Allahabad High Court quashes detention order of Abbas Ansari’s driver Niaz Ansari, terms it illegal

The Allahabad High Court has quashed the detention order of Niaz Ansari, driver of shooter and politician Abbas Ansari, terming it illegal. The Division Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and…

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Chhattisgarh High Court dismisses PIL seeking direction to stop sale of shops in shopping complex made on Bilakhpur Dabri pond

The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking direction to the respondent authorities to stop the sale of shops of shopping complex which were made on…

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