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Posting Is Not a Privilege: The Legal Position of Lawmakers on Social Media
A Member of Parliament now speaks in two places: the floor of the House, and a timeline that never adjourns. The Constitution protects the first with a carefully drafted immunity. It says very little about the second. Lawmakers are discovering, case by case, that the law treats their posts much as it treats everyone else’s,…
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Section 163 and the Art of the Invisible Assembly
On Saturday, Delhi staged one of the most expensive non-events in its history. For a rally that was never allowed to assemble, more than 2,000 people were detained. Thousands of police and paramilitary personnel were deployed. Internet was suspended in the central business district, and dozens of metro stations and markets were shut. Whatever one…
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Delhi Discovers a New Sport: Competitive Gathering Prevention
Delhi has long held that the surest way to host a protest is to make sure nobody can reach it. On Saturday it perfected the method. More than 2,000 people were detained, thousands of police and paramilitary personnel were deployed, mobile internet was suspended in the central business district, and dozens of metro stations and…
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The Jamui Case: A Viral Video and the Law’s Reckoning
29 Sept 2026 · @Sadhana Shukla What Happened On 19 September 2026, a group of men accosted a Class 10 girl and a male friend on a rural stretch outside Jamui town, Bihar, as the two returned from a coaching class. The two had stopped to take photographs when nearly half a dozen men surrounded…
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The Constitutional Case for Reservation Reform
Why the Reservation Hatao Andolan Deserves a Hearing 5 September 2026 By Sadhana Shukla Introduction On 21 August 2026, several thousand people gathered — first at Jantar Mantar, then, after Delhi Police confined the assembly to Ramlila Maidan with a 500-person cap, in defiance of that cap — under the banner of the Reservation Hatao…
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When a Litigant Turns on the Court: The Prabal Pratap Incident and the Limits of Judicial Restraint
A courtroom disruption before the Supreme Court on July 10, 2026 has reopened questions about contempt jurisdiction, courtroom security, and how far judicial patience should stretch for a self-represented litigant. The incident On Friday, July 10, 2026, proceedings before a partial-working-day Bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan and Alok Aradhe turned chaotic when a petitioner-in-person, Prabal…
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The Interview as Gatekeeper
Arbitrariness in the Viva Voce Stage of Civil Judge and Higher Judiciary Recruitment Introduction Few stages of judicial recruitment generate as much litigation, and as much unease, as the interview. A candidate who tops the written examination can find herself out of the final list because she fell a mark or two short of a…
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Cockroach Janta Party Sweeps Into Power, Promises to Outlive Every Other Manifesto
Filed from the basement of a municipal building that hasn’t been cleaned since 1987 In a development that surprised no one who has ever turned on a kitchen light at 2 a.m., the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has announced its candidacy in every constituency simultaneously, citing its unmatched ground presence — under your stove, behind…
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The Interdependent Provisions of the MSMED Act, 2006 and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: A Statutory Symbiosis Introduction The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) operate as two distinct legislative frameworks in India, yet they share a deeply intertwined relationship when…
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The Three-Year Practice Rule for Judicial Services: A Pendulum That Never Quite Settles An editorial tracing the historical arc of an unresolved debate, from the Setalvad Commission of 1958 to the Supreme Court’s 2025 reinstatement and the ongoing reconsideration of 2026. Introduction Few questions in Indian judicial reform have oscillated as violently as this one:…
