Tag: news
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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 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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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…
