Fifty-first anniversary of Emergency
The country recently witnessed the 51st anniversary of the declaration of The Emergency on the 25th of June 1975, which was subsequently revoked in March 1977 after a period of…
On the concentration of powers in the Executive!
The recent swearing-in of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a select group within the cabinet decided on the allocation of ministerial…
Are human rights “conferred” on people by the powers that be?
BA and Venkatesh Sundaram Source of image: https://blog.ipleaders.in/critical-analysis-udhr/ In a startling opinion a bench of the Supreme Court observed “only law-abiding citizens can claim fundamental rights’’ according to a news…
On the Republic Day Celebrations of January 26, 2022: Some Reflections
by BA and Venkatesh Sundaram Source of image: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/indias-unemployment-rate-continues-to-hover-above-24/articleshow/75998561.cms The annual Republic Day Celebrations start a couple of days before January 26 and end soon after. In 2022, this will…
A critique on the speech delivered on ‘Rule of Law’ by the CJI
The Rule of Law is an Eurocentric concept that was used by the rising commercial and industrial interests from the 17th century onwards to seize sovereign power from the aristocracy.…