05-Jul-2024 Counting of votes and post-counting remedies to the victim candidates of a tainted election process The free and fair election is a basic structure of the Constitution and the will of the people must prevail, it is on the shoulders of the Returning Officer to ensure that the counting of votes is not marred by any interference and tampering or manipulation.
27-Nov-2023 Are Governors undermining democracy by holding up bills? Should concern mount over India's democratic functioning as Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala approach Supreme Court over routine constitutional procedures?
14-Aug-2023 New criminal laws portend great danger to democracy, says civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad The Hindu
15-Jun-2023 Why should the colonial construct of sedition limit free speech in a democracy? Despite repeat judicial pronouncements against the existence of this law on our statute books, the 22nd Report of the Law Commission recommends its retention
31-Oct-2022 इलेक्टोरल बॉन्ड: लोकतंत्र का “ट्रोजन हॉर्स” राजनैतिक पार्टियों को चन्दा देने वालों को गोपनीय रहने की स्वतंत्रता और देश के बाहर रहने वालों को भी विदेशी मुद्रा अधिनियम (FEMA) के तहत चंदे की छूट ने भारतीय चुनावी प्रक्रिया के साथ खिलवाड़ की संभावना खड़ी की है
18-Oct-2022 Electoral Bonds: A Democracy’s Trojan horse The anonymity of the political party donor coupled with the fact that foreign entities can also be exempted under FEMA and contribute, has rendered the Indian electoral process open to manipulation
01-Sep-2018 Crackdown on Activists Politically Motivated: Justice PB Sawant Those arrested had nothing to do with Elgaar Parishad says retired SC Judge
01-Sep-2018 EXCLUSIVE: I am a part of Society, I’m not a part of the State: Arundhati Roy Writer-Activist condemns recent arrests of activists, says crackdown on dissent is dangerous
29-Aug-2018 Dissent is Democracy’s Safety Valve Is the rule of law and democracy under threat in India?