Indian Constitution

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Aakar Patel | On Republic Day, time to reclaim our basic rights

None of the rights and liberties that the Constitution saw initially as being “fundamental” are present in the original form today

12 Jan 2021 10:50 AM

Aakar Patel | ‘Time bombs’ ticking in the Constitution are a worry

The Constitution is a terrific document, but it is also one that has suppressed the Hindu majoritarian sentiment

22 Dec 2020 7:05 AM

Cover page of the Calligraphic copy of the Constitution of India in English released on the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Republic of India in Central Hall of Parliament House on January 27, 2000 (Photo credit: Department of Justice, Governemnt of India)

Karan Thapar | How Nehru had gutted the Constitution in 1951

So sweeping were the changes that constitutional scholar Upendra Baxi calls the post-amendment document 'the second Constitution'

11 Dec 2020 9:12 AM

Aakar Patel | How the media, like politics, has become bigoted and intolerant

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05 Aug 2020 8:42 PM

The Government of India has been steadfast in defending the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in the face of domestic and international criticism, insisting that it goes very well with the ethos of the Indian Constitution and the legacy of this land in accommodating refugees from all over the world. (Photo: Asian Age)

Can govt answer the moral question on CAA?

As is expected of it, the government has no plans to take the move lying down.

05 Mar 2020 2:10 AM

Anti-CAA protesters hold placards and shout slogans at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Losing our religion, reimagining identity

India’s much-celebrated diversity has for long been about “living together, separately”.

30 Dec 2019 2:46 PM

The framers of India’s Constitution and its Constituent Assembly deliberately and wisely rejected pleas by an articulate minority for a presidential system. (Representational Image)

Presidential system poses a danger to democracy itself

Its members have to be members of the legislature and can be thrown out of office by a vote of no-confidence.

16 Dec 2019 12:05 AM

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday filed a petition before the Supreme Court stating that the present Citizenship (Amendment) Act "miserably fails" on the touchstone of Article 14 and the parameters for non-arbitrariness provided therein. (Photo: File)

CAA 'miserably fails' on touchstone of Article 14: Owaisi in his petition to SC

Any classification based on a religious identity ipso facto violates Article 14 of the Indian Constitution, Owaisi in his petition stated.

15 Dec 2019 12:50 PM

This move is expected to have massive ramifications on the nation's political landscape. The step will be significant as the BJP is often portrayed as the party against reservation. (Phtoo: ANI)

Cops to register FIRs even if offence committed outside jurisdiction: Andhra DGP

Sources further stated that this step was expected to send across a message that Modi govt was with marginalised sections of society.

03 Dec 2019 2:12 PM

Supreme Court call on Sabarimala is counterintuitive

SC has also kept the review petitions on an issue that has been agitating the minds of a lot of people, especially in South India, pending.

16 Nov 2019 12:00 AM

Nagaland governor R.N. Ravi (Photo: ANI)

Naga peace process back on track again

In the end, it seems that the Nagas have neither given up their demand for a separate flag nor for a Naga constitution.

07 Nov 2019 2:11 AM

The Dalit leader said he has asked Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to give at least one assembly seat to his party in Mumbai. (Photo: File)

Those who don't like Constitution can leave India: Athawale

He was speaking on the 62nd anniversary of the Republican Party of India at a function organised in Akola.

04 Oct 2019 9:52 AM

The BJP working president Nadda also mentioned about Sheikh Abdullah, the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, in his address and claimed that he rigged the first Vidhan Sabha elections in 1951 and changed his stance over the status of Jammu and Kashmir after sweeping the polls. (Photo: ANI)

Lies being spread about Article 370 by J&K mainstream leaders: BJP working prez Nadda

‘The architects of Indian Constitution were against Article 370. There were no takers of this Article in Constituent Assembly,’ he said.

22 Sep 2019 4:59 PM

The intention is to guide teachers as well as students through the entire syllabus without leaving any gaps in the teaching-learning process. (Photo: Representational image)

A ‘vacuum’ in education: We need to teach kids, not just hold exams

Many resourceful young people feel the need to enhance and enrich the education that is being dished out in schools.

13 Aug 2019 12:05 AM

Buoyed by the positive public sentiment after repealing Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, there is a growing clamour in the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to fight the upcoming Assembly election alone. (Photo: ANI)

Clamour in BJP to go it alone in Assembly polls

Nevertheless, it is to be noted that saffron party had already made it clear that it will fight the assembly elections with its ally, Shiv Sena.

08 Aug 2019 2:14 AM

The succinct three-worded formula had also restricted the solution framework to the wounded Kashmir Valley itself, without burdening the same with additional angularities and possible misunderstandings that are imminent, when contextualised with the “rest of the country” in a trust deficit stage within a conflict zone. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)

Not more of the same: How we can now defeat ‘alienation’ in Kashmir

Conveniently, temporary reprieves are simplistically read as substitutes for addressing the fundamental issues.

28 Jun 2019 12:39 AM

Tinkering with the Indian Constitution in this way, however, not only dilutes the sanctity of the constitutional document itself, but would have grave consequences for the people of Kashmir.

Article 370 vital for rights of Kashmiris

By repealing Articles 35-A and 370, India would be violating the Shimla Agreement both in spirit and practice.

21 Apr 2019 5:16 AM

600 theatre artists urge citizens to 'vote against BJP' in 2019 Lok Sabha elections

The letter asked people to protect the 'Constitution and our syncretic, secular ethos' and vote 'bigotry, hatred, and apathy out of power'.

05 Apr 2019 4:29 PM

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf (Photo: AP)

While Pak bans bank interest, India bans cows

Most Indians, including judges, do not take the scientific and economic reading of Article 48.

10 Feb 2019 12:05 AM

Advocate Bimal Roy had mentioned the matter before the bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and also comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna. (Representational Image)

Supreme Court to take 'in-chamber' decision on plea challenging Article 35A

Article 35A was incorporated in the Constitution in 1954 by an order of President Rajendra Prasad.

22 Jan 2019 2:43 PM

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