SC defers Allahabad HC proceedings in Rahul Gandhi assets case, restrains CBI, ED from submitting reports
New Delhi, Aug. 17: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Allahabad High Court to defer its August 20 hearing in a petition alleging that Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and members of his family possessed assets disproportionate to their known sources of income, and asked the CBI and the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) not […]
Ram Mandir offerings theft case: SC allows petitioners, bona fide citizens, to suggest areas for SIT probe
(Photo) Courtesy : National Herald New Delhi, Aug. 17: The Supreme Court on Monday permitted the petitioners and other bona fide public-spirited persons to suggest aspects requiring investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged embezzlement of offerings made by devotees at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The Court directed that such suggestions […]
The Song and the Sword: How Majoritarian Politics Misreads ‘Vande Mataram’
From Bankim’s pen to Tagore’s moral caution, the national song was woven into India’s pluralist struggle. Modern attempts to convert it into a tool of ideological coercion dishonour both history and the republic.In the political theatre of contemporary India, few symbols are subjected to as much synthetic fury as Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Vande Mataram. Whenever […]
A CONSTITUTIONAL APPEAL FOR EQUAL RULE OF LAW, INSTITUTIONAL NEUTRALITY AND FISCAL IMPARTIALITY
The true test of a constitutional democracy is not how the law operates in ordinary circumstances, but whether the State has the courage and institutional integrity to apply the same law when confronted with political influence, religious sentiment, numerical strength, social pressure or electoral considerations. This is therefore a respectful but unequivocal appeal to the […]
