The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: “As far as India is concerned, I would like to say Christian groups are more dangerous than Islamic groups. Both are equally dangerous in the context of conversion, especially Love Jihad.” “The problem of Christian (sic). If the Islamic terror (sic) is green terror,…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: “Judicial review of legislative and executive actions is an integral part of the constitutional scheme. I would go as far as to state that it is the heart and soul of the Indian Constitution. In my humble view, in the absence of judicial review,…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: At least 470,000 unique identity numbers (UIDs) issued by India’s 13-year-old national identity database, Aadhaar, over nine years were fraudulent. The system is susceptible to being hacked or otherwise undermined, and its own recent warnings of misuse reveal its vulnerabilities. About 30 million of the poorest…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. A Pune police refusal to reply to right-to-information (RTI) queries about the use of Israeli spyware Pegasus raise several questions about whether the military-grade hacking weapon was deployed in implicating lawyers, activists, and academics in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad (BK-EP) case, which invokes India’s draconian counter-terrorism law, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act,…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: For a country that was found to have one of Asia’s worst bribery rates in 2020, there appear to be very few complaining of corruption in the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi—if you count the number of cases registered with the Lokpal, India’s corruption-fighting independent, national…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: The number of people who died in 24 Uttar Pradesh (UP) districts over nine months to 31 March 2021 was, cumulatively, 43 times higher than the total official Covid-19 death toll reported from these districts over this period, according to mortality data for…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: Act fairly to ensure the rule of law, ensure there is no failure of justice, and avoid future embarrassment. This was the advice two of its own legal advisers gave to the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pointing out that new rules passed…