Sanjay Hegde

The Supreme Court should stick to its normal posture of not getting embroiled in political thickets

The advent of 24x7 news channels, continual live-tweeting and YouTubed webcasting of proceedings have made judges and lawyers participants in a judicial content-creating version of Bigg Boss

The order illustrates the axiom, that Indian judiciary's idea of justice is that when two people fight in court over a 100 rupee note, the judge tears it up into two and gives each person a half

While it raises the larger question of the Court's role on matters that have a major impact on the economy, much of the blame also lies with the govt for poor handling of the issue

Says dangers to privacy originate not only from state but also email, search, social media services

The court's refusal to judge personal laws on the touchstone of Constitution is problematic

Whether it was politics or the courtroom, Jethmalani was never one to shy away from a fight, howsoever unpopular his stand was

The SC's reluctance or inability to hear the challenge to electoral bonds means that the 2019 elections are being fought on dubious funds, write Sanjay Hegde and Pranjal Kishore.

"It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship, but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings."

The noise and chaos of India's democracy is what keeps it alive and kicking