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SC issues notice on fresh pleas challenging constitutional validity of CAA

The top court, on December 18 last year, had decided to examine the constitutional validity of the CAA while refusing to stay its operation.

The Minority Conundrum: Thought-provoking essays on minority rights

A thought-provoking set of essays examines minority rights in the light of secularism and nationalism, both of which are foundational to the vision of the Indian republic, says Chintan Girish Modi

Even in the times of Covid-19, the SC order must not normalise an exception

History is replete with examples of states reserving wide powers to themselves during an emergency - only to not give up the powers even when the crisis receded

Here's why Oxford University Press named 'Samvidhaan' as Hindi word of 2019

The Oxford Hindi Word of the Year is a word or expression that has attracted a great deal of attention and reflects the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the past year.

Constitutional questions raised by CAA need answers: Ashoka Univ Professor

Madhav Khosla, author of India's Founding Moments, tells Aditi Phadnis that equality and freedom, fundamental to the Constitution, could face challenges in the future

Preserving the Republic

Constitution must be followed in spirit, too

Riding power without bridles

An undefined constitutional clause has grown too big for the times

We're for people, will protect values of Constitution: Army Chief Naravane

Talking about his overall focus as chief of the Army, Gen Naravane said it will be 'ABC' -- 'allegiance, belief and consolidation'

UNGA Prez wishes India on Constitution Day, says it is a 'seminal document'

Muhammad-Bande, who presides over the 193-Member General Assembly, wished the people of India peace, happiness and prosperity for decades ahead on this special day.

Letters to BS: Our Constitution is meant for Indians, not foreigners

Opposition parties should read Constitution and refrain from wasting valuable time of Parliament or the judiciary

We are wrecking the Indian Constitution from within: P Chidambaram

This Government is ramming through this Bill in order to advance its Hindutva agend, said the former Union minister in Rajya Sabha

Include Ladakh in Sixth Schedule to protect its rich identity: Ambika Soni

She said Ladakhis are facing "enormous difficulties" in protecting their land.

At the stroke of midnight, Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Amendment Bill

The opposition says the Bill violates the Constitution

Constitution highlights both rights and duties of citizens: PM Modi

The Prime Minister said the Constitution starts with the words "We the people of India".

People in power trying to circumvent values of Constitution: Priyanka

The Congress general secretary also said that on Constitution Day

Constitution's pledge to liberty violated: Tharoor after Chidambaram visit

The senior Congress leader was also arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money-laundering case on October 16 and is in judicial custody till November 27 under the order of a trial court

A different fundamentalism

Our Constitution has been reformed 104 times in just 70 years

The justice puzzle

R Gopalakrishnanmakes a devastating point: India doesn't really care about justice for the citizen

Ladakh leaders urge Centre for tribal-area status to protect land, identity

Namgyal appealed to Munda to declare it a tribal area under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to protect the interests of its people

What kind of petition is this? SC on pleas against Article 370 revocation

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the petition by advocate M L Sharma challenging the scrapping of Article 370 has "no meaning"