Court No. 24 reminds us that constitutional crises do not always begin with a proclamation. Sometimes, they begin when ordinary legal rules acquire extraordinary political consequences. It was in this very courtroom that the legal preface to the Emergency was written. On 12 June 1975, Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha set aside […]
Author: Vibhav Shukla
Is Education No Longer an Electoral Issue in India?
The nation was in a celebratory mood after the NDA returned to power in a majority of states. The ruling alliance and sections of the media viewed the election results as an endorsement of the government’s policies and leadership. Amid these political developments, however, a different issue emerged that brought […]
LU-AN Institution regaining its political volatility
‘LU me padhte ho, neta mat ban jana’- this line might sound like casual slang, but while writing this column, I am pretty much sure that almost every second student on this campus must have come across it at some point. For the past four to five years, there was […]