Markandey Katju

Instant divorce among Muslims is a barbaric practice that's been effectively banned. Naysayers to the Triple Talaq Bill have no real stand, except for an apparent dislike of the BJP.

The latest fatwa against MP Nusrat Jahan shows why it is imperative to come down heavily on these despicable judgements.

Just establishing terror camps and sending jihadis to India isn't terrorism. Terrorising a section of your own people is also terrorism. And Pakistan, by its very nature, cannot stop doing that.

Mr Owaisi's arguments do not hold real ground. As I see it, if he was really concerned about the plight of Muslim women, he would support the govt's Bill against Triple Talaq.

The letter written by ‘prominent’ Bengali Muslims to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee only highlights their silence in several earlier cases.

The sanctimony around 'the return of the Kashmiri Pandits' is just that: sanctimony. The locals are actually not unhappy they left. And the KPs, who know this, know they cannot return.

Their political marginalisation has helped them realise, and fight, the isolationalism clerics and others subjected them to.

His latest pronouncement shows the unbearable lightness of being an academic in politics.

Don't shove judicial corruption under the carpet. It's been done long enough, with terrible results.

With our continuing communalism, violence and superstition, we are no better at all than our neighbour.

At a literary gathering, I expressed my disappointment with Hindi. Instead of positive engagement, my views caused a furore.

Twitter head Jack Dorsey held up a 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' placard. How accurate even is he?

Intellectuals are meant to fearlessly question and critique everything. In India, they are seen doing the opposite.

We must work for reunification of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh under a secular government.

His latest argument shows the Congress politician cares more for vote banks, and less for logic.

If judges are free to make laws, it would go against the principle of separation of powers.

Both claim to be at opposite ends. But when it comes to ignoring what's holding India back, they unite.

Political figures who played a hand in India's devastating Partition were flawed figures. Why should we commemorate them?

There is sufficient precedence for the CJI to reconsider and grant a law-abiding citizen, whose crime is a joke, relief.

Is Alok Verma right and Rakesh Asthana wrong? Or, vice versa? No, there is no reason to jump to those conclusions right now.

Do sex workers not undergo sexual harassment — of a more horrendous kind?

Raising of azadi slogans is part of the freedom of speech guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.

The movement against sexual harassment is welcome. But given the backdrop, it will not have meaningful impact.

Invalidating a statute means thwarting the will of the people.

It is well settled that a law cannot be declared unconstitutional merely because it is not sufficiently inclusive.

A tide is building up against the recent Sabarimala judgment.

The new CJI has vowed to overhaul the judiciary and resolve the huge pendency of court cases.

The truth only lies in science. If we have to progress, we must let go of all superstitious and religious beliefs.

Burqa is a feudal practice and to progress, we must suppress feudal practices, not give freedom to them.

Several religious places in the country either bar women or allow them only at certain times. Is the Supreme Court looking their way?