OPEN TO OPINION
Author is practising advocate in the Madras High Court.
POLITICS
| 3-minute read
Why protests over Cauvery water sharing refuse to die down
Questions are being raised if the Centre is delaying setting up of the Cauvery Management Board eyeing the Karnataka Assembly elections.
VARIETY
| 4-minute read
It's not all Facebook. It's us who have no control over our data
Let’s get real with the data protection law on the anvil.
VARIETY
| 4-minute read
How passive euthanasia verdict settles debate between judiciary and legislature
When the legislature and executive do not show inclination to act on certain issues, the people have only the courts to turn to.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
What led to 'conflict' between two benches of Supreme Court
A five-judge bench led by the CJI is now taking up for resolution a conflict between two orders passed by the court.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Why Centre blocking nomination of two judges to SC collegium sets a bad precedent
In citing seniority as the basis for blocking, the executive appears to be inventing excuses for its political decision.
VARIETY
| 4-minute read
FIR against Priya Prakash Varrier: Who is to blame for legally 'targeting' celebs?
The magistrates being the repository of power and jurisdiction are required to 'apply their minds' and refrain from entertaining such complaints.
MONEY
| 4-minute read
Why Opposition needs to ask Modi government for a white paper on PNB scam
The central government must be made accountable for Vijay Mallya's flight from India along with Nirav Modi's fraud.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
What Rajinikanth, the outsider, joining politics means for Tamil Nadu
In 1996, a rank outsider is what the voter wanted, to dump the known devils in the political space. But 2018 is different.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
Lakshmi, not TTV Dinakaran, won RK Nagar by-poll
TTV relied on the honesty and integrity of the Tamil voter, who will not break her promise after accepting money.
VOICES
| 7-minute read