Constitution Debate
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Kerala governor clears one pending bill, reserves seven for president’s assent after SC rap
Three of the eight bills were pending with the governor for more than two years. Three others were pending for over a year.
Scroll Staff
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Governor can’t veto Legislature or keep bills pending indefinitely, says Supreme Court
The Constitution requires governors to act expeditiously on bills placed before them for assent, the top court ruled.
Scroll Staff
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Gandhi’s vision of a constitution was imperfect, but is India paying the price for neglecting it?
He envisaged self-governing and largely self-sufficient village republics and felt that concentrating power would violate democratic principles.
Shivakumar Jolad
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Opinion: The basic structure doctrine is a poor fix for a flawed Constitution
Its need arose because the Constitution failed to specify a suitable institutional hierarchy, delineation of powers, and checks and balances.
Bhanu Dhamija
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Far from keeping Donald Trump in line, the US constitution has often enabled him
Many were confident the document was robust enough to check the president’s worst excesses, but the real push back has come from elsewhere.
Brian Christopher Jones, The Conversation
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‘One Nation, One Election’: Mumbai seminar echoes Modi’s call in TV interview for simultaneous polls
The Indian Council of Social Science Research agreed to support more such conferences on the topic.
Mridula Chari
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers