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    The Federal Special

    Fast-track courts without capacity, budget will only be fast on paper

    V Aravinda
    24 July 2026 11:01 AM IST

    Fast-track courts can dispense justice faster only when equipped with proper funding, competent prosecutors, forensic experts, and a foolproof implementation plan

    Fast-track courts without capacity, budget will only be fast on paper
    The Federal Special
    Why CJI’s dismissal of CJP protest crackdown plea exposes gaps in suo motu rules
    The Federal Special

    Why CJI’s dismissal of CJP protest crackdown plea exposes gaps in suo motu rules

    23 July 2026 1:36 PM IST
    TMC rebel MPs face constitutional question
    The Federal Special

    Separate seats, unresolved loyalties: Speaker's TMC call defers real constitutional question

    21 July 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Midnight knock on court doors should be a right, not a privilege
    The Federal Special

    Midnight knock on court doors should be a right, not a privilege

    17 July 2026 6:30 AM IST
    In Assams Citizenship cases, SC draws a line between proof and process

    In Assam's Citizenship cases, SC draws a line between proof and process

    15 July 2026 12:00 PM IST
    From scissors to switch: When the state acts as a super censor online

    Sutluj takedown: State as a super censor, swapping scissors with switch

    8 July 2026 4:07 PM IST
    AIADMK rebels were disqualifiable before resigning; party’s silence keeps them safe

    AIADMK rebels were disqualifiable before resigning; party’s silence keeps them safe

    6 July 2026 10:16 AM IST
    Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

    Sooryavanshi mania grips England, but will he make his debut?

    1 July 2026 6:11 PM IST
    TMC party symbol war

    TMC split and fight for symbol: Who gets the twin flowers?

    23 Jun 2026 1:49 PM IST
    Telegram temporarily blocked

    Why Telegram ban expands scope of IT Act’s blocking powers

    20 Jun 2026 1:10 PM IST
    Akal Takht cant unseat Mann, but spell trouble for him in 2027 polls

    Akal Takht can't unseat Mann, but spell trouble for him in 2027 polls

    17 Jun 2026 4:00 PM IST
    TMC split: The legal gamble behind the rebel MPs merger with NCPI

    TMC split: The legal gamble behind the rebel MPs' merger with NCPI

    16 Jun 2026 2:26 PM IST
    AFSPA law in northeast India

    Govt says AFSPA will go from the Northeast. It has been going, bit by bit, since 2022

    13 Jun 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Meenakshi Natarajan RS nomination rejection: RO played judge, left no scope for cure

    Meenakshi Natarajan RS nomination rejection: RO played judge, left no scope for cure

    11 Jun 2026 1:12 PM IST
    Meant for experts, Rajya Sabha now a marketplace for the rich

    Meant for experts, Rajya Sabha now a marketplace for the rich

    V Aravinda
    10 Jun 2026 11:13 AM IST

    Indirect election, open ballot make RS a ‘seat bazaar’ to which millionaires can buy entry and run their businesses sitting on panels that touch their...

    Justice Mohana: Direct from the Bar to Bench, the advocate who fought for women

    From Bar to Bench, why Justice Mohana resists easy profiling

    2 Jun 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Why Ukrains and NATo are rattled by Russias oreshnik

    Russia's Oreshnik: Why the 'hazel' missile is rattling Ukraine and NATO

    1 Jun 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Online money betting games

    Skill or luck? Debate settled: SC declares all betting is gambling

    30 May 2026 1:35 PM IST
    Incoming CDS N S Raja Subramani

    Lessons from Ukraine to Op Sindoor: How the new CDS must rebuild India’s war machine

    29 May 2026 6:30 AM IST
    SIR verdict

    SIR verdict: Operation successful, patient under observation

    27 May 2026 8:07 PM IST
    anti-defection law

    How the anti-defection law lost its bite, and why Tamil Nadu will prove it

    27 May 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Sri Lanka’s JVP admits decades of injustice to Indian Tamils

    Sri Lanka’s JVP admits decades of injustice to Indian Tamils

    26 May 2026 4:09 PM IST
    What the State, and the Court, get wrong about impressionable minds

    Why India keeps removing cartoons from textbooks, and getting it all wrong

    25 May 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Why BCCI, the world’s richest cricket board, stays exempt from RTI Act

    Why BCCI, the world’s richest cricket board, stays exempt from RTI Act

    22 May 2026 5:05 PM IST
    A polyvocal Supreme Court censures its own UAPA bail line but injustice continues

    One court, one voice: How SC addressed its own discord on UAPA bail

    19 May 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Bhoshala dispute

    Bhojshala verdict: How a narrow 1958 law was opened for a temple claim

    17 May 2026 5:00 PM IST
    AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal

    Round One to Kejriwal: How a contempt order delivered the recusal he was denied

    16 May 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty

    Beyond the IPL blitz, what non-cricket sport faces is appalling

    16 May 2026 6:27 AM IST
    NEET-UG 2026 paper leaks

    NEET-UG 2026: How NTA, the agency built to fix exams, kept breaking them

    15 May 2026 4:09 PM IST
    One vote, one seat thinner: Vijay’s cushion after the Madras HC order

    One vote, one seat thinner: Vijay’s cushion after the Madras HC order

    13 May 2026 8:31 AM IST
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