Mohammad Wasim

Far from being a political afterthought, India's secular character is deeply rooted in the freedom struggle, Constituent Assembly debates, and the Constitution's core guarantees of equality and religious freedom

India is here to stand, but if it wants to stand tall, it needs to address issues that weigh it down, writes Mohammad Wasim.

As the Union government disregards serious concerns and rushes towards enacting the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, the Joint Parliamentary Committee needs to step up to maintain the sanctity of the Constitution, writes Mohammad Wasim.

As structural vulnerabilities in the Collegium system become harder to ignore, the need for a Judicial Council emerges as a constitutional necessity, not a political concession.

One nation, one election comes with promises of preventing expenditure and saving resources, but what will happen if Lok Sabha or a state assembly is dissolved midterm?

On September 7, the Supreme Court listed for hearing on November 1 the petitions dealing with, among other things, the exercise of creation of the National Register of Citizens in Assam in line with the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Card Rules) 2003. However, the legality and constitutionality of both the Register and the Rules are suspect.

A division bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit and Justice S. Ravindra Bhat is scheduled to hear the petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 on Monday.

Response to Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay’s petition before the Supreme Court