Maneka Gandhi’s Passport

The fifth parliamentary elections of India in 1971, set into motion a series of events that shaped the nation and the constitution. While campaigning, political parties promised voters that the constitution would be amended, a clear indicator that the Supreme Court’s striking dow ...  Show more

Article 21 of the Constitution guarantees every person the right to life or personal liberty. But what good is such a right if it means being under surveillance and subjected to domiciliary visits at night? This episode of The Longest Constitution looks at how courts interpreted ...  Show more

On August 1, the Supreme Court of India delivered a groundbreaking verdict, empowering state governments to sub-categorize castes within the Scheduled Castes based on socio-economic backwardness. This 6:1 decision addresses the issue of certain communities monopolising reservatio ...  Show more

Hey there Lemon Heads! The SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling is in...Trump has been granted partial presidential immunity. Don is joined by Melissa Murray, Stokes Professor of Law at NYU Law School, co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, MSNBC Contributor, and former clerk for ...  Show more

In recent years, there has a growing concern that the Supreme Court of India is not firing on all cylinders. Critics have argued that the court functions in an opaque manner, exhibits excessive deference to the executive, is sluggish in concluding cases, and is hampered by an ...

On this week's episode, Karthik is joined by the Co-Founders of The News Minute, Dhanya Rajendra & Vignesh Vellore. In this conversation, they discuss the initial days of The News Minute and how news in the south was underreported. In the age where television news is losing credi ...  Show more