Signed opinion from our columnists and guest writers on the courts, the law and legal policy in India and the United States. The views are the authors' own.
Thirty per cent of high court seats are empty, and the collegium and the government are blaming each other. Litigants are paying for the standoff.
By Vikram Raman, Columnist
Emergency orders now decide more of American law than argued cases do, and the court owes the public more than an unsigned paragraph.
By Eleanor Brooks, Columnist
A law that asks for fresh consent for every purpose produces banners, not protection. The rules needed a legitimate-interest ground, and they do not have one.
By Vikram Raman, Columnist
The evidence from California is not ambiguous. Mobility makes markets, and the companies lobbying hardest against bans are the ones with the most to learn from it.
By Eleanor Brooks, Columnist