We are not here to merely catalog a historical timeline or chart the chronological milestones of defection in India. Rather, our focus is to dissect the real institutional crisis driving this phenomenon. We must ask a fundamental question: why do seasoned politicians, who have stood steadfastly with a party and its core ideology for decades, […]
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When a bench lacks gender diversity, it risks a “perspective deficit.” Diversity matters not because women are inherently “more progressive,” but because judges from diverse backgrounds inevitably bring their lived experiences to constitutional interpretation. On May 16, The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Ordinance, 2026 received President Droupadi Murmu’s assent and was published in
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Data today is not merely information about individuals. It is a strategic asset. When aggregated at scale, data enables predictive analytics, market control, behavioural nudging, and algorithmic gatekeeping. The power lies not in a single data point, but in who controls the datasets, the infrastructure, and the analytical capacity to exploit them. India’s digital governance
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