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Election Commission of India: Is India’s Election Watchdog Truly Independent?

Leave a Comment | Current affairs, UPSC | December 21, 2025

What’s Going on With the Election Commission? The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been under a lot of scrutiny recently, both from the public and politicians. This heightened scrutiny comes after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state of Bihar and similar discussions or proposals for SIRs in several other […]

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Article 20 of the Indian Constitution: Shielding Justice through Due Process

Leave a Comment | UPSC | October 19, 2025

Introduction: ARTICLE 20 of the Indian Constitution “It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.” — William Blackstone No legal principle better captures the spirit of justice in this way. The idea that fairness must be uppermost to retribution captures the spirit of Article 20 of the Constitution of India.

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Rule of Law & Natural Justice: Shield Against Tyranny

3 Comments | UPSC | September 14, 2025

I believe that the law is the most important thing in the world today. I don’t mean the practice of lawyers. I mean the law itself. Normally I sleep well. If there’s one thing that can keep me awake at night it’s a vision, which I sometimes have, of this country being ruled by the

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