Inderjit Badhwar

1 month ago | indialegallive.com | Inderjit Badhwar

By Inderjit BadhwarThe judiciary is often described as the last bastion of justice, the one institution that stands firm when others waver. But what happens when the very guardians of the law find themselves in the dock? The scandal surrounding Justice Yashwant Varma, now the subject of both a judicial probe and a media firestorm, is not just another headline—it is a moment of reckoning for India’s judiciary. That is why we have chosen this story as the cover of India Legal.

2 months ago | indialegallive.com | Inderjit Badhwar

By Inderjit BadhwarIn the pages of India Legal, we often focus on issues that directly impact India’s legal landscape, democratic framework, and socio-political ethos. But sometimes, global events demand our attention—not only because they affect India’s interests, but because they shape the very foundations of world order. The actions of Donald Trump in his first 50 days back in power present such a moment.

2 months ago | indialegallive.com | Inderjit Badhwar

By Inderjit BadhwarThere are moments in journalism when a story transcends its local borders and speaks to the entire world—a story so urgent, so chilling in its implications, that it demands to be amplified far beyond its country of origin. The investigative piece we are carrying in this issue of India Legal, originally published by ProPublica, is one such story.

2 months ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Inderjit Badhwar

By Inderjit BadhwarIn a world increasingly dominated by the fusion of wealth and power, the assault on the American press documented by veteran journalist Kenneth Tiven is both chilling and profoundly consequential—not only for the United States, but for all democracies that draw strength and inspiration from the free press tradition America once so proudly championed.

2 months ago | indialegallive.com | Inderjit Badhwar

By Inderjit BadhwarWhen a nation that claims to champion democracy and human rights deports immigrants in shackles and celebrates their humiliation, it raises a disturbing question: Is this what greatness looks like? The recent deportation of 104 Indian nationals from the United States in chains—25 of them women, 12 of them minors—is a stark and troubling reminder of how human dignity is often the first casualty of political posturing.