From ‘Cockroaches’ to Convocation: The Credibility Crisis Facing CJI

From ‘Cockroaches’ to Convocation: The Credibility Crisis Facing CJI

Adeeba Khan On August 13, the Bar Council of India did something no statutory regulator overseeing the legal profession had done before. It told every state bar council in the country not to enrol an entire graduating batch of law students, not because of any academic default, but because that batch had objected to who was coming to hand them their degrees. Within hours, under the weight of nationwide outrage, the BCI reversed itself. Within a d…

Withhold My Degree, Not My Voice: Why Indian Gen Z Isn't Scared Anymore

The Indian Gen Z is the topic of the hour, and it seems they just keep surprising everyone. The recent incidents with the NALSAR students or the ‘Dimagi Naxal Party ‘, not to mention all the other protests and attempts to raise their voice against socio-political issues, are proof of how they are not letting fear stop them. In relation to this, the older generations can often be seen commenting, how about “In my time, we would never have dared.”…