As the 74th Republic Day rolls around, questions can be asked on whether the state-citizen contract that defines a republic is working as it should. Is India’s ‘Big State’ looming too large and subordinating citizens?
In the public showdown between executive and judiciary over the collegium system, the citizen is a helpless bystander. In 2022, the number of pending cases across courts neared a staggering 50 million. The Berhampore bank case has just been settled after 72 years. A journalist arrested on his way to cover a story in UP’s Hathras in 2020, remains in a Lucknow jail even after being granted bail by the Supreme Court.
