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Parliament tool kit

Parliament is not a mere structure of bricks and mortar, but the supreme deliberative, legislative and representative institution of a nation. Parliament can perform its multifarious functions if endowed with a robust tool kit of accountability.

A terrible way to go

However, it was ‘too close to call’ twenty years ago, which is undoubtedly one of the most significant periods in US history, when a prolonged bitter legal battle sealed the electoral fate of the state of Florida, and, in effect, that of the US presidential election.

Rights and the judiciary

The Constitutional scheme of rights and redressals is a critical component of our democratic edifice, says Nirmalendu Bikash Rakshit