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A pun is the lowest form of wit, so help us dog*

Man’s best friend shines in all his reflected glory on a misty morning at Nayandahalli* railway station in Bangalore on Wednesday. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News

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‘Integrity + competence + judicial temperament’

Prashant Bhushan, a public interest lawyer in the Supreme Court, in the latest issue of the Economic & Political Weekly (EPW): “The Justice P.D. Dinakaran episode underlines the need to …

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