Left, Right & Centre

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that it is not beyond the Right to Information Act. The judges, led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi along with 3 future Chief Justices, ruled that "in a constitutional democracy, judges can't be above the law.'' The court said in a majority judgment that said the Chief Justice's office comes under the transparency law. ''The Right to Information and Right to Privacy are two sides of the same coin. None can take precedence over the other," the court said. At the same time, there are exceptions on whether the deliberations of the Supreme Court collegium comprising five senior most judges in the appointment of judges or lawyers should be made public. The top court ruled that it should be decided on a case-to-case basis. We will be joined by three of India's finest lawyers - Harish Salve, Prashant Bhushan and Aryaman Sundaram.

All schools in the national capital region are shut down once again after air pollution levels spiked. This situation is clearly now out of control but at least there seem to be consistent efforts to protect school kids. On the show tonight, a brand new report by NASA, comprehensively and statistically spells out how stubble burning in Punjab has a devastating impact on air pollution. Who is responsible? Isn't this negligence?

LJP's National President Chirag Paswan tells NDTV about what he thinks of the Maharashtra crisis and LJP's seat sharing formula with the BJP in Jharkhand for the assembly election to be held in five phases from November 30.

Tonight on Left, Right & Centre, a look at Maharashtra which is now under President's rule and it is still not clear if any combination will be able to get together and form a government or whether fresh elections will have to be held.

Will the political crisis in Maharashtra finally end with an alliance between the Shiv Sena, NCP and the Congress?

In yet another twist in the Maharashtra politics, a day before they were meant to form a government, the BJP met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Sunday, and said they don't have the numbers. Now BJP's ally Shiv Sena, which has been demanding rotational chief minister-ship, has been asked to take a shot at forming government in Maharashtra. The big question is: Does this latest twist mark a watershed in Maharashtra politics, or will such a political realignment collapse under the weight of its internal contradictions?

New footage of the free for all at the Delhi's Tis Hazari courts complex. A senior police woman officer is seen having a narrow escape. After unprecedented protests by the Delhi Police in front of their own headquarters following this incident, there are still simmering tensions between the police and lawyers.

Natural allies for decades, the Shiv Sena and the BJP now find themselves in a situation in Maharashtra where the possibility of their alliance breaking cannot be ruled out. Could the state also be headed for a spell of President's rule?

Top officials of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi were slammed by the Supreme Court for their failure to control the wave of pollution that has gripped most of north India. Accusing the officials of failing to plan ahead or take action and blaming it all on farmers, the court said, "The time has come to punish officers". The court blamed Punjab Chief Secretary for not being able to control stubble-burning, which is one of the major contributors to pollution.

India has opted out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership-- which will be the world's largest free trade pact of 16 nations. In his address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the present form of the RCEP Agreement "does not fully reflect the basic spirit and the agreed guiding principles" or India's concerns. Was it the right decision? We debate.