{
  "id": 5362519,
  "title": "SIR may be legal but it is not fair: Former EC Ashok Lavasa",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/sir-may-be-legal-but-it-is-not-fair-former-ec-ashok-lavasa",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T16:03:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sir-may-be-legal-but-it-is-not-fair-former-ec-ashok-lavasa/article71424450.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Statutory institutions, constitutional bodies, and governments have suddenly started behaving as if “might is right”, says former EC; asks whether efforts are being made to create a situation where people become disenchanted with the democratic process",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}