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AI and the law

While artificial intelligence modules are slowly taking over many positions within the Indian administrative system, the Indian justice system is so complex that AI may only have peripheral applicati...

2023: Looking like a Wow?

Gaza continues to be pounded. At home, Manipur hasn’t been at peace since May, the Ram Janmabhoomi project nears its completion, the BJP flexed its electoral muscle in three key states and Indian cri...

Twilight Lives

Despite Supreme Court judgments, UN conventions and schemes, the rights of the elderly to live a life with human dignity and care are being bypassed. How serious is the centre and states about them? ...

Where The Mind Is Without Fear

In a shocking development, a woman judge from Uttar Pradesh has alleged sexual harassment by her senior in an open letter written to the chief justice of India. Is no woman safe in this country?

Trying Time for Telangana

Akbaruddin Owaisi’s appointment to the post led to furore in the state assembly as eight BJP MLAs refused to take oath administered by him. But this could just be a temporary state of affairs till the Speaker is elected

Be Your Own Man

The former V-C of DU looks at an apex court ruling which quashed the reappointment of Kannur University V-C and said governors acting as chancellors are not bound by the advice of the council of ministers

Rally Rights

While even political campaign rallies are generally categorised within the right to protest sphere, what relief does a common, apolitical citizen have when the rally’s side-effects infringe upon his human rights?

Pick and Choose

Even as the apex court has warned the centre against arbitrary transfers of judges, the fact is that transfers impinge on judicial federalism and separation of powers and violate basic features doctrine

Addicted to Credit Rating

In a recent judgment, the Kerala High Court ordered that “by no stretch can the farmers, who effectively sell grains to the government under the Paddy Receipt Sheet (PRS) scheme, be construed to be borrowers by any bank.” That affects their credit rating and this cannot be allowed

More Repression Ahead?

Social media major Meta recently met Delhi Police officials over cyber crime and information requests on users. As elections edge closer, social media is where the battle will be repeated for the third time

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