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Food for Thought

Seventy-five years of independence has seen India attaining immense growth and development, and achieving several milestones in social welfare. Despite this, the nation faces hurdles in providing basic necessities to its citizens—food, clean water, shelter, and so on.

A Clone of the Lok Sabha?

On June 10, 2022, biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha are scheduled to be held to replace 57 retiring members in 15 states. Political parties are busy lining up candidates for the seats falling vacant, based on their perception about whom they would like to reward.

Proverbial Law Delays

In a judicial act that fulfilled legitimate constitutional expectations of justice, KSCDRC dismissed an appeal filed by M/s Pepsi­Co India Holdings Pvt. Ltd, which challenged an order by the ADCDRF order to stop printing different MPRs for the same quantity and quality of products.

How Long Should Judges Serve?

Justice L Nageswara Rao said that Supreme Court judges from the Bar should get a “minimum 7-8 years” in office. It is time to take another look at the appointment of lawyers and academicians to the Supreme Court through a structured selection process. 

Trial by TV

Before the salacious Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial, there was the OJ Simpson one. The 1990s big ticket trial exonerated the American football legend of killing his wife and her friend.

The Aadhaar Jumble

The majority of Indians remember only one thing when three words “biometric information”, “unique identification system” and “controversy” are used collectively in a sentence—the Aadhaar card. Things have gone wrong for this significant identity card that every Indian is obliged to process.

The Social Media Struggle

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued draft modifications to the Information Technology Rules, 2021, stating that these would guarantee that the Constitutional rights of Indians are not breached by Big Tech platforms.

Rights of Victims

By Abhinav Mehrotra With the Supreme Court setting aside the Allahabad High Court order granting bail to Ashish Mishra, son of a union minister accused of running down farmers in his SUV, an impor...

A Doctrinal Breach

By Mathews J Nedumpara We inherited from the British a wonderful legal system. The British were not doing us any charity in providing this; they needed a sound legal system for the governance of t...

No Muddying the Waters

By Shivanand Pandit Recently, while dealing with a case of GST on ocean freight, the Supreme Court pronounced an important judgment covering the scope, authority and limitations of the GST Council...

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