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One Khaki Nation

The recent proposal by the PM to have one uniform for all police in the country may be a radical idea a little too early. Instead, the need of the hour is to focus on police reforms instead of cosmetic feel good.

The Wrong Call

The draft Telecommunication Bill, 2022 is certainly timely considering that technologies in telecommunications have experienced a huge transformation in recent years. However, it disappointingly, lacks a vision for the future

The distaff route

Women have always been at the receiving end of social values and compensations. Indian women have always been a discounted lot,  neglected through apathy and sheer misogyny. The BCCI has made amends, of sorts, by declaring equal pay for men and women

Hair Raising

A notice issued by a Pune district court on October 20 asking women advocates not to “arrange” hair in the open court led to a social media uproar. The notice said that women arranging their hair disturbs the court

Shoot Aristotle dead in the graveyard if we don’t understand him?

By Manoj K. Srivastwa Of late, a section of media1 and a cross-section of society inter alia some legal experts have been advocating vociferously that legal language particularly judgments of judg...

Feminism and Law

Incorporating feminist thinking into law is not easy primarily because the language of legal decision making is substantively and linguistically male. The next chief justice of India has told law students to incorporate “feminist thinking” in the way they deal with law

Vote or Be Shamed

The MoU between GEC and corporate houses to make the workforce vote is illegal and goes against the Representation of the People Act, which allows a person to vote or refrain from it at an election

Targeted killing of Pandits shows societal divide in Kashmir

By Ashok Bhan Although the targeted killing of Kashmiri Pandits over the past few months has evoked anger in civil society, it manifests the deep societal divide between the communities in the pre...

A Tool of Suppression

Recently, the apex court set aside a preventive detention order of the Tripura government. This is not the first time it has pulled up state governments. Such detention is often used as a tool to curb personal liberties

India’s Realpolitik

India’s long held position is that country specific resolutions are never helpful and dialogue is the way forward. Does its surprising abstention from voting on human rights in China serve its national interest?

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