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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...

Unprecedented Move

By Vivek K Agnihotri  On May 13, 2022, using its omnibus powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court in an unprecedented step ordered that existing judicial and a...

Yet Another Filter

By Vikram Kilpady If you are one of those parents who suffer­sleepless nights due to the high percentages in Class 10 and Class 12 needed for your ward to make it to college and he/she is coasting...

Pray, Why Were Rules Flouted?

By Vikram Kilpady Monarch of the 8th century Karkota dynasty Lalitaditya Muktapida would surely be happy that prayers were offered recently at Martand Sun Temple, which he had commissioned, in Ana...

A Bridge too Far?

By Tahir Mahmood The media recently reported a case in which the Madhya Pradesh High Court had directed the Arya Samaj to solemnise marriages among its followers in accordance with the Special Mar...

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