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By Sujit Bhar Every now and then, news of yet another Indian river overflowing with putrid effluents hits the headlines. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) and/or the Supreme Court sit up, sometime...

Even as the war rages on, the question that arises is whether the ICJ and ICC can punish Israel and Hamas for the untold misery inflicted. International legal framework remains flawed for effective enforcement

In this landmark order, the Court accentuates the environmental rule of law and principles of sustainable development and lambasts officials of the State who abdicated their duty of protecting forests

The apex court’s defence of private business and private property is par for the times when applying socialist interventions of yore can end up alienating investors

The number of disputes between the government and technological companies is increasing. One controversial and contemporary dispute is between the Indian government and WhatsApp. This conflict relates to the Information Technology Rules, 2021, which mandate the company to share or trace the originator of a message. But, the regulation goes against the end-to-end encryption rules of the tech company

The Calcutta High Court has cancelled the appointment of nearly 26,000 primary school jobs, just before the election. This has put the Trinamool Congress in a quandary. However, there seems to be mor...

Policemen and women inside the Kashi Vishwanath Temple will mingle with the crowd clad in priest-like garb on a trial basis. But beyond the optics, there is no point in this brainwave By Vikram L ...

The Alternative Dispute Resolution system in India should also be allowed into some areas where it is banned today. With overburdened courts and a five-crore pendency, this could be a way out to cut down the growing number of cases

With the general elections around the corner, nearly 4.3 lakh people in India will be forcibly denied their right to vote. These are undertrial detenus in Indian jails, their criminality far from being proved. This is unfair

The Court is examining whether ordering an accused to drop his Google pin location to the Investigation Officer throughout the period of his bail is violative of his right to privacy