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The Age of Drones

Even as India’s military establishment was shocked by the use of drones on a Jammu air base, the IAF is planning to acquire UAS which will detect, track and destroy them with laser-directed weapons systems.

Empowering Independent Directors

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has overhauled the norms regarding the appointment, removal, and remuneration of independent directors. However, the new proposals need accurate supervising.

Bail is Rule and Jail, an Exception

Recently, the Punjab and Haryana High Court was pulled up by the apex court for not hearing a bail application for over a year. This is a deprivation of liberty, leaving the accused to languish in jail for years.

Harnessing the Digital Giants

As in the case of the new IT rules—aimed at controlling social media majors Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, as well as digital news portals like The Wire, Scroll and The Quint—the objective behind the draft e-commerce rules is shadowing.

The World and the Word

A recent SCOTUS decision about the “ordinary meaning” of words in the statute makes for strange reading. The Indian SC too has resorted to such rules of “ordinary meaning”, but the judicial recourse in both societies is rather puzzling, if not extraordinary.

How Green is the Wicket

Betting on teams in the IPL is illegal. But what happens when the franchises become public companies? Will speculating on their shares impact the players or the game? If this speculation, in the stock market, is legitimate, how is betting on the teams not?

International Information Warfare?

Are the pleas in courts about the constitutionality of the Act by Twitter an attempt to use social media as a vehicle to herald political change in India? Hopefully, the courts will see through the game.

West Bengal: A Governor’s overreach

Jagdeep Dhankar has exceeded his constitutional powers ever since he took office. He hardly spares an opportunity to exercise his activism that infringes on the fundamental principles of democracy.

J&K Dialogue: Modi’s new surgical strike?

On August 5, 2019, Jammu & Kashmir lost its statehood, its liberty, its political voice, its autonomy and its unique identity within the Indian Union.

Existing ecocide laws

There are some legislations around the world aimed at controlling ecocide. These, however, are all within national jurisdictions and implementation and enforcement has been weak.

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