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Tardy progress in electing deputies for Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha

The Lok Sabha has been without a Deputy Speaker for 15 months despite a mandate given by Article 93. The Speaker has to fix a date for the election but, intriguingly, Om Birla said it was not his job to do so.

Tightening the noose on legislators facing criminal charges

A new order of the apex court attempts to clean the rot in public life and punish politicians who have criminal cases against them. It is also time the Court protects witnesses who have testified against them.

Manifestation Of Equality- Daughter’s Right In Ancestral Property

Under the Hindu Mitakshara Law, ancestral property is passed on down the male line by survivorship – what we commonly refer to as the coparcenary system. Unique as it was, the minute a son was born in a family, he would become a coparcener in his own right, to the ancestral property of the family.

Digital Dictatorship

Has the pandemic locked us into a high-tech dystopia? Two high profile social activists, Vandana Shiva in India, and Canadian author Naomi Klein, have both been warning of an age they call Digital Dictatorship, when the giants of the tech world will dominate the economy, and all our lives.

Farm bills Explained: Is this a watershed moment or subterfuge?

During the current monsoon session of Parliament, of the three contentious farm bills the Lok Sabha, through voice vote, passed the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020

Revocation of Article 370 and after-effects in J&K and Ladakh

The Government of India revoked Article 370 of the Constitution of India on August 6, 2019 and bifurcated the existing state of J&K into two Union Territories, namely UT of J&K and UT of Ladakh.

War of Words

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s directive to chairpersons of parliamentary panels not to take up issues for examination which are pending in courts has led to much debate, but rules do prohibit this

NSA in UP cow slaughter cases: Threat to public order enabling criteria

There has been much debate about invoking this stringent act in alleged cases of cow slaughter. Is this legally valid and how have courts responded? By Adarsh Patel The National Security Act ...

Justice via video conferencing is here to stay

Video-conferencing in courts has shown how justice can be made accessible, affordable and speedy. It should be continued so that courts become “more a service than a place”. By Parveen Kumar Aggar...

A rich per capita income state Goa bearing double whammy of tie between the courts and policy makers

Goa a state of 15 lac population the major two economic activities is tourism and mining. Tourism had its hit due to COVID 19 and will take at least an year to recover. The related service industry had its toll by loss of job and business. The double whammy is unresolved issue of mining in Goa.

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