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Shape Up or Ship Out

Above: Even after a year, the BCCI has not implemented the recommendations of the committee headed by Justice Lodha (in grey tie). Photo: UNI Taking a serious note of BCCI’s lack of compliance with...

Triple Talaq: Liberating Verdict

Above: Muslim women offering sweets to each other in Lucknow following the Supreme Court order on triple talaq. Photo: UNI In a landmark judgment, the apex court has freed thousands of Muslim women...

Right to Privacy: Saving Private Citizen

In a big relief to all Indians, the Supreme Court has thrown its weight behind the right of an individual to privacy and called it a fundamental right. This has far-reaching implications for every asp...

Jharkhand government takes on the church

Above: Devotees attend mass on the eve of Christmas in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Photo: UNI In a bid to stop the missionary juggernaut in tribal-dominated areas, Jharkhand became the seventh state to pass...

J&K’s Special Status: A Legal Minefield

Above: (L-R) Gulzari Lal Nanda, who was the PM for two short periods; Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and Jawaharlal Nehru (photo: kashmirconnected.com).   The Court’s decision to examine the validity of ...

Hadiya case: Unholy Wedlock?

Above: Doubts are being raised as to why Akhila converted to Islam and married Shafin Jahan. Photos: shafinjahan.s/facebook With the Supreme Court handing over the case to NIA, there are larger imp...

Who is Ashok Kumar?

The recent Madras High Court order blocking 2,650 portals under the garb of a pre-emptive strike against piracy, leads to concerns about wider preventive censorship ~By Venkatasubramanian John D...

Offshore Deposits: The Flight from Swiss Banks

With the Automatic Exchange of Common Information kicking in from 2018, unaccounted wealth in banks in Switzerland is being withdrawn and parked in the US, Dubai and Singapore  ~By Rashme Sehgal i...

India Legal show: Govt hospitals suffer from administrative negligence, not medical negligence, say panellists

The latest edition of the India Legal show discussed the present medical negligence scenario in India and who should be held responsible in cases such as the one which happened at BRD medical college ...

Blocking Websites: An Open and Shut Case?

Above: Cyber law needs to quickly move forward so that the rights of the public are protected. Photo: Anil Shakya While various sites have been blocked, the legal framework does not provide checks ...

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