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Advocates Act: Bridge over Troubled Waters

The Bar Council of India’s agitation against the Law Commission’s draft bill to amend this Act has been withdrawn following government assurances but concerns remain ~By VenkatasubramanianIf the re...

Sexual Harassment Act: The mindset must change

A landmark law alone cannot bring about a shift in attitude towards women employees, but it can ensure that the guilty don’t enjoy impunity, provided the victim doggedly pursues the case ~By Venkat...

Indian laws whose times have come, and gone

Parliament’s effort at repealing 100 ancient laws is well timed ~By Chandan GoswamiWe may not be aware of them in our busy days, but a number of ancient and archaic laws are still active and in for...

Waste Matters

The government’s move to order restaurants to specify the portion size of meals to minimise wastage is not a bad idea provided mindsets change and laws are implemented properly ~By Bikram Vohra ...

Article 142: Cudgel or Balm?

While this Article confers powers bordering on the absolute to the apex court, it has been used in the past with reason and restraint ~By Inderjit Badhwar The Supreme Court’s tenacity in not bud...

Transfer Raj in Kerala?

The apex court has reserved its judgement in a case where Kerala’s DGP has challenged his ouster from the top job as political vendetta     ~By Naveen Nair in Thiruvananthapuram The plea in the S...

FIR against Bhupinder Hooda: Political Plot?

With the CBI registering a case against the former CM of Haryana for his irregular allotment of land to AJL, has his generosity to his party bosses done him in? And will Sonia Gandhi and Rahul also be...

A case for prohibition of alcohol: A study paper with reference to the Bihar prohibition

The encapsulated pdf is a detailed presentation arguing for the benefits of liquor ban in the state of Bihar. It details the socio economic benefits of such prohibition and whatever the losses are made up through widespread benefits that go down to the lowest runs of society.

Women judges: Cracking the Glass Ceiling?

Can the elevation of women as chief justices of High Courts be a sign of gender equality in the judiciary or is this a mere coincidence?  ~By Venkatasubramanian When things happen for the first ti...

Cell phone radiation: Tower of Discontent

A plea by a cancer-stricken man led the apex court to direct BSNL to deactivate one of its mobile towers. But it raises complex legal and scientific questions ~By VenkatasubramanianHarish Chand Tiw...

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