The Bar Council of India’s agitation against the Law Commission’s draft bill to amend this Act has been withdrawn following government assurances but concerns remain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