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Diluting child rights

Amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 proscribe employing children below the age of 14. But exemptions in the new law render it open to gross misuse By Ajith Pillai ...

Dalits fighting for rights

While Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel was the first casualty of their anger, the next year’s polls in Uttar Pradesh will prove the final clincher By Kalyani Shankar In politics, fortunes change in a ...

Is Jaya throttling dissent?

With numerous defamation cases filed by Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court has asked the state to be tolerant to criticism and give it a list of those in the firing line By India Legal T...

Victory for Third Gender?

Though the Transgender Persons (Protection of rights) Bill 2016 is a welcome move, unless society changes its perception and abuse of transgenders, little progress will be made so that they lead a lif...

GST: A Dream for Indian Consumers?

Indirect taxes have been the bane of the common man. With a common tax regime now in place, will corporate pass on the benefits to consumers so that prices come down?   By Sumit Dutt Majumder Wi...

Where is Netaji’s “treasure”?

On July 29, a PIL was filed in Calcutta High Court asking for an inquiry commission to look into the disappearance of gold and jewelry of the INA. Could this stir another Hornet’s Nest? By Sujit Bh...

Of diplomats and defaults

The Indian High Commission has notched up unpaid dues worth millions to London’s transport authorities as its cars refuse to pay congestion charges which are seen as taxes By Sajeda Momin Indian...

Beijing’s show of strength

The intemperate and aggressive Chinese reaction to the UN Permanent Court of Arbitration’s verdict that it has no territorial claims in the seas off Philippines and other nations reveals the communist...

Why did cops in Karnataka embrace death?

The month of July was one of the worst for the police of Karnataka as four of their men and women took their lives unable to bear with the stress and strain of duty. What ails this profession? By I...

Black Robes Vs the Pen

Work came to stop in courts across Kerala as a confrontation between the press and the legal fraternity took an ugly turn. Finally, the Chief Justice of India had to step in By Naveen Nair in Thiru...

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