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The Union government has introduced new rules which allow private developers to cut down forests without first ensuring the consent of the forest dwellers
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Home Alone: Can house arrests end overcrowding in jails? 

The Supreme Court while rejecting the default bail application of activist Gautam Navlakha had observed embracing the international practice of putting the accused under house arrest in deserving and suitable cases as a means to decongest prisons.

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On July 8, the health ministry released a draft “Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2022” in which, for the first time, efforts will be made to regulate e-pharmacies.  The Bill also p...

Caging the Tiger

The trend of lodging multiple FIRs against individuals in various states is disturbing and courts have said that this is not permissible. The right to dissent and speak up is essential for democracy to survive

Line of Control

Recently, in a petition by journalist Rana Ayyub before the Delhi High Court for being unceremoniously put on a no-fly list by the CBI by issuing Look Out Circular, the Court quashed the impugned LOC for infringing her human right to travel abroad and to exercise freedom of speech and expression.

Uber’s Rash Drive

An expose has revealed how the tech giant wooed top politicians, fooled investigators and worked around legislation to come up with destructive trade approaches to become a global titan

Easy Come, Easy Go

In a move to ease matters, the government will issue driving licenses without driving tests. Instead, dedicated training centres will conduct these tests

Copping Out

As per latest official report Bihar, UP, West Bengal and Assam have more than 1/4th of their constable and officer posts vacant. One in three of 17, 233 police stations does not have a single CCTV camera and at the present rate of increase, it will take 33 years to reach of 33% women officers target.

Confusion Confounded

A Supreme Court order in 2017 had directed all deemed universities to not use the word “university”. Now a government panel has said that they should be allowed to use the word “university” to avoid confusion abroad

An Inhuman Practice

With the recent Karnataka High Court ruling directing the state police to make available body cameras to all police personnel entitled to arrest a person, the issue of handcuffing an accused without necessary permission from courts has again taken centre-stage.

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