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Draft of Muslim Women Bill: Triple Whammy

Above: Muslim women protesting against the triple talaq Bill/Photo: UNI Despite diluting the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill that criminalises instant triple talaq, the centre ...

Bright idea! Panel suggestion may end up linking Aadhaar to motor vehicle registration numbers

~By Sujit Bhar While waiting for the Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar and its myriad linkages, different government agencies seem to have gone off the handle, recommending the linking of every othe...

Tamil Nadu: Big Shoes To Fill

With MK Stalin taking over as DMK chief from Muthuvel Karunanidhi who died last week, an early test of his leadership qualities awaits as he leads the party in the Lok Sabha elections next year withou...

SNC-Lavalin case: Ghosts of the Past

Above: The SNC-Lavalin case has jolted Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan out of his comfort zone/Photo: UNI Just when everything seemed to be going right for Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the CB...

Justice Srikrishna Report: Muddying the Waters

Above: Justice BN Srikrishna and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad share the dais after submission of the data protection report prepared by the Committee Justice BN Srikrishna report has not taken...

Protests Against Novel: Public Censorship

Above: Kerala BJP Mahila Morcha protesting against S Hareesh’s novel/Photo: twitter Rightwingers force a major Malayalam magazine to withdraw the serialisation of a novel which suggests that Hindu...

GST: A Good Idea Gone Bad

Above: Over 600 changes have now been made to tax rates of 1,300 goods and 500 services At the launch of GST, Prime Minister Modi stated that it would bring economic unification through easier inte...

Missionaries of Charity: Mother of a Controversy

Above: Police try to enter the premises of a Ranchi shelter run by Missionaries of Charity following an FIR lodged against child trafficking by nuns/Photo: UNI Three years after it announced that i...

Legal Information: Access Denied

Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence IT companies have made India the back office of the world, but the country remains a laggard in building live legal e-databanks ~By Rishika Pardikar A ...

Section 377: Somewhere Over the Rainbow…

Photo: Anil Shakya When the Supreme Court Constitution bench took up petitions challenging Section 377, it lived up to its role as a progressive institution and in sync with the realities of modern...

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