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Rights in chains

A recent Calcutta High Court order shows how personal liberties must be allowed to convicts as well. Calculating backwards, one can assume that the huge number of undertrials in Indian jails deserve their liberties too

Vive La France

While it is necessary to acknowledge the influence of English and European thought in India, let us not forget the French ideas of liberty, equality, fraternity, introduced in the Preamble of our Constitution

Tall Claims

A recent case of the Bombay High Court refusing to allow relaxation of height norms for a building near Mumbai’s airports is another example of rules being recklessly flouted by builders 

Minority Mess

Even though AMU is facing a legal battle over its minority status, it has been performing its constitutionally ordained duty. Is the challenge to the University symbolic of the crisis of secularism in India?  

Cult Following

The devotion Republican voters of Iowa felt for Trump was evident when he got 51% of the vote count. But will this idolization help him get presidential immunity against his many legal issues?

What an Idea, Sirji

The Section, which obliges a guilty person to report his guilt to the police or magistrate or else be liable for double the punishment, is a juridical masterstroke and offers a simple solution to tackle crimes

Love and the Law

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court granted bail to a man arrested for kidnapping and raping a minor girl, while observing that the alleged sexual relationship was out of attraction between the two. This raises many legal questions and is not the only one of its kind

Critical Criteria

The health ministry has laid down guidelines for ICU admission and discharge in the country and these are based on the severity of organ failure and the necessity for organ support

The CJI’s Hammurabi Moment

By Inderjit Badhwar Dear Dr Chandrachud, First of all, a very happy and glorious New Year to you, Your Honour. I address this missive to you not in the capacity of your justly-merited standing ...

Island Diplomacy

Can Prime Minister Narendra Modi uploading a few visuals of his whistlestop trip to Lakshadweep on social media push the troubled India-Maldives relations further into the deep? By Col R Hariharan...

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