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Crime Does Not Pay

The Allahabad High Court directed UP and the state Bar Council to ensure that a person with a criminal case does not get the licence to practice law. But can only an accused be disqualified? Recen...

The Exceptions to the Rules

India is ranked as one of the least happy nations in the world. India’s rank was 136 out of 146 nations in 2022. We are behind Nepal, China, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. And why is this, one might ask. ...

AI and the law

While artificial intelligence modules are slowly taking over many positions within the Indian administrative system, the Indian justice system is so complex that AI may only have peripheral applicati...

Turbulent Waters

Houthi attacks on ships around the area, including two Indian ones, portend a dangerous phase of terrorism. However, the launch of a new maritime force by the US has few takers due to political schis...

Terrorists at Our Gates in 2024

This year will see a lot of action due to inimical forces across India’s borders. The government will have to be on guard and reinvent its approach to fighting militancy and not act with yesterday’s ...

2023: Looking like a Wow?

Gaza continues to be pounded. At home, Manipur hasn’t been at peace since May, the Ram Janmabhoomi project nears its completion, the BJP flexed its electoral muscle in three key states and Indian cri...

Protecting Personal Data

India passed its first official enactment on data in the form of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and gradually the rules in its fulfilment are being evaluated. However, there have bee...

Is This A Laughing Matter?

Even as there was furore over MP Kalyan Banerjee’s mimicry of Vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar, he said it was his fundamental right to do so. Can mimicking a target be a potential basis for legal act...

Crossing the Laxman Rekha

As courts become the arena for political slugfests, have judges developed circumspection in dealing with such cases? Often, they have been unsparing in reprimanding the recalcitrant executive for its...

Investing in E-Courts

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement in 2023 to invest Rs 7,000 crore for Phase III of the E-Courts Project was a timely and welcome investment in the judiciary. What are the implicatio...

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