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The founder of Sulabh International, one of India’s best social service organisations, has died of a heart attack. His organisation was at the forefront of eradicating manual scavenging and setting up clean, economic sanitation across the country

A judgment passed by the Kerala High Court for compensation to the victims has been disregarded by the state. The judicial directions are based on fundamental rights and are not an example of judicial overreach

The Georgia indictment against the former president uses a state law against racketeering—(RICO)—naming him and 18 others in a case potentially more devastating than multiple federal charges already filed. No legal situation can keep Trump from running for the president except a conviction for conspiracy to overthrow the US Constitution. Even if elected, he cannot pardon himself for a state-level crime

A recent bill placed before Parliament seeks to replace the Chief Justice of India from the panel that selects the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners with a cabinet minister. This destroys the balance needed for impartiality

While fighting sexual assault allegations, the former WFI president declared that hugging or touching without sexual intent doesn’t amount to an offence. But various judgments have proved him wrong

After the mayhem in Nuh where buildings of Muslims were bulldozed, the Punjab and Haryana High Court asked the state if it was conducting ethnic cleansing by not following the procedure established by law

At first glance, the Bills have simply juggled British-era provisions and changed the nomenclature. But will the flaws in the system be addressed and procedures improved for quick punishment of the accused?

Even as courts accept documents via WhatsApp, legal professionals and technology providers should establish guidelines to safeguard the integrity of court proceedings

Even as Assam gears up to introduce the law, the question is whether states should spend valuable time and resources passing such laws when a UCC will make them irrelevant

The Bill raises questions about the future autonomy of IIMs as it has proposed that the president will be the Visitor with the power to audit, order probes and appoint and remove directors