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A Karnataka High Court ruling that raping a dead woman does not come under the ambit of rape or unnatural offences shows the need to bring necrophilia under the framework of criminal law

The Allahabad High Court has argued that the Supreme Court’s views pertaining to “live-in” relationships “cannot be considered to promote such relationships”. That has opened another can of worms regarding Muslim law and marriage

Both India and America pulled out all the stops in ensuring that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington was a success, despite the naysayers, says Kenneth Tiven

After fugitive borrowers have sucked Indian PSU banks dry through NPAs, the RBI suddenly tells them it is okay, come back home, all’s forgiven

With 21% of Supreme Court judges taking up post-retirement jobs, the constitutional morality of such decisions is questionable. Will increasing their retirement age lessen the allure of these jobs?

The recent and frequent changes in political textbooks and scientific journals, till now the basic learning format for all students, have not just caused confusion, but also, owing to the tinge of politics involved, turned history into a convenient area to change impressionable minds.

The Delhi High Court recently made it clear that the permission of the tree officer in line with the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994, is mandatory before pruning trees in Delhi regardless of the tree’s girth size. The Court set aside guidelines that had allowed the pruning of branches of trees having a girth size of up to 15.7 cm without prior permission from the tree officer.

A shocking case of organ trafficking in a prominent Ernakulam hospital has once again brought into focus the flouting of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act. Such cases abound in India.

NRIs are increasingly caught in an unseemly custody battle for their children. Recently, the apex court sentenced an NRI to six months jail and a fine of Rs 25 lakh for defying its order.

The Report recommends against the total repeal of the sedition law and is in favour of retaining and enlarging the offence. It could have thought of amendments to terror laws that would study the distinction between anti-State and constitutionally sincere criticism of governance.