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Hair Raising

A notice issued by a Pune district court on October 20 asking women advocates not to “arrange” hair in the open court led to a social media uproar. The notice said that women arranging their hair disturbs the court

Learn Local, Speak Local

The NCF has said that the mother tongue should be the primary medium of instruction for children till eight years as only then do they learn concepts rapidly and deeply

November 7, 2022

Lead Visual: Shantanu Mitra With elections to Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat looming on the radar, the voters in these states are back seeing the people they voted into power, after 5 years.

Governors vs CMs: Ugly Slugfest

Despite a strong constitutional framework, governors have become tools in the hands of the ruling party. No one knows this better than the Kerala CM who has been at loggerheads with the governor 

The Communal Cane

The public flogging of some Muslim youths in Kheda district on October 4 by policemen has become a keenly-watched judicial issue. The Gujarat High Court has issued notice to the police personnel involved in the public flogging, which is against all guidelines and procedures

Unfair Play

The Competition Commission of India, India’s anti-trust and competition regulator, has levied a fine of Rs 936.44 crore on Google for misusing its predominance concerning its Play Store policies. Significantly, it lays down India’s first authorized view on in-app payments by OS operators such as Google and Apple.

New Kid in Town

The introduction of 75 DBUs is an attempt by the government to take banks to “the doorstep of the poor”. However, its adherence to compliance norms and data privacy will be a key issue in its success

Feminism and Law

Incorporating feminist thinking into law is not easy primarily because the language of legal decision making is substantively and linguistically male. The next chief justice of India has told law students to incorporate “feminist thinking” in the way they deal with law

A Matter of Choice

The Court will examine an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court that allowed a minor Muslim girl to marry a person of her choice. Muslim law is often at odds with other laws in India

Vote or Be Shamed

The MoU between GEC and corporate houses to make the workforce vote is illegal and goes against the Representation of the People Act, which allows a person to vote or refrain from it at an election

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