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Covid-19 and the Mahabharata

On March 24, while announcing the unprecedented 21-day lockdown, the prime minister compared it to the war of Mahabharata which lasted all of 18 days. The insinuation was that if it took 18 days to fi...

Migrant Crisis and Civil Defence

The sight of a vast multitude of migrants attempting to leave the capital for their villages at any cost was a humanitarian nightmare. Was it inept mishandling by the state machinery or deliberate mis...

E-Filing Pointers

Dear Friends, With the national lockdown and spread of the COVID-19 which has led to the disruption of the normal functioning of Courts, the Ld. Registry has provided for E-filing of Petitions and ...

Boost Your Health

The number of people infected with Covid-19 continues to skyrocket, with nearly one million cases worldwide. But there’s no vaccine or cure for it, though human trials have started in the US based on ...

Draconian Measures

The clangs and claps of the March 22 Janata Curfew had hardly died down than Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared on national TV at 8 pm on March 24 to declare a nationwide “sarkari curfew” of 21 day...

New Insurance Umbrella

In the time of Covid-19, a key concern of the public has been the expenses that will be incurred if they get infected. Will their health insurance policies cover the exp­enses and if they are denied, ...

Disgruntled Father

A dispute, of any kind is not virtuous for a healthy society, but by no means is inevitable. One can understand dispute between countries, dispute between communities or between two religions. Nonethe...

International Briefs

The Conspiracy Clash As in all global crises and pandemics, the urge to find scapegoats and apportion blame leads to bizarre, unsubstantiated conspiracy theories. That is exactly what is happening ...

Law Campus Updates

Law campuses shut down in the wake of coronavirus threat In the wake of an outbreak of COVID-19 in India, various law colleges and campuses have suspended classes and are encouraging self-quarantin...

Supreme Court Annual Report 2018-19 : Towards Democratic Judicial Accountability

The Supreme Court has begun issuing annual reports concerning the administration of justice by it and High Courts since 2015-16, but the media and academic journals have largely maintained an unwelcom...

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