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As Israel keeps bombing the hapless Palestinian population, high profile international bodies, such as the International Criminal Court and even the UN Security Council and the UN in general, have come up short. If they are so ineffective, why are they needed at all?

The Election Commission has shown some spine in cancelling a yatra of the government as the Model Code of Conduct is in place in five poll bound states. Is the EC taking the government by the horns?

An abandoned wife can claim maintenance from her estranged husband even if she is educated and employed. There is a logical economic line defining the situation

In a move to sensitise people towards the trauma faced by same-sex couples, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud issued a slew of measures to protect them, including safe houses and hotline numbers

Even as feisty Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra faces allegations of professional impropriety, the question is whether she has broken the Code of Conduct governing members of Parliament

As the Right To Information Act completes 18 years of its enactment, the focus once again shifts to questions of efficacy, transparency and governmental control. FORMER CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER YASHVARDHAN KUMAR SINHA, who demitted office this month, spoke to RAJSHRI RAI, editor-in-chief, APN channel, on a wide range of issues during the interaction at the India Legal Research Foundation symposium

According to Israeli media by Day 6 of the attack, at least 1,300 Israelis have been killed and over 7,400 people in all wounded. The Gaza Health Ministry said 447 children and 248 women were among the 1,417 Palestinians killed by Israel Defence Forces. The IDF said it is holding 1,500 bodies of militants. And the body count is likely to grow as the end of war is nowhere in sight. Over 3,30,000 people in Gaza have been forced to flee their homes after Israel rockets and bombs hit residential buildings, according to the UN. More importantly, what are the international dimensions of the war?

An apex court bench is re-examining the correctness of a 1998 judgment where the majority held that legislators are immune to prosecution on bribery charges for their speech or vote in Parliament

A recent judgment has said that the ED is “not expected to be vindictive in its conduct” and must furnish the grounds of arrest in writing to the accused. Nonetheless, its overriding powers continue

The arrest of the TDP supremo for alleged financial misdeeds is not a standalone one. Cases against leaders have run the gamut of courts. Any subversion of the rule of law through a political witch-hunt demands systemic resolutions