Special

The Delhi High Court recently observed that it was not expected that the victim, a child of tender age, would behave like an adult by raising the alarm promptly. It noted that the child, with his level of vocabulary and comprehension was able to describe the incident and present a clear picture

Why doesn’t the incredibly rich BCCI pay any tax? This is because it does that great job of “promoting the sport of cricket in the country,” and because the BCCI is registered as a charitable organisation

As the wrestlers fight for justice, the political snowballing is hard to ignore. The BJP may have to pay a heavy price for this

As culprits get convicted in the Rakbar Khan lynching case in Rajasthan, the concerns raised in the historic Tehseen Poonawalla verdict regarding the role and responsibility of the state, police and civil administration is still a grey area.

In a new development, many Delhi schools have received hoax bomb threats. Now a petition in the Delhi High Court calls for an action plan to deal with these pranksters

As sports bodies openly ignore the Supreme Court guidelines on setting up internal complaints committees to look into sexual harassment charges, female sportspersons are left in the lurch. The latest to join the long line of victims are top female wrestlers of the country. How will the predators be prosecuted?

The government is using artificial intelligence and facial recognition to detect individuals with more than nine SIMs and who are indulging in cybercrimes.

The issue of narcotics and the law is once again under the scanner following the interrogation of former zonal director Narcotics Control Bureau Sameer Wankhede by the CBI for violating conduct rules by sharing conversations he had with actor Shah Rukh Khan regarding his son Aryan Khan’s arrest in the Cordelia cruise ship “drug bust” case. It has once again brought into focus the law and penalties against possession of narcotics.

The Indian Armed Forces Tribunal faces multiple challenges in the modern era, not least being involved in an era of gender parity and the ambit of cases it can officially deal with. At an India Legal Research Foundation event, Editor-in-Chief, APN channel, RAJSHRI RAI spoke with JUSTICE RAJENDRA MENON, the chairperson of Armed Forces Tribunal on a range of issues. Excerpts:

Union law minister Kiren Rijiju has been sacked. Experts feel that his barrage of unhinged words against the judiciary was his undoing.