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No ceasefire in Delhi’s Battle Royale

The Delhi High Court while adjudicating between the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) and the Union of India has clarified that Delhi remains a union territory. It also noted t...

Losing The West

The Mamata Banerjee government recently decided to change the name of West Bengal to only “Bengal” in English and calling it only “Bangla” or “Bongo” in Bengali, removing “Pashchim”. It is believed th...

GST Bill: Pluses & Minuses

The Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014, paving the way for Goods and Services Tax, was finally passed in the Rajya Sabha on August 3, 2016

Petition in EC for Omar’s disqualification

In 2010, the Supreme Court had come down heavily on persons filing frivolous PILs and set out guidelines for filing them in State of Uttaranchal vs Balwant Singh Chaufal. The court had said: “unfortun...

SC allows abortion of 24-week-fetus

In yet another case of a pregnant woman pleading for aborting her “abnormal” fetus which is over the 20 weeks old, the Supreme Court today allowed her to terminate the pregnancy. The court went by the...

FORE in legal trouble over admission rules

A management institute is at least expected to manage its admission process well. But it seems FORE School of Management—best known as FORE and located in the tony Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi—...

Objections continue unabated on abortion laws

Recently in a plea before the Supreme Court a pregnant woman sought permission to abort her 24-week-old fetus. She had allegedly been raped by her ex-fiancee on the pretext of marriage and her petitio...

Madras High Court denounces honour killing

The Madras High Court recently pulled up the Tamil Nadu administration in a scathing denouncement of “honour” killings. It lambasted the administration for its stark apathy in such cases. Petitions...

Mentally-ill mom battles for custody

In August 2009, Mindi, a 25-year-old struggling new parent, experienced what doctors later concluded was a psychotic episode. She had been staying in a cousin’s spare basement room in De Soto, Kansas,...

SC sets the record straight on defamation

Upset over the wrong interpretation of its verdict on criminal defamation, the Supreme Court has clarified that it would have no bearing on the freedom of speech and expression. The top court had earl...

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