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Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code: The Cauldron Froths…

Above: Jaypee home buyers demand a judicial probe into the delay of their flat allotments/Photo: UNI Though a 14-member panel has recommended amending the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code to treat ...

Unilateral ceasefire during Ramadan in J&K: A PDP placebo pipedream

Above: Youths pelting stones towards security forces in J&K (representative image)/Photo: UNI ~By Fasih Ahmed “A thousand mothers of terrorists will cry so that a single mother of ours won’t...

Politics of Embarrassment

The glacial pace of action increasingly imperils both judicial independence and the constitutional republic   ~By Upendra Baxi   There has been more heat than light over the ...

Credibility Crisis

Above: The four seniormost judges of the Supreme Court, (L-R) Justice Kurian Joseph, Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Madan B Lokur, address the media on January 12, 2018/Ph...

Illegal Detention: For a More Caring World…

A Delhi High Court judgment ushers in a new dawn for millions of Indians living with mental illness   ~By Prof Upendra Baxi Big events make news, evoke media comment and public concern. The S...

Govt arguments on K M Joseph have no teeth

CJI Dipak Misra (left) and Justice KM Joseph ~By Vinay Vats The elevation of one name amongst two names recommended by the collegiums has invoked many questions on the independence of the Judici...

A Pipe Dream

This method — H-1B Visas — of going to the US is full of hurdles and that includes the Trump administration’s hardline stance. This has led to top Indian firms reducing their visa applications ...

No Constitutional Bar on More Benches

UP lawyers demanding a western bench of the Allahabad High Court, in New Delhi. Photo: Anil Shakya Though the demand for more High Court benches often turns into an emotional and political issue, t...

How Safe Are Our Children?

Above: Children at an orphanage/Photo: globalgiving.org India is a signatory to the UN convention on child rights, and other laws like the JJ Act too have been amended in the interests of the child...

Lawmakers and Lawyers

Above: Bar Council of India/Photo: Anil Shakya A petition filed before the Supreme Court seeking a ban on MPs and MLAs practising in courts has triggered serious debate in legal circles &nbs...

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