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Death Penalty: Make It Swift and Painless

Based on a petition, the apex court wants to reconsider an earlier decision on carrying out death sentence by hanging so that the convict does not suffer any pain ~By Venkatasubramanian The dea...

Doth Thou Protest Too Much?

Above: A demonstration organised by the Jat Arakshan Samiti at Jantar Mantar in May 2015 demands reservation. Photo: Anil Shakya Does a ruling of the Tribunal banning meetings at this iconic site a...

Social Media Restriction: Post Haste

Above: MP Chief Justice Hemant Gupta wants the judiciary to exercise restraint in sharing posts on social networking sites A crackdown on the rampant use of social media during working hours in Mad...

Sexual Offences: Leering at a Child is Punishable

The Bombay High Court has said that looking at a minor boy or a girl with a sexual intention will invite the provisions of the POCSO Act ~By Rajesh Kumar On September 27, Justice AM Badar of the...

Judges under Notice

Above: Rajasthan High Court In a rare case, the apex court issued notices to two Rajasthan High Court judges who retired in 2016 and were ineligible for the post of additional judges ~By Vinay V...

Two rape verdicts: The march backwards

Above: Red Brigade members on dharna in Lucknow, demanding steps to check violence against women. Photo: UNI Two recent judgments came in for criticism as references were made to the character of t...

Lawless Law Campuses

Above: Students protesting at RMLNLU, Lucknow. Photo: Twitter The past few months have seen some premier law universities descend into chaos as the administration and students battle it out over f...

Beggary: Out on the Streets

A draft bill which aimed to decriminalise begging was abandoned by the centre after it failed to convince activists who said it didn’t address poverty per se ~By Venkatasubramanian It was a legi...

Prison Reforms: A Life of Dignity Behind Bars

Above: The philosophy of India’s criminal justice system is based on reform, but in practice, it’s deterrence that gets precedence. Representative Image: Anil Shakya In a landmark judgment, the ape...

Indian start-up uses AI to provide unique search platform and data bank for Indian legal pros

Pioneers in Asia: LegitQuest’s technology provides solutions to legal search problems with case references just a click away In India, every industry or service sector is unique and gets impacted b...

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