Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence
IT companies have made India the back office of the world, but the country remains a laggard in building live legal e-databanks
~By Rishika Pardikar
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Photo: Anil Shakya
When the Supreme Court Constitution bench took up petitions challenging Section 377, it lived up to its role as a progressive institution and in sync with the realities of modern...
Above: Union minister Sushma Swaraj was trolled for taking measures to ensure that interfaith couples get their passports/Photo: UNI
As social media platforms fail to self-regulate, high-profile vi...
Pakistan’s Accountability court announces 10 year jail term for Nawaz Sharif, daughter Maryam granted 7 year term, her husband to serve 1 year in prison
Just short of a year after Pakistan’s Suprem...
Above: For now, there will be no more river rafting in Rishikesh or elsewhere in Uttarakhand/Photo Courtesy: tajhotels.com
Peak season adventure tourism takes a hit in Uttarakhand as the High Court...
Above: Civil court lawyers protesting against the Advocates (Amendment) Bill 2017, in Ranchi (file pic)/Photo: UNI
Though the Law Commission’s voluminous reports are not binding on the government, ...
Above: Buying lands belonging to the Limboo-Tamang tribals is proposed to be barred in Sikkim/Photo: mapsofindia.com
In an ostensible attempt to safeguard scarce land resources, the chief minister ...
Illustration: Rajender Kumar
The recent revelation of a prostitution racket in the US has blown the lid off the Telugu film industry where actresses who have fallen on bad times are exploited and b...
Above: Ancient and medieval Indian texts have extolled the virtues of the Cannabis indica and sativa plants
Over the past four years, support for de-criminalising cannabis has come from various law...
Above: Karti Chidambaram talks to supporters during the CBI raid at his Chennai home
In their pursuit of Chidambaram and his family members, the Enforcement Directorate, the CBI and the IT depart...