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No-fly list: Slap down by Airlines

The assault on an airline employee by an MP led to carriers banning the politician from their flights. But is this legally tenable and should India have a blacklist like some western nations? ~By S...

Advocates’ Act: Tussle over Rights

The Law Commission’s Bill to amend this Act has led to protests and a sense of grievance among sections of the judiciary    ~By Venkatasubramanian In a normal situation, a Bill proposed by the Law ...

Malayalam Director Vinayan Wins Legal Battle

Competition Commission of India indicts two powerful film bodies Veteran Malayalam actor, Thilakan, would have felt vindicated by a landmark order had he been alive. The order, passed by the Compet...

Ayodhya dispute: Temple Tensions Rise Again

The overwhelming victory of the BJP in the UP assembly elections fuels expectations that the party would use its electoral majority to build the Ram temple on the site of the Babri Masjid ~By Parsa...

Health policy: Shifting the Goal Post

The new policy announced by the government is tilted in favour of this sector providing universal health coverage. This is a clear departure from the established norm that the state is central to prov...

Prison reforms: A Matter of Space

A directive by the Bombay High Court to Maharashtra to construct more jails by June-end this year could alleviate overcrowding of prisons there ~By Ramesh Menon in PunePrisoners housed in jails in...

Gender fight: No “Bravehearts” here!

A Sonepat court has decreed that a case where two girls were intimidated by three boys in a moving bus in 2014 was not one of sexual harassment. The video which went viral also shows the media in a po...

Jat agitation: On the Warpath Again

Even as this community is up in arms and threatens to march to Delhi, a PIL in the High Court has challenged the Haryana Backward Classes Act, 2016, which provides for reservations in government jobs ...

Affordable Justice

In a move to help the middle class, the apex court has started a mechanism whereby it can use the services of experienced lawyers at a nominal cost, eventually leading to a reduction in pendency of ca...

Aadhaar: The Great Divide

A petition in the Supreme Court has reopened the debate over Money and Financial Bills. It has serious implications for parliamentary procedure ~By Devender Singh “If the Speaker says blue is green...

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