Death in India is defined by two Acts—one which deals with circulatory death and the other with brain stem death. But experts are now pitching for a common law where both definitions are clearly defin...
Should punishment be seen as a deterrent, a retributive measure or as a reformative step? This question, much debated today, also bothered Jawaharlal Nehru, who served time in prisons. An extract from...
This is a question that may be exercising many Sikhs as an apex court’s oral order seems to favor Akali Dals who want to debar Sehajdharis or un-baptized Sikhs from voting in the SGPC polls
By Vipi...
In a progressive judgment, the Bombay High Court has removed red-tapism for prisoners wanting to abort their fetus and has facilitated faster examination for them in hospitals
By Nayantara Roy
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Despite strident calls for action against our belligerent neighbour, Modi has realized that this is easier said than done. Deft handling and tightening security are the need of the hour
By Seema Gu...
The Gujarat government’s move to provide quotas to the Economically Backward Classes has come unstuck in the High Court. It now awaits resolution in the Supreme Court
By RK Misra in Gandhinag...
While dismissing a plea by international publishers, a recent judgment from the Delhi High Court holds that photocopying portions of text books is a legitimate exercise if carried out for academic pur...
While many have welcomed the judgment on copyright violations, some have serious reservations about it. Here are three of them
By Sampad Patnaik
One of the main arguments of the defendants in th...
Despite war clouds looming on the horizon, a plaintive plea from the Forces asks the powers-that-be to bring about pay parity between the Services and their civilian counterparts so that their morale ...
The brutal gang rape and murder of a girl has led to protests across Maharashtra and a demand for reservations and abolishing of the Prevention of Atrocities Act. This will culminate in Mumbai by Octo...