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Hybrid Justice

Ever since the first lockdown in March 2020, physical functioning of courts in India had been put on hold, with hearings being conducted using video telecommunication platforms. Even though the court...

Father figure: The Majority View

The Delhi High Court recently ruled that a father cannot be absolved of the responsibilities to meet the education expenses of his children simply because they have attained the age of majority. A si...

Pregnant Pause

In the 50th year of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, abortion in India is legal in certain circumstances and illegal in certain circumstances. Section 312 (“voluntarily causing a woman to mi...

The Information Byway

The central government has started a fresh round of discussions for a completely new IT law to deal with current and future situations. According to officials, the new law will “subsume” rules like t...

This is the Pits

The Orissa High Court recently ordered the state government to pay Rs 10 lakh each to the parents of two 4-year-old girls playing at an anganwadi centre who drowned in a pit on September 7, 2012. It ...

Restraining Orders

Recently, the Delhi High Court directed that “all media houses ought to exercise restraint while reporting on matters which are still under investigation by any statutory authority”. Justice Rekha...

Heat and Dust

In an attempt to control dust emissions from construction sites and thereby combat pollution, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai held a joint meeting with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPC...

Organ donation: No child’s play

Recently, the Delhi High Court was approached by Saurav Suman, a 17 year- and-nine month-old Class XII student. He was aggrieved by an order passed by the appropriate authority of the Institute of Li...

The Heroin Stain

Last fortnight, while extending the custody of a Chennai couple held in connection with the Rs 21,000-crore heroin haul from Mundra port, the Special Court for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substan...

Covid-19 ex-gratia: Too little, too late

The centre recently informed the Supreme Court that the families of those who died due to Covid-19 will receive Rs 50,000 as ex-gratia compensation. The assistance will also be given to families of t...

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