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Tadri Port Project: In Troubled Waters

The largest port project in Karnataka is floundering as it is based on faulty impact assessment, legal violations, data disparities and procedural lapses By Dr Mahabelshwar Hegde and Krithika Dines...

HIV and AIDS Bill: Balm over Wounds

With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Bill being approved, there is hope for those who face stigma and discrimination By Dinesh C Sh...

Tobacco consumption: Stubbing it out

The roadmap for India’s tobacco control program lies in more stringent laws and higher taxes to wean the public from the pernicious habit     By Shoba John Come November, government delegations ...

The foreign hand in political funding

Only 20 percent of the income of political parties can be traced. What about the rest? By Usha Rani Das In 2014, the Delhi High Court convicted the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Jan...

Legislating a law

When a bill journeys through parliament, it goes through an elaborate process. What finally emerges from the parliamentary crucible is unassailable. By Devender Singh Come every parliament sessi...

Wrongly-Framed Persons: Scars of Innocence

A new network of lawyers, rights activists and those exonerated in terrorism-related cases dedicates itself to fight for compensation and rehabilitation of those wrongly framed and prosecuted By Ajit...

More Misses Than Hits

Though Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 has been amended, several lacunae still remain in the existing arbitral regime, creating confusion in the minds of litigants and lawyers By Usha Rani Da...

Paris Climate Agreement: Can India Deliver?

If India is serious about implementing the Paris Climate Agreement, it has to draw up stringent laws and policies that will make it an example for developing countries By Ramesh Menon India has ...

“Everybody Has a Right to Fall in Love”: Neelam Katara

This gutsy mother’s fight for justice for her deceased son, Nitish, finally came to fruition with the Supreme Court handing out a severe sentence to his killers  By Karan Kaushik The Supreme Cou...

Dangerous Liaisons

Retaining the minimum age of marriage for a girl at 15 under the amended law has made many child brides vulnerable to abuse. The law is also at variance with others, allowing the guilty to go scot-fre...

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