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While the existing guidelines under the model code of conduct require political parties to explain the rationale for promises made as well as the means to finance such promises, the Election Commission found that the declarations are quite routine, and ambiguous and do not provide adequate information to voters to exercise informed choice in an election.

The Allahabad High Court has observed that in view of the mandate in the Quran, it is clear that bigamy is not sanctified unless a man can take care of his wife and children. The verdict can open another Pandora’s box in interpreting Muslim personal laws.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that maintenance to a wife can be declined only if she indulges in continuous adulterous conduct.

Mahatma Gandhi designed the Swadeshi Movement in such a way that it brought awareness about handmade clothing and sustainable consumption, quite different from the hedonistic Fast Fashion culture now 

The recent case of cricketer Arshdeep Singh’s Wikipedia page being trolled and smeared with false information raises some crucial questions about how such platforms are monitored and administered and where responsibility rests

Recently, the apex court set aside a preventive detention order of the Tripura government. This is not the first time it has pulled up state governments. Such detention is often used as a tool to curb personal liberties

India’s long held position is that country specific resolutions are never helpful and dialogue is the way forward. Does its surprising abstention from voting on human rights in China serve its national interest?

Pension denialism behaviour by concerned authorities keeps on brutally manifesting itself in various individual cases. Matters concerning fixation, quantum, duration of pension constantly go before the High Courts and reach even the Supreme Court of India. On a conservative estimate, senior citizens grow even older as they consume at least a decade and half.

In a laudable verdict, the Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to distinguish between a married and unmarried woman with regard to her right to safe abortion between 20 and 24 weeks

A public interest litigation seeking a minimum stipend for newly enrolled advocates was filed before the Delhi High Court. The Court appealed to senior advocates to provide a sufficient stipend to their juniors. Is it time for greater empathy?