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R2P is a tentacular right that applies to all aspects of life. It took an unexpected turn recently in a case of religious rite, with the Madras High Court saying that the right also extends to one’s spiritual orientation 

The former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, Justice Virender Singh, reminisces on his association with Droupadi Murmu when she was the Governor of Jharkhand

The only Indian president I can claim to have known personally was Kocheril Raman Narayanan, the tenth president, holding office from July 25, 1997, to July 25, 2002. He was previously India’s ambassador to America when I worked in Washington D.C. as a journalist and we often dined together at his home in the company of his delightful Burmese-born wife, Usha.

As the president completes two years in office, it is imperative to look back at her childhood, difficult days and crushing personal tragedies, and her emergence as a beacon of hope to all who despair

As the central government relaxes restrictions on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a political slugfest ensues. The ban and subsequent revocation of the organisation has a history of its own. It symbolizes the conflict between the Centrist, Left parties and that of the extreme Right 

Two controversial decisions and questionable behaviour by several justices have turned the Court into an issue in the 2024 presidential polls. President Joe Biden has just put forward a plan to make changes in the Court. While he is not running for re-election, Vice-President Kamala Harris is and she agrees the Court needs an overhaul

The Examination has been controversial and divisive ever since its introduction and needs to be overhauled so that good law students who have spent years studying are nurtured to become good advocates 

The MP High Court recently held a contractor liable for not putting warning signs at a construction site, leading to the death of man. This should act as a deterrent to other irresponsible construction firms

The Court will have to settle the law on the right to be forgotten after an acquitted man in a sexual assault case wanted a judgment on him to be erased. This is in conflict with the right to information

The planned mechanism announced by the finance minister is likely to bring comfort to these stressed entities that have faced difficulty in engaging existing credit lines to pay dues. Under the new system, banks will conduct credit evaluation of an MSME based on its digital trail and not on the balance sheet