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While various judgments have said that a police officer has to register a Zero FIR if a cognizable offence is not committed within the jurisdiction of his police station, Manipur has shown that this doesn’t happen

The deaths of nine cheetahs, translocated from Africa, in 130 days in Kuno National Park, MP, have brought Project Cheetah under the scanner. Will better sense prevail so that they are taken to other sanctuaries?

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has put a stop to rampant bulldozing of private property by the Haryana government which declared that these were properties owned by criminal elements. The demolitions were done without court orders

An oversight subcommittee in the US Congress confirmed that the federal government has spent nearly 75 years hiding evidence that extraterrestrials have visited Earth. Star witness at the hearing was David Grusch, a former intelligence official, who said credible people told him that “non-human biologics” were found at alleged crash sites

A recent incident of a case being registered against a microphone for howling during a speech by the Kerala CM has brought out the ludicrousness of seeing inanimate objects as living entities

A recent award of Rs 2 crore by the Delhi High Court to a defamed army officer has sparked a debate about the defamation law impinging on the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression

Orders of the Patna High Court relating to a caste survey of the Bihar government have led to confusion as it first stayed the survey, and then supported it, debunking the stand of the petitioners

The Bill, passed in the Lok Sabha, has many pros and cons. While it will be a stepping stone towards an Atmanirbhar Bharat, it will severely dent the digital personality hood of an individual

Jharkhand has become the latest state to introduce an anti-cheating bill to curb the menace in competitive exams. Critics question the harsh punishment awaiting the candidate

In view of the historic case being argued before the Supreme Court on the legality of the abrogation of Article 370, I reproduce below an essay on the genesis of this bond of faith between India and the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the historical perspective of the times and circumstances in which the Article was enacted. This piece was published almost a month before the abolition of the Article on August 5, 2019.