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Doctors have often faced violence at the hands of those they heal. Kerala has now decided to bring out an ordinance to amend the Kerala Healthcare Act after a doctor was murdered while on duty.

Children suffering from such diseases have become petitioners in court, seeking a direction to the centre to provide them uninterrupted and cost-free treatment as the therapy for these diseases is very expensive. The secretary of the Union health ministry has been summoned by the Delhi High Court over non-compliance of its direction to the ministry to release Rs five crore for the treatment of children suffering from rare diseases.

The amendment makes CAs, company secretaries and cost and works accountants liable if they do financial transactions, buy and sell immovable property and operate companies for dubious clients.

How can a prisoner be brutally stabbed within a high security ward despite the presence of security personnel? Indian jails, which are already overburdened, are yet again facing new allegations in the light of the gruesome murder of gangster Tillu Tajpuriya in Tihar jail by members of a rival gang.

Ruling on the power war between the elected governments of Delhi and Maharashtra versus their centrally-appointed governors, the Supreme Court has sought to bind and shackle the Delhi Durbar’s autocrats with the chains of the Constitution.

Artificial Intelligence has already invaded Indian farming. Huge advances have been seen with the help of AI-related tech. However, there remains the possibility of over automating the system, resulting in the loss of livelihoods of millions of farmers.

As Karnataka cattle traders cry foul over anti-slaughter act, the spin-offs of cattle protection laws on commerce become hard to ignore. As the subject of agriculture and animal husbandry comes under the state list, there is no omnibus law in the country which deals with cattle protection and slaughter norms. Instead, states have the power to enact individual cattle laws.

The Ludhiana gas leak shows the need for safety systems. Under the Supreme Court’s idea of absolute liability, hazardous industries must pay compensation regardless of whether a disaster was caused by its fault.

A simple, enabling legal provision is needed to prevent mummification of the living and to guarantee the right to a dignified life, including death.

In order to reduce case pendency, the chief justice has directed that 14 vacation benches sit during the summer vacations. For an already overburdened judiciary, does this take the joy out of holidays?