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The controversy over the educational qualifications of the prime minister has again been resuscitated by a recent Gujarat High Court order with a year or so to go before the next Lok Sabha elections.

In an effort to make organ donation easier and wider, India has waived off the 65 years’ age limit for it. However, societal attitudes and technology hurdles are formidable challenges.

The centre is planning to liberalise construction activity close to protected monuments so that the land can be used for developmental and infrastructure-related work. Will this open a Hornet’s Nest?

Though the centre formed a panel in 2020 to review laws related to sexual offenses, rape laws continue to see women as victims. This denies legal protection to men and other genders who are victims too.

The Supreme court recently said in a review judgment said that “courts should not indulge in furthering the notion that only a male child furthers family lineage or is able to assist the parents in old age. Such remarks involuntarily further patriarchal value judgments that courts should avoid regardless of the context"

The Supreme court has directed that Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary be set free forthwith from the correctional home in which he remains imprisoned as he suffered imprisonment for more than 28 years after his arrest in 1994. He was a juvenile at that time.

The Himachal Pradesh government’s move to impose water cess on hydropower plants has created a furore. Hydropower plants have gone to court, while Punjab and Uttarakhand have declared the move illegal.

Donald Trump has earned the dubious distinction for the first ever indictment of any president in American history for a criminal act. Arraignment for the as-yet-unrevealed indictment is the result of a New York Grand Jury probing an improper $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in the weeks before the 2016 election.

Despite deep fissures between developed and developing countries, the Treaty is an extraordinary achievement for marine biodiversity and India has been a valuable ally to it.

If Rahul Gandhi wants to save his seat, he has to approach the higher court to stay the conviction and the apex court to stay the Lok Sabha secretariat notification to prevent a bypoll in Wayanad.