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Love and the Law

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court granted bail to a man arrested for kidnapping and raping a minor girl, while observing that the alleged sexual relationship was out of attraction between the two. This raises many legal questions and is not the only one of its kind

Island Diplomacy

Can Prime Minister Narendra Modi uploading a few visuals of his whistlestop trip to Lakshadweep on social media push the troubled India-Maldives relations further into the deep? By Col R Hariharan...

Where The Head Is Held High

The apex court while observing that the appearance of the government officials before the courts has been reduced to a routine measure in cases where the government is a party warned against this tre...

Turbulent Waters

Houthi attacks on ships around the area, including two Indian ones, portend a dangerous phase of terrorism. However, the launch of a new maritime force by the US has few takers due to political schis...

Terrorists at Our Gates in 2024

This year will see a lot of action due to inimical forces across India’s borders. The government will have to be on guard and reinvent its approach to fighting militancy and not act with yesterday’s ...

Crossing the Laxman Rekha

As courts become the arena for political slugfests, have judges developed circumspection in dealing with such cases? Often, they have been unsparing in reprimanding the recalcitrant executive for its...

Investing in E-Courts

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement in 2023 to invest Rs 7,000 crore for Phase III of the E-Courts Project was a timely and welcome investment in the judiciary. What are the implicatio...

Expelled, sine die

Indian Parliament has set a dubious record in suspending 146 Opposition MPs from its Winter Session. That means the voices of crores of voters and even more citizens have been deprived the ear of the top decision-making body of the country

Deep, Dark Deeds

Documents with India Legal shockingly reveal that only six of the 41 workers trapped inside were members of EPF or had insurance. Worse, 26 were provided PF and other papers while trapped in an attempt to stop any blame-game

How Green Will Be My Valley?

Even as the global North pushes for a decarbonised regime, will it fulfill its commitments and hand-hold the South by giving it funds to transition away from fossil fuels?

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