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College Controversy

The turmoil over who gets to control Sherwood College, Nainital will possibly take longer to end. With two rival Church of North India dioceses vying with each other and a church that had amalgamated into the CNI also staking claim to the college's parent Society, the controversy has left the reputed College, founded in 1869, like the proverbial goose laying the golden egg caught in a very hard place.

The Hijab Debate

The Karnataka state government’s order on hijab has raked up the issue of constitutional morality and minority rights. Is the State empowered to interfere with religious practises? Has there been a discrimination on the basis of religion?

Malicious prosecution, the damage it wreaks and remedies

Former Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra made the observation while awarding Rs 50 lakh to ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan, who had been  wrongly charged of espionage by Kerala Police. “Nambi Narayanan v. Siby Mathews”[1].

The Cryptocurrency Challenge

These three news headlines hammer home the current craze over cryptocurrencies, the world over. India is also no stranger to virtual currency and the rage has kicked in strongly. The government is mindful of the consequences of regulated use of cryptocurrencies and has made moves to regulate it by bringing its trade under the tax net.

Hijab controversy unveils religious, political faultlines

The full bench of the Karnataka High Court will continue hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the hijab ban in educational institutions by the state government. The matter is before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi. Earlier on Monday, senior advocate appearing for petitioners, told the High Court that government can't restrict fundamental rights in the garb of maintaining public order as he sought permission for Muslim girls to wear hijab in schools and colleges.

Be Big Brother, Not Big Boss

By Sanjay Raman Sinha  The proposal to change central deputation rules of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers has escalated into a major conflict between the centre and states. On Ja...

Harish Rawat: A patriarch for all seasons

By Vikram Kilpady The day Delhi recorded the highest rainfall in January since 1989, Harish Rawat was doing back-to-back virtual campaigns on Twitter and YouTube. Necessitated by the campaign bar ...

Vigilante Crimes on the Rise

A rampaging mob killing a hapless man is not the best of sights; but it is a living reality in India. India has a history of extra-judicial killings by men in police uniform, alternatively termed as “encounter killings”. But taking of law in hands by the mentally fevered group of persons and torturing and slaughtering of individuals in full public view is downright barbaric.

Hate Speech: The legal position in India

By Prateek Som The Constitution of India is one of the lengthiest written constitutions in the world and contains a preamble, 470 articles, 12 schedules and 5 appendices. India is a better place t...

China’s Land Border Law: A serious concern for India

The Indo-China border dispute has now turned at least 65 years old with no significant headway in defining the border. Even the most rudimentary task of exchanging maps to understand the differing perception of the two nations with respect to the LAC has not been concluded.

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