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Supreme Court

Death Penalty: Make It Swift and Painless

Based on a petition, the apex court wants to reconsider an earlier decision on carrying out death sentence by hanging so that the convict does not suffer any pain ~By Venkatasubramanian The dea...

Prison Reforms: A Life of Dignity Behind Bars

Above: The philosophy of India’s criminal justice system is based on reform, but in practice, it’s deterrence that gets precedence. Representative Image: Anil Shakya In a landmark judgment, the ape...

Cattle smuggling: Milking Security Loopholes

Above: 57 BSF Battalion seized around 100 cows at the Assam-Bangladesh border in Dhubri district. Photo: Twitter/@peteralextodd As cattle smuggling thrives along the Indo-Bangla border with the con...

Shape Up or Ship Out

Above: Even after a year, the BCCI has not implemented the recommendations of the committee headed by Justice Lodha (in grey tie). Photo: UNI Taking a serious note of BCCI’s lack of compliance with...

Triple Talaq: Liberating Verdict

Above: Muslim women offering sweets to each other in Lucknow following the Supreme Court order on triple talaq. Photo: UNI In a landmark judgment, the apex court has freed thousands of Muslim women...

Right to Privacy: Saving Private Citizen

In a big relief to all Indians, the Supreme Court has thrown its weight behind the right of an individual to privacy and called it a fundamental right. This has far-reaching implications for every asp...

J&K’s Special Status: A Legal Minefield

Above: (L-R) Gulzari Lal Nanda, who was the PM for two short periods; Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and Jawaharlal Nehru (photo: kashmirconnected.com).   The Court’s decision to examine the validity of ...

Apex Court Sacks BCCI President Thakur and Secretary

SC also slaps contempt of court charge on Anurag Thakur, appoints two administrators to select new president, secretary   By Sujit Bhar The first working day of the New Year has brought to an e...

Bigger Pictures, Better Warnings

The SC’s order last month directing tobacco companies to display bigger health warnings on their products is a shot in the arm for those campaigning against nicotine abuse. The industry’s plea against...

Flight of Despair

The apex court recently asked SpiceJet to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to a disabled passenger it had de-boarded. Will this pave the way for a more humane treatment of the differently abled?  ...

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