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Virtual Courts: Digital Justice

Above: The virtual court was recently launched at the Tis Hazari Court in Delhi/Photo: Anil Shakya Delhi’s first e-court that opened recently allows people to pay traffic challans online and will s...

Men Are More Equal Than Women

Above: A family court inside the Patiala House Court premises in Delhi/Photo: Anil Shakya Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao and Mahila E-haat are not enough. How about bringing in parity by giving women owner...

Army Information Security: Big Brother is Listening

Above: Army chief General Bipin Rawat addressing a seminar on cyber security in New Delhi/Photo: UNI Many military installations, headquarters of formations and defence facilities are being made “l...

Housing for the Impoverished: A Basic Human Right

Above: A slum-dweller rests amid the rubble of her home, demolished by the authorities in Delhi/Photo: UNI The Allahabad HC has done well to reiterate the expanding new frontiers of the right to sh...

Is a Leader of Opposition Necessary?

Once again, the absence of a Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha ignites a debate and raises many questions. What is the institution of the LoP? How is it recognised in Parliament?   B...

NPA Problem: Create New Money

Above: The Reserve Bank of India must play a leading role to ward off the NPA crisis/Photo: UNI Taking a leaf from the Federal Reserve, the RBI should create Rs 8 lakh crore electronically and use ...

Interlocutory Orders: To Stay or Not to Stay?

Above: Supreme Court/Photo: Bhavana Gaur The apex court should be saluted for laying down a new regime where stay in a trial will lapse after six months unless extended by a speaking order. This ma...

“Soft Sacking” Army Commanders: Taken to Task

Above: Indian Army soldiers search for suspected militants after a gunbattle in Mohra, Uri Sector, on December 5, 2014/Photo: UNI The centre’s idea of sending home commanders in whose area terroris...

Bullet Train Project: Save Our Mangroves

Above: Mangrove forest at Charkop in Mumbai/Photo: DLS/commons.wikimedia.org Though the environmental clearance of the Bullet Train project lists stringent conditions for the protection of mangrove...

A Dangerous Game of Brinkmanship

Above: The sanctions on Iran by US President Donald Trump targeted Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left), among others As tensions escalate in the Gulf, Iran has threatened to start enrichin...

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