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Wanted: A Guardian Angel

Imposing a tax on startups is unfair as most don’t make it to the second stage of financing and angel investors bear the brunt of financial loss. It is imperative to provide them incentives lest t...

BCI Letter to PM: Outrageous Demands?

Above: There is no social security cover for lawyers and the legal profession is unfavourable to many who struggle to make both ends meet/Photo: Anil Shakya The Bar Council of India’s plea for an a...

Hold Up Democracy, Not Technology

Above: Election officials pasting name and symbol on EVMs before dispatching to the polling booths ahead of Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections, in Chennai on Tuesday (file pic)/Photo: UNI Commission is...

The Oxfam Sham

Above: Photo Courtesy Oxfam There is a world of difference between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal By Sanjiv Bhatia Oxfam, a UK-based charity, comes out with an annu...

Bar Girls and Constitutionalism

Above: A still from the film Chandni Bar The elegant judgment of the apex court showed how impoverished and hapless women can be helped constitutionally even when the State is manifestly obsessed b...

Celebratory Firing: Guns N’ Poses

Above: Celebratory firing at weddings is generally a north-Indian phenomenon  Celebratory Firing has increasingly taken many lives in north India. Yet, there are no specific laws to tackle it, leav...

Model Code Should be Extended to New Media

Above: The EC had sent Rahul Gandhi a notice after he gave an interview a day prior to the final phase of voting in Gujarat in December 2017 The Model Code of Conduct applying to traditional media ...

Ericsson-Reliance Communications Tussle: Caught in a Tangle

RCom’s attempt to pay Ericsson for its services with a plan to sell airwaves to Reliance Jio has led to a triangular contest and a stalemate in the Supreme Court By Apoorv Kurup The on-going tu...

Constitutional Morality: Eight Burning Questions

Above: Attorney General KK Venugopal/Photo: Anil Shakya One of India’s top legal scholars sparks off a new debate by pondering the issue of the basic structure of the Constitution    ~Prof N...

All-India Judicial Service: A Long Overdue Reform

Above: Lawyers at Gurugram District and Sessions Courts/Photo: Anil Shakya Unlike other public services, the judiciary gets less meritorious candidates due to frustrating procedures and inefficien...

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