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Save Valuable Judicial Time

Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence Magistrates’ Courts can be made more efficient by overhauling the case distribution system and reducing the time taken for the daily roll call   ...

Acts of Omission

There are glaring omissions and inconsistencies in the PMLA 2002 which compel close examination. They relate to criminal misappropriation and criminal breach of trust, among other things  ...

Political Funding: The Foreign Hand

An amendment to the FCRA Act, 2010 will allow political parties to receive foreign funds without scrutiny. Is it another step towards the opacity of political finance in India?   ~By SY Quraishi...

When Police Drag Their Feet

The object of incorporating Section 173 (8) of CrPC was to give investigating agencies the power to put forward new evidence before the court after submitting the final report. But it is being misused...

Supreme Court recognises Passive Euthanasia with advance directives or living will

By Srishty Raj and Rajesh Kumar The constitutional bench of judges comprising of CJI Dipak Misra, Justice A K Sikri, Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice A M Khanwilkar passed a...

Dare to Bare?

Above: Grihalakshmi’s cover that has created a stir A bold photo in a well-known magazine has led to a case being filed under the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act and has done lit...

Towards a Super-Fast Trial?

The case of Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau who took the evidence of 22 witnesses on the first day of a trial stirred a hornet’s nest. But surely justice hurried need not be justice buried ...

Defence Forces: A Low Priority?

Above: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Army chief General Bipin Rawat (third from right) and other officers and jawans in Srinagar/Photo: UNI The distrust between the civil and military wa...

God help the country: that is Modi government’s unique defence strategy

~By Rajesh Sinha Don't be shocked by the headline. Narendra Modi government has in full faith taken recourse to age-old, traditional Indian tactics to safeguard the nation: hold a grand yagna to pr...

Florida school massacre: America’s claim to global leadership on gun violence is a stain, not a mark of excellence

Above: People attend a candlelight vigil the day after a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, US (file picture)/Photo: UNI ~By Kenneth Tiven The only topic capa...

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