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Is violating the people’s mandate justified?

Above: Citizens vote in the 2014 general election. Photo: UNI Is it constitutionally valid for one partner of a coalition, may be the dominant partner, to ally with a party in opposition after brea...

The “golden thread” and “consent”: the question of reasonable doubt and a rape case

~By Jayant Tripathi In the famous case of Woolmington vs DPP, decided by the House of Lords in UK , it was held that “Throughout the web of the English Criminal Law one golden thread is always to b...

A Caravan of Love: Protest, Atonement and Conscience

  ~By Harsh Mander ‘Darkness can never be fought with darkness, only light can dispel the enveloping shadows. And so also a politics of hate can only be fought with a new and radical politics of lo...

Media on Trial

The reluctance of the press to indict one of its own for his mortifying tweets on Modi’s death shows its double standards and lack of courage. It calls for deep introspection   ~By Bikr...

Let’s Speed It Up

Above: As cases pile up in courts, litigants wait for years before their disputes get settled. Photo: UNI Constant adjournments have led to a huge pendency of cases in India and it is up to judges ...

Simultaneous Polls: Desirable But Not Feasible

Above: A polling officer applies ink mark on the finger of a voter at a polling station in Bihar. Photo: UNI While such an exercise may save money and lead to better administration, one should look...

Judges’ Security: Not a Status Symbol

Above: Lawyers protesting outside the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in Srinagar. Photo: UNI A recent J&K High Court order providing lifelong security for retired judges has been challenged by th...

The Great Gambler

Above: People playing cards at a get-together. Photo: Bhavana Gaur The recent hullabaloo over a den of vice in a South Delhi farmhouse has shown the hypocrisy of Indians for whom gambling is a part...

Law at Your Doorstep

A move for video recording of the Supreme Court will make proceedings accessible to the common man and give full expression to the fundamental right of speech and opinion as guaranteed under Article 1...

Blue Whale Psychoanalysis: Save Our Children!

Above: Youngsters hooked to smartphones. Photo: Bhavana Gaur The dangers posed by this game have revealed the fragile and vulnerable state of children and why parents, schools and society need to p...

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