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The Syrian Imbroglio

President Trump’s decision to launch missiles against Syria has global repercussions and puts America in confrontation with Russia. Was it a dangerous move?   ~By Kenneth Tiven Traditional sci...

Liquor ban: One for the Road

The move to prohibit the sale of booze near highways is an ineffective one as it will be sold illicitly and people will drink behind the wheel   ~By Bikram Vohra We will soon be a nat...

Cow slaughter: Legal Labyrinth

Most states have legislation in place to tackle cow slaughter and they were all made before the BJP came to power in 2014   ~By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr Excepting Meghalaya and Nagaland, all oth...

No-fly List: Life Ban Violates Rights

A ban on travel for life on parliamentarian Ravindra Gaikwad for assaulting an airline employee is excessive and arbitrary ~By Justice K Sreedhar RaoThe expression un-parliamentary is commonly use...

What’s the Hurry?

The Rajya Sabha passed amendments to Finance Bill 2017, and the Lok Sabha promptly rejected it under Article 109. Finance Minister Jaitley however frets over the intrusive Upper House ~Parsa Venkat...

Down in the Dumps!

Can the government make it mandatory for hotels and restaurants to give access to the general public to their toilets based on Article 15(2) which prohibits restriction in such places? Surely toilets ...

When Discrimination is not Discrimination

The European Court says that if employers allow no one to display faith symbols, then it is not discrimination   ~Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr   It need not always be a case of ...

Condom ads: Reviving a Controversy

Last year, the government had submitted to the Supreme Court that no legislation would be introduced to ban explicit pictures on condom packets and ads. But there may be a rethink ~By Sujit BharWil...

Surrogacy Bill: Born in Controversy

The proposed Surrogacy Bill is draconian and flies in the face of Article 14 and 21 of the constitution ~By Parmanand PandeyFilmmaker Karan Johar has made us all aware how ecstatic he is at having ...

Proven guilty by the bar?

The recent letter to Justice CS Karnan from senior advocate Ram Jethmalani questioning his conduct was uncalled for. One wonders what the result would be, if any lawyer or an ordinary citizen had writ...

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