We've all grown up watching Perry Mason style cross examinations where, under the testing fires of a psychologically exhausting interrogation, the witness finally gives up his defence, throws his...
New TRAI Rules : Impact On TV Channel Rates, DTH, Cable Operators.2019-01-20T08:15:39+05:30'Pay for what you watch' - this seems to be motto of the new regulations and tariff order of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI), applicable to channel broadcasters, DTH and cable...
JNU Sedition Row : Why Charges Against Kanhaiya And Others Will Not Stand?2019-01-17T09:00:21+05:30
On Tuesday, the Delhi police filed charge sheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and eight others in the JNU sedition case.The case relates to the alleged raising of 'anti-national slogans' at...
Press Conference, Goenka Lecture, Sealed Covers, Collegium Decisions And More.2019-01-16T07:00:22+05:30
It was a crowd thronging for democracy in the true sense, eagerly waiting to hear what Justice Ranjan Gogoi -- the second senior most judge and a man in line for the post of next Chief Justice of...
Recent Collegium Decisions: Unanswered Questions2019-01-15T16:40:05+05:30
Have things changed in the Supreme Court in the last year since the January 12, 2018 'press conference'? Yes. The shocking facts I have learnt from authoritative sources show that the master of the...
Essentials Of Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy At Work Place2019-01-14T17:43:52+05:30
IntroductionRecently the world saw widespread employee outcry in the form of collective walkouts across countries, protesting against sexual misconduct and oppressive anti sexual harassment policy of...
Overcriminalisation: Are We Heading To Unprincipled Criminalisation?2019-01-13T12:55:00+05:30
It's surprising if not alarming. As a country, we do not know, in definite terms, the exact number of laws that criminalize conduct and provide punishment. Crude estimates range from 12,000 to 1.5...
Saving The Constitutional Democracy2019-01-12T18:29:58+05:30
President Maithripala Sirisena of Sri Lanka did what Presidents with an exaggerated sense of power, normally do. The President, in late last October dismissed the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe,...
Alok Verma Case : Who Has The Last Laugh?2019-01-09T13:15:36+05:30
Yesterday, the Supreme Court set aside the orders of Central Vigilance Commission(CVC) & Department of Personnel & Training(DoPT) which divested Alok Verma of the powers of CBI Director.The...
Why Latest SC Judgment Denying Gratuity To Teachers Is 'Per Incuriam' ?2019-01-08T14:02:15+05:30
In what can be unhesitatingly termed as a 'Per Incuriam' judgment, the Supreme Court on Monday held that a teacher, irrespective of the type of educational institute he/she is working, is not an...
Mental Health Of Lawyers & Judges :Need To Shed Stigma2019-01-07T17:15:51+05:30
At an event organised by the Centre on Legal Profession, Harvard Law School, in New Delhi in December 2017, Justice DY Chandrachud explored the uncharted ground. There are no empirical studies...
Why Rajya Sabha Should Not Pass Transgender Bill In The Current Form?2019-01-07T09:15:14+05:30
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018 ('the Bill'), was passed by the Lok Sabha on December 17, 2018 and will be introduced in the Rajya Sabha on January 8, 2019. The Bill only...
Who Reads A Judgment?2019-01-06T09:30:11+05:30
'CR' in legal circles does not refer to Christiano Ronaldo, the mercurial Portuguese striker. Rather, it is a contraction for 'Certified for Reporting' and refers to judgments deemed worthy of...
Is Banning Commercial Surrogacy The Right Thing To Do?2019-01-05T09:00:00+05:30
The Lok Sabha has passed a bill to ban commercial surrogacy in India. It is presented as a historic step expected to protect vulnerable Indian surrogates from exploitation and to change India's image...
The Aadhaar Amendment Bill Contravenes Privacy Judgment Of SC2019-01-04T12:15:02+05:30
On January 2, the Minister for Electronics and IT, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad introduced the Aadhaar Amendment Bill, 2018 in the Lok Sabha. This Aadhaar Amendment Bill is a legislative follow up...
The Sabarimala Purification Ceremony Speaks For Itself: 'Impurity' Of Women Is The Basis Of Exclusion2019-01-03T09:46:38+05:30
Following the Supreme Court verdict in October 2018 upholding the constitutional right of women devotees of all ages to enter the Sabarimala shrine, State of Kerala had witnessed a number of dramatic...
RTI :Why Didn't The Govt Find One Non-Bureaucrat Information Commissioner?2019-01-02T08:45:43+05:30
The Central government deserves appreciation for partially fulfilling the statutory obligation and direction of the Supreme Court by filling four positions in the Central Information Commission. But...
