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Category Archives: Law
The Judge Who Held A Gas Agency: A Sixteen-Year Question Nobody Asked
Right To Be Forgotten: I Called It Impossible in India. The Delhi High Court Proved Me Wrong.
A Convicted Killer Cop Vanished For Three Years. Nobody Checked
Satluj and the Censorship That Will Not Give Its Name
Privacy Cannot Become a Shield Against Evidence
Artificial Intelligence Does Not Automatically Need Another Law
When the Government Forgets It Is Not the Nation
Grounds-Of-Arrest Memo & Bail: When Procedure Becomes the Last Line of Defence
Passport: The Document That Proves Nothing
Hawkers In Kolkata Have Crossed All Limits - Supreme Court Is Right To Take Cognisance
Agricultural Income: India's Most Abused Tax Loophole
Workplace Discipline Does Not Require a Police Complaint
When Shared Responsibility Is Not Cruelty
Why AG R. Venkataramani Called Telegram a Frankenstein
Marriage On Paper, Separation In Reality
POCSO and the Article 142 Exit Door
Bombay HC Quashes One-Time Spectrum Levy On Telecom Licenses
From Joke to Movement And the Formation of the Cockroach Janta Party
Why a Single Word Struck a Nation's Rawest Nerve
A Judgment That Gets The Law Right And The Voter Wrong
Fake Degrees And Fraudulent Credentials Cause Real Damage
When the Highest Court Calls You a Pest
The Answer to Digital Poison Is Accountability, Not Pre-Censorship
Jahangir Khan Withdraws In Falta But The Act Has No Legal Basis
The Election Commission Must Not Only Be Neutral But It Must Also Be Seen to Be Neutral
Clearing CAT With Over 99 Percentile Is Not Enough And No One Tells You Why
A Child Together Does Not Make Rape Impossible
Court Orders Are Legally Binding Across India
Why This Rare Death Sentence May Be Justified
Paid Menstrual Leave: Stuck Between Policy, Law & Biology
When the Case Collapses Before Trial: What the Discharge of Kejriwal and Sisodia Really Means
No Tricks Will Work As Daughters Are Coparceners By Birth
Bigger Polluters, Bigger Penalties - Why the Supreme Court Is Right
Reproduction After Death: When Courts Step Into a Legislative Vacuum
Menstrual Hygiene as a Fundamental Right: Law, Reality, and the Limits of Judicial Reform
Bail Has Become The Exception Under UAPA
Merit Needs Rules, Not Afterthoughts
Aravallis: Licence To Pillage, Granted By Government, Stopped By Supreme Court
Law in India 2025: A Year of Transformation
When Politics Weaponizes Impeachment
The Karnataka Hate Speech Bill: Ambitious, But Edging Toward Dangerous Territory
India Cannot Afford Delay: The NCW Is Right To Demand Stronger Laws Against Online Grooming
Be An Informed Consumer, Check For Service Charge In Restaurant Bills
Kolkata HC: No Court Permission Needed To Develop The Property Of A Deity
Calcutta HC: A Working Ex-Wife Also Has Right To Maintenance
Supreme Court Says Illegality Will Render SIR Null & Void All Over India
Supreme Court's Nuanced Interim Order On The Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025
When Government Interest is Not Public Interest: Sharp Wake-Up Call By Supreme Court
Supreme Court Sets Two-Month Deadline For Disposal Of Bail Applications
Thikc Skin, Not Thin Cases: Supreme Court Asks Politicians To Grow Up
CCTVs In Police Station: Shield Against Abuse Of Power & Corruption
Denial Of Bail To Umar Khalid And Others Is Misacarriage of Justice
Supreme Court Reiterates Aadhaar Is Not Proof Of Citizenship
Calcutta HC on Job Search: Looking for Work in a Rival Company Is a Right, Not Misconduct
One Step Forward, Half a Step Back: The Promise and Paradox of the 130th Amendment
Mobs Cannot be Allowed To Curb Free Speech: SC In Thug Life Case
President Murmu Refers Important Questions Of Law For Supreme Court's Opinion
Supreme Court Bats For Accountability In Parliamentary Democracy - Prescribes Deadlines For The President And The Governors
Were The Tirupati Laddoos Actually Made From Contaminated Ghee?
Supreme Court Gets Strict On Child Pornography
Disclosing Victim's Identity: Violations Continue
Will The Wrestlers Get Justice?
Interim Bail For Kejriwal: Huge Boost For The Opposition
Prajwal Revanna Abuse Videos: Identities Disclosed, The Victims Suffer Again
Supreme Court Rejects 'Blind' Opposition To EVMs
Why It Took So Long And Why Were There So Many Twists & Turns?
As Per Hindu Marriage Act, Saptapadi Essential, Not Kanyadaan Says Allahabad HC
Chandigarh Mayoral Elections: Opposition Gets Justice From SC
Chandigarh Mayoral Elections: Wrongdoing Admitted In Court, What Next?
Electoral Bonds: It Was Never A 'Reform'
A Law To Regulate Live-In Relationships
Chandigarh Mayoral Poll: Supreme Court Says It Will Not Allow Murder Of Democracy
Juvenile Suspects And Pre-Arrest Bail
Mandhana Deepfake Suspect Traced And Arrested
Orissa HC Comes Down Hard On Doctors For Illegible Handwriting
Supreme Court Restores Faith In Rule Of Law
Supreme Courts Stays The Ban On The Kerala Story
Shinde Survives Due To Thackeray Resignation Blunder
Big Win For AAP For Governing Delhi
It's Back To Academy For Errant UP Sessions Court Judge
Centre Must Change Its Stand And Allow Same-Sex Marriages
Bilkis Bano Case: If Reasons For Remission Of Sentence Are Not Provided, The Supreme Court Will Draw Its Own Conclusions
Fact-Check Unit Notification: Bad In Law, Will Suppress Freedom Of Media
Supreme Court: Constitutional Courts Cannot Seek Explanations From Trial Courts For Orders Issued By Them
Misuse Of Central Agencies: Politicians Cannot Demand Higher Immunity, Says The Supreme Court
Supreme Court Sets Aside Broadcast ban On MediaOne
Politicizing A Legal Issue
ED: Integrity & Independence At Stake If Extensions Given To Incumbent Chief
Does Rahul Gandhi Deserve Sympathy For Calling All Modis Chor?
Rahul Gandhi Convicted For Defamation In 'Modi Surname' Case, Sentenced To Two Years In Prison, Allowed 30 Days To Appeal
Supreme Court's 2022 Order On Bail Not Being Followed By Trial Courts
Bombay HC Rules DNA Tests Cannot Be Ordered In Frivolous Cases
Governor's Role In Maharashtra Under Supreme Court Scanner
Foreign Laywers & Law Firms Allowed In India In Restricted Manner
Same-Sex Couples Should Be Allowed The Right To Marry
Is CBI Hoping That Sisodia Will Incriminate Himself?
Supreme Court: Making The Election Commission Truly Independent
Institutes of Empathy Needed, Says CJI Chandrachud And Finds A Pattern In Suicides By Students of Marginalized Communities
Supreme Court Asks Manish Sisodia To Approach Trial Court Or Delhi HC First
Setback For Thackeray Group: SC Refuses Interim Stay Against EC Order
Election Commission Gives Symbol To Shinde Group, Uddhav To Approach SC
The Law Is Clear: Nominated Members Cannot Vote In Municipalities
Green Bench Clears Stalled Projects But Issues Remain
Justice Gowri's Appointment: SC Dismisses Pleas To Stop It
Technical Deficiencies Cannot Be Allowed As Loopholes For The Accused To Escape Punishment
Late Stage Abortion: Bombay HC Allows Termination Of 33-Week Fetus
Appointment of Judges Tussle: No Easy Solution
SC Asks Advocates Not To Politicise The Serious Legal Issue Of Illegal Conversions
Bombay HC Say CBI Arrested The Kochhars Casually And Flouted The Law
Supreme Court Says Haldwani Squatters Cannot Be Removed By Brute Force
Freedom Of Expression Is Important But Hate Speech Must Be Stopped
Supreme Court Says Proper Procedure Followed In Demonetization, Upholds Its Constitutional Validity
Kerala HC: Important Judgement On The Right To Be Forgotten
Making Laws Better To Earn Jan Vishwas
Same-Sex Marriages Must Be Accorded Legal Sanction
Calcutta HC: Delay In Filing FIR Cannot Be The Ground For Nixing A Sexual Abuse Case
SC: Circumstantial Evidence Enough To Nail Public Servants In Corruption Cases
Pocso: Culture Of Silence & Age Of Consent
In Search For A Perfect System To Appoint Judges
Is The Judiciary Stepping In Executive Domain?
Sex With Minor Wife Is A Crime Under Pocso Act: Kerala HC
Denying Backward Caste Rights to Muslim or Christian Dalits: The Government Is Legally & Logically Correct
Supreme Court 'Embarassed' At Repeated Requests For Adjournment By The Centre
PMLA Court Accuses ED Of Misusing Powers
Death Row Convicts Acquitted For Lapses In Trial
Supreme Court: Economic Backwardness Valid For Reservation As New category
SC Hauls Up Doctor For Not Reporting Crime Against Minors
Accused Cannot Be Ordered To Part With The Password Of Their Digital Devices, Says A Delhi Court
Supreme Court Pulls Up Staff For Delay In Listing Cases
Supreme Court Warns Doctors Against Conducting Two-Finger Test On Rape Victims
Azam Khan's Conviction For Hate Speech Should Spur Action Against Others
Delhi HC: "Any Corrossive Substance Is Acid"
Forced Abortion Amounts To Mental Cruelty, Is Ground For Divorce, Rules Punjab & Harayan HC
States Transgressing Limit By Introducing Doorstep Ration Schemes, Says Calcutta HC
A Tragedy That Could Have Been Averted
Honouring Rape & Murder Convicts: Shows The Depravity Of A Section Of The Society
Delhi HC Allows CCI To Probe WhatsApps' New Privacy Policy
Supreme Court Rightly Agrees To Review Two Aspects Of Its Earlier PMLA Verdict
Stringent PMLA Provisions Held Valid By Supreme Court
CJI N V Ramana Warns Electronic Media Against Running Kangaroo Courts
Unmarried Women Get The Right To Abortion
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Mohammed Zubair, Clubs All FIRs
Supreme Court Says Indiscriminate Arrests Show India To Be A Police State
Is It Fair For A Sit-In Diner To Levy Service Charge?
Judges Must Refrain From Making Unwarranted Oral Observations
Supreme Court Questions 'Mechanical' Orders By NGT
Supreme Court Questions Why Nupur Sharma Has Not Been Arrested Yet
Maharashtra: Floor Test As Scheduled As Supreme Court Refuses To Intervene
Supreme Court Junks 'Larger Conspiracy' Charge In 2002 Gujarat Riots Case, Upholds Clean Chit To Narendra Modi
Supreme Court Refuses To Stay UP Demolitions
No 'Shivling' Worshipping Right Now
SC Issues Guidelines To Help Sex Workers
Supreme Court Bats For Junior Lawyers
What 'Settlement' Can There Ever Be In Rape Cases?
No Drug Case Against Aryan Khan
If A Crime Is "Rarest of Rare", As Per Law Death Sentence Must Be Imposed
Gyanvapi Case: Supreme Court Says Places of Worship Act Does Not Bar Determination Of Religious Character Of A Place
Navjot Singh Sidhu Gets One-Year Jail Term In The 1988 Road Rage Case
Supreme Court's Lesson On The Powers Of A Governor
Attempts To Erase History And Create Mischief Should Be Stopped
SC Extends Tenures Of CAT Members Using Its Special Powers Under Article 142
Gyanvapi Complex Issue: Courts Must Tread Carefully
Sedition Law Put On Hold Till Government Re-Examination
Marital Rape: A Split Verdict From Delhi HC
Jahangirpuri Procession: Why Was It Allowed When It Was Not Permitted
Even "Time-Tested" Laws Need To Be Re-Examined As Times Keep Changing
All Political Parties Have Become Thin-Skinned
Supreme Court: Forced Vaccination Is Against The Law
Increase Judicial Infrastructure, Fill Vacancies and Stop Frivolous Adjournments To Clear Pendency
Sharad Pawar Is Wrong: Section 66A Of The IT Act Was As Draconian As Section 124A Of The IPC
Political Will Needed To Stop Hate Speeches, Why Should Courts Intervene Every Time?
Ashish Mishra: Jail Not Bail
The Electoral Bond Scheme Must Be Suitably Amended Or Scrapped
Maligning Judges: A New, Unfortunate And Dangerous Trend
SC Pulls Up Investigating Agencies For Routine Arrests And Opposing Bail Pleas
The Aakar Patel Case: Court Slams CBI
Criminal Data Bill: Safeguards Needed, Not Assurances
How Did UP Government Know Mishra Will Not Tamper With Witnesses?
Karnataka HC Shows Why Marital Rape Should Be Criminalized
Calcutta High Court: Lawyers As Brokers
Justice Kureshi: Deserved To Serve As A Supreme Court Judge
Supreme Court Says Damages Are Consequential If EPF Default Is Admitted
Expense On Freebies To Doctors Taxable: Supreme Court
Moral Policing By Employers Will Not Do
UP Government Asked To Issue Fresh Notices As Per Law In Anti-CAA Protest Damage Claims
Madras HC's Unusual Ruling In A Medical Negligence Case
The Future-Reliance-Amazon Case Is Tied Up In Knots
Pegasus In India: Will The Truth Ever Come Out?
Why Smriti Irani Is Wrong
Madras HC Refuses To Stop Removal Of Temple On Public Land
Is Spice Jet At The End Of Its Tether?
Kerala: LDF Government Wants To Finish The Lokayukta
Malls And Parking Charges
Franco Mulakkal Rape Verdict: Shocking
Hate Speech Case: Different Yardstick For Religious Leaders?
Victim's Testimony And Convictions In Rape Cases
Marital Rape: The Government Has To Junk Its Regressive Mindset
Supreme Court Gets Tough On Dowry
Divorce Is The Best Option For Irretrievable Broken Down Marriages
No Relief For Rogue Employees Found Guilty In Disciplinary Proceedings
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