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Fair investigation: The backbone of criminal justice system

The term “investigation” means collection of evidence, Fair investigation is admittedly a human right ,which has been declared at several occasions by the Hon’ble supreme court that it falls within the ambit... Read more »

Examining Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020

Recently, the Central government has proposed a new bill that seeks to promote green power and takes a step further in pushing ease-of-doing business and enhancing the sustainability of the power sector.... Read more »

Religion, race and colonialism

The period between the 15th and 19th centuries has been credited with the birth of ‘modernity’ and several ‘modern’ concepts and ideas which not only Europe but the entire world, including postcolonial... Read more »

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act 2010: A case of over-regulation or need of hour?

Since its notification on 29 September 2020, the Foreign Contribution Regulation Amendment Act (“FCRA Amendment”) has been in the news for many reasons. Before we look at the amendments carried out in... Read more »

State needs to be more tolerant while invoking laws pertaining to sedition & religious disaffection: Punjab and Haryana High Court

In a well-worded, well-analysed, well-reasoned and well articulated judgment titled Jasbir Singh @ Jasvir Singh v. State of Punjab [Crl. Misc. No. M-19376 of 2020] delivered just recently on October 30, 2020,... Read more »

India will spend Rs 37 trillion a year to accommodate population by 2030: Report

New economic data in the report ‘A Blueprint for Modern Infrastructure Delivery’, authored by international construction and consultancy company, Mace, finds that by 2030 India will be spending $500 billion (over Rs... Read more »

Law of sedition: All dissents are not disaffection, all disaffections are not always dissents

There is very thin line between freedom of speech and law of sedition, as has been the case with the term disaffection and disillusionment. Power of criticising is a democratic right but... Read more »

15 years of Right to Information

Fifteen years back on 12th October, 2005 the Right to Information (RTI) Act became operational. It was the auspicious day of Vijayadashmi and appeared to herald a new revolution in Indian democracy.... Read more »

Liberalising the regime of Default Bail under 167(2) CrPC

The right to life and personal liberty enshrined in Article 21 is the sanctum sanctorum of the Indian Constitution. Law makers have given the highest priority to the personal liberty and deprivation of the... Read more »

The European origins of cultural coloniality

To use a pop culture reference, a form of inception was performed on the minds of the hitherto colonised so that colonialism and colonisation were no more external to their consciousness, but... Read more »