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Criminal liability of a foreign citizen under Indian Penal Code

On 4th February, 2021, Delhi Police lodged an FIR against the creator of the ‘toolkit’ which contained the steps and instructions on how to back the farmers’ protests. Though, the FIR has... Read more »

Rail accident claim can’t be denied on account of boarding wrong train mistakenly: HC

Bombay High Court directs the Railways to pay Rs 8 lakh to a victim’s mother. Read more »

GRAND OPENING OF TIHAR HAAT AFTER COVID-19: A PHOTO STORY

Exclusive stores of Tihar Haat and Tihar Emporia which were closed during the nationwide lockdown due to spread of pandemic COVID-19 have now reopened. A wide range of products made by prison... Read more »

Social media, free expression and competition law

The situs of the agitation, as opposed to the issue, perhaps explains the kind of attention that is being showered on it. The absence of similar agitations in other parts of the... Read more »

Revisiting the concept and constitutionality of plea bargaining

Section 320 of code provides for compounding of certain offences, as mentioned therein, on account of compromise between the parties and is somehow similar to the concept of plea bargaining except for... Read more »

Why HC directs govt to pay compensation for death

The Orissa HC directs the state to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to parents of deceased. Read more »

SETTLING SCORES… AMICABLY

Three words, as Black’s Law Dictionary explains, would be essential to define for they assume heightened significance during the course of the article. Incarceration- Imprisonment or even confinement in a jail or penitentiary,... Read more »

Statutes must be interpreted in a just, reasonable and sensible manner: Supreme Court

The two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Sanjiv Khanna observed so while dismissing a Special Leave Petition against a Rajasthan High Court judgement. Very rightly so. Read more »

Decriminalising adultery could lead to instability in armed forces, Centre tells Supreme Court

To start with, the Centre has in a measured, commendable and calibrated move very rightly sought a clarification from the Supreme Court to the effect that the 2018 order decriminalizing adultery would... Read more »

Understanding the value of the past

The draft NEP presented the government with a fantastic opportunity to institutionalise the process of truth and reconciliation by revamping its approach to history, instead of the partisan propagandic role history has... Read more »
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