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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
As per the Report of Reserve Bank of India’s report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India
2017-18(Crisil), Exactly three years later, the code was legislated, it has made material progress
in addressing... Read more »
The Common Cause report on ‘Status of Policing in India, 2019’ reveals some shocking numbers. The report shows that police in India work at 77% of their sanctioned strength which is 3/4th... Read more »
“The purpose of whistleblowing is to expose secret and wrongful acts by those in power to enable reform.” — Glenn Greenwald INTRODUCTION The term whistleblowing can be understood as raising our voice... Read more »
Recently, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India ordered the removal of 48,000 slum dwellings around railway tracks in Delhi, affecting approximately 2,40,000 people. Prior to this order, the Apex Court and the... Read more »