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Hathras Stampede: Police Files FIR against Organizers

The Uttar Pradesh Police filed a First Information Report (FIR) on Wednesday against the organizers of a religious congregation in…

5 months ago

Disproportionate Assets Case: Police Files FIR against Ex-Corporator & Family

An FIR has been lodged against a former corporator and four members of his family in Thane district, Maharashtra, over…

5 months ago

The colonial origins and constitutionality of ‘sedition’

In Bharat, a provision relating to sedition was first included as Section 113 of the Draft Penal Code of 1837…

4 years ago

CONSENT OF FAMILY, COMMUNITY OR CLAN NOT NECESSARY ONCE TWO ADULT INDIVIDUALS AGREE TO ENTER INTO WEDLOCK: SC

In a latest, landmark, laudable and learned judgment titled Laxmibai Chandaragi B & Anr. vs. State of Karnataka & Ors.…

4 years ago

DEVELOPMENT, NATURE AND DHARMA

A few days ago, Uttarakhand witnessed yet another flood and I am not sure I want to call it a…

4 years ago

Recommendations of State Human Right Commission are legally enforceable, binding on government/authorities: Madras High Court

In a well-written, well-worded, well-analysed, well-reasoned, well-substantiated, well-articulated and well-concluded 517-page judgment titled Abdul Sathar vs The Principal Secretary to…

4 years ago

INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AI IN INDIA’S HEALTHCARE, LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND CHALLENGES

Though India is using artificial intelligence in its major healthcare segments, i.e., hospitals, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical equipment and supplies, medical…

4 years ago

Circumstantial evidence: A Herculean task for prosecution

All the circumstances pressed by prosecution must be fully established and all the facts so established must be congruent and…

4 years ago

Legislative coups & intricacies of anti-defection law

The Tenth Schedule was inserted in the Constitution in 1985 to disqualify those defectors who used to change parties to…

4 years ago

Identity politics, elections and the Representation of the People Act, 1951

In 2017, a seven-Judge Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Abhiram Singh vs C.D. Commachen (Dead) By…

4 years ago