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Police encounters in cases of compelling evidences: Need for its legalization
In instances of clear and collaboratively compelling evidence, indicating that an individual is responsible for serious and heinous offences, immediate and appropriate action must be taken up by the Police.
The farm battle between the Centre and the State: A legal analysis
The farmers’ welfare and reforms are being used by politicians of either party for their petty vote bank politics. It’s high time we kept the interests of farmers, citizens and national economy at the forefront.
Agriculture bill: Matter of anecdote
The failure of agriculture and economic policy content to impact rural poverty and unemployment; fair distribution of technological change.
Institutional Idiosyncrasies at the fore in the Courtroom: A Case Study
Indian Social Action Forum moved the Apex Court challenging certain provisions of the FCRA and its incidental rules as being unconstitutional
UAPA: Protection to India’s Sovereignty or a Way to Curb Dissent?
A tendency to gloss over the necessary nuances have been observed against the cases listed under UAPA.
Why is the Kesavananda Bharati Case important?
For a society that keeps on changing every second, a rigid constitution that can’t be amended can’t act as the backbone of society. Fortunately, Kesavananda overruled the Golaknath case to this extent and granted sufficient necessary flexibility to the Constitution.
CAA protests and some lessons in Solidarity
The fight against any form of oppression also needs the solidarity of the “physically unaffected” but “morally moved”- people of privilege. Such solidarity is very rare and unquestionably pure
Goebbelsian garb and muzzled media – New media policy, 2020
Persecuting journalists in the name of curbing terrorism sounds ludicrous. ‘Media repression’ is not a panacea for the grim scenario of Jammu and Kashmir.
Understanding reservations – A study of Majhipara tribes
The prominent reason for this unawareness pertaining to ‘Reservation’ among the tribes is that they are financially downtrodden. Hence they are more concerned about their basic daily requirements of bare survival rather than the Constitutional Entitlements.
Criminalizing Triple Talaq: Pro-women or Anti-Muslim?
The usage of Triple Talaq has been a subject of long-standing debates. It was a form of Islamic divorce that allowed a husband to divorce their wife instantly at one sitting by saying ‘Talaq’ three times- either in spoken, written, or, more recently, electronic forms such as telephone, SMS, email, and social media. It was…
Transgender Persons Act, 2019: The disguised arrest of choice
By ignoring the political will of communities involved. The Transgender Persons Bill passed by the government leaves room for ambiguity in defining gender.
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