MARTIN LUTHER KING AND VOTING RIGHTS

The family of Dr Martin Luther King marched for the passage of voting rights legislation in Washington last week to honour the assassinated civil right leader on his birthday, a national holiday. King was assassinated in 1968 but his legacy on voting rights is even more relevant in today's America

First sentencing in 2020 Delhi riots case

A Delhi Court awarded a five-year jail sentence to Dinesh Yadav, after he was found guilty of rioting and setting the house of a Muslim family ablaze.

DIVORCED FROM LAW

A petition filed by a 28-year-old Muslim woman in Delhi High Court-who with her nine-month-old child was deserted by her husband after triple talaq—has raised questions about the legal status of different forms of divorce in the Muslim community

DOUBLE ADVANTAGE

The Uttarakhand HC has asked the EC to use virtual rallies and online voting for polls. It is time to use advanced technological tools in Covid times and remove the evils of money and muscle power

CHEETAH CALLING

In an effort to reintroduce cheetahs to India, 50 of them will be translocated from Namibia and South Africa. This is the first such effort to relocate them and the first batch will stay in Kuno National Park, MP

Let Reforms Be Reformative

The centre's announcement of reforms in criminal laws should not be at the cost of losing the cardinal principles of these laws. The principle of “Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas" should be adhered to

A LEADER WITH A HEART

As the Chief Justice of India-designate readies to take over the country’s top judicial position, the system prepares for a balanced, humane approach to issues

A SURGICAL STRIKE

The government’s new guidelines for ethics and digital media are related to recent events but it has been in the works for some time. The legal implications are worth examining

STRIKING A BALANCE

The Maharashtra imbroglio has shown the need to keep a balance between institutions. It is best to apply the first principles of criminal law here-police investigate, judges decide

DIFFERING LEGAL PERSPECTIVES

A debate has started whether the impeachment is a legal, political or political-legal trial. Will it be unconstitutional to impeach a POTUS who has left office? Will it ultimately have to be decided by SCOTUS?

SUPREME GUIDANCE

The Court came to the rescue of the nation by intervening with a statesman-like approach when the centre was faltering in its administrative capacity, leading to much-needed course correction

THUNDER IN THE COURTS

THAT the courts and the judiciary have had to step in to virtually dictating how to address the corona holocaust that is cutting a swath of death and destruction across the country is an ample demonstration of malfeasance, misfeasance and the collapse of governance throughout the nation.

WRITTEN LIKE A TRUE JUDGE

HERE'S some really nourishing food for healthy and robust thought: A democratically elected government should be pleased when it faces dissent as this tells it what is going wrong with its administration and how to rectify wrongs. Handling it with an imperial heavy-handedness through the police is self-destructive and ultimately counterproductive.

“EVERY JOURNALIST ENTITLED TO PROTECTION AGAINST SEDITION”

In a landmark order, the Court quashed a sedition case against Vinod Dua by invoking the 1962 Kedar Nath case. It said a citizen has the right to criticise the government as long as he does not incite people to violence

Social Media: India's New Epidemic

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's course correction on national TV was not the mea culpa that his critics expected, but rather an exercise in blame-sharing. Government and ruling party spin doctors were quick to blame the social media for misleading the public regarding the government's intentions and actions.

संस्कृतियाँ दें रोजगार

समृद्ध सांस्कृतिक लाभ और नौकरी संबंध

मीडिया का करप्शन कनेक्शन

व्यंग्य आलेख

बहरा परिवार

त्रिपुरा की लोक कथा

लॉकडाउन

लॉकडाउन की प्रक्रिया शुरू हुए तीन-चार दिन हो गए। रामू और । उसकी पत्नी चिंता में बैठे हुए बातचीत कर रहे हैं कि अब हमारा क्या होगा।

जरूरी है ऑनलाइन गेमिंग के बारे में जानना

ऑनलाइन गेमिंग के बारे में जानकारी

कामयाबी

लधुकथा

चिड़िया और बंदर

पंचतंत्र

अमीर और गरीब की पत्नियाँ

अफ्रीकी लोक कथा

1936 में प्रगतिशील लेखक संघ के प्रथम अधिवेशन लखनऊ में प्रेमचंद द्वारा दिया गया अध्यक्षीय भाषण

प्रेमचंद का अध्यक्षीय भाषण

Consent is Supreme

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court recently held in a case that touching the feet of a woman by a stranger without her consent amounts to outraging her modesty under the Section

Long Wait for Justice

The High Court’s order of acquittal of a murder convict comes 38 years after the incident took place. During the lengthy pendency of the case, five other accused who had also filed an appeal died. The abnormally lengthy timeline reflects the intricacies of the judicial system

Not a Foolproof System

The new Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 proposes to link electoral rolls with Aadhaar to curb multiple enrolments of the same person at different places. But it also runs the risk of identity theft

Stick to the Brief

A judge created a stir recently by making unnecessary remarks in a bail order. These go against the principles of judicial discipline and secular ethos. A judge is supposed to go by facts and laws

Child Marriage Bill - 2022 And Patriarchy Lives On…

Raising the marriage age of women from 18 to 21 years has its drawbacks. In reality what is needed is their economic and health empowerment and achieving sustainable development goals

Teach the Children Well

As schools reopen, a lot will depend on teachers to ensure that students will be able to continue their education in a safe and healthy environment and make up for knowledge and skills that may have been lost due to the pandemic