India Legal
When Justice Is Κeρt Pending
The Supreme Court has sought plans from six High Courts with the highest backlog of cases on how they propose to dispose them quickly. The oldest appeal is pending before the Allahabad HC and is 42 years old
4 min |
May 23, 2022
India Legal
A BRIDGE TOO FAR?
There is a faulty understanding of the hybrid system of marriage laws. Votaries of a uniform civil code should see Law Commission reports proposing a central Marriage Registration Act and revision of the Special Marriage Act
6 min |
May 30, 2022
India Legal
JOINING THE MAINSTREAM
With the national anthem being made mandatory in madrasas in the state and the government making efforts to modernise them, students coming out of them can be absorbed into the mainstream
4 min |
May 30, 2022
India Legal
MEDICAL MESS
The dean of a medical college in Tamil Nadu was removed from his post after first-year students there took the "Maharshi Charaka Shapath" instead of the Hippocratic Oath. The Hippocratic Oath is administered to medical students when they transit from pre-clinical to clinical subjects during what is known as the white coat ceremony
4 min |
May 30, 2022
India Legal
MISCARRIAGE OF MERCY
It will not be an overstatement to say that no institution or constitutional office has suffered greater erosion or degradation than the office of the governor in India. The apex court is now considering the constitutional validity of the governor's action of referring a mercy petition to the president
6 min |
May 30, 2022
India Legal
PRAY, WHY WERE RULES FLOUTED?
The Temple saw J&K L-G Manoj Sinha offering prayers there, despite it violating ASI rules. By revitalising sites of Hindu temples, a clear strategy is being etched out which will pay dividends during polls
4 min |
May 30, 2022
India Legal
How India Elects Its President
The presidential elections scheduled in July 2022 will be held under a new dispensation as Jammu and Kashmir no longer has a legislative assembly. Selecting a president is an elaborate exercise involving a vast electoral college. Disputes relating to election of president are decided by the Supreme Court
6 min |
May 30, 2022
India Legal
PLUG THE LOOPHOLES
Rueing the fact that the law does not provide for any time frame to presiding officers to dispose of cases, when it can be done in three months, the vice president urged that it be amended
6 min |
May 16, 2022
India Legal
DUAL DEGREES
In order to broaden the scope of quality higher education and permit better flexibility, the UGC has increased collaboration between Indian and foreign universities for various courses
4 min |
May 16, 2022
India Legal
WHO'S KEEPING TABS?
Arrested IPS officer Rashmi Shukla has claimed that she tapped the phones of politicians as she had powers to do so under the Act. But was she taking orders from higher ups?
4 min |
May 16, 2022
India Legal
THE ADOPTION OBSTACLE
Recently , the apex court issued a notice in a matter seeking simplification of the adoption process in India. The current laws pertaining to adoption make it difficult for couples or individuals to adopt orphans and provide them a better life
6 min |
May 16, 2022
India Legal
ACTING INNOCENT
The Malayalam film industry faces a major crisis after actor-producer Vijay Babu was accused of rape. His accuser is an actress, which has added more spice to the saga. The police have acted swiftly, but the case has serious implications
6 min |
May 16, 2022
India Legal
A MATTER OF CONTROL
The CJl has cleared the impression that “judges appoint judges in India" and said the selection process is very democratic. Nonetheless, the executive has often tried to interfere without much success
4 min |
May 16, 2022
India Legal
EVICTION OF ART
Odissi exponent Guru Mayadhar Raut was evicted from his government flat in Delhi's Asiad Village by the Directorate of Estates without looking at his contribution and his 90 years. Other artistes have also been given notice
4 min |
May 16, 2022
India Legal
LOUDSPEAKER POLITICS
When MNS chief Raj Thackeray demanded that loudspeakers be removed from mosques in Maharashtra, few realized it would subsume other states. But it has, and the decibel levels are increasing
4 min |
May 16, 2022
India Legal
THE US SUPREME COURT'S MOMENT OF TRUTH
President Joe Biden is making his first court appointment. Will ideologically split political parties treat the nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, to a theatrical takedown over issues which have little to do with jurisprudence or judicial temperament?
4 min |
April 4, 2022
India Legal
THE WAR GAMES
Economist Raghuram Rajan has recently said that sanctions are also weapons of mass destruction. An analysis of how these impositions can create long-term havoc and imperil commercial, fiscal and industrial activity across the globe. Also, a look into the actual beneficiaries of this war
8 min |
April 11, 2022
India Legal
The Abortion Bombshell
A leaked draft of a majority decision in the Court would allow the 50 states to ban abortions. If the Court's decision remains unchanged, it means that Roe vs Wade, which enshrined a woman's rights in medical decisions, is dead
7 min |
May 16, 2022
India Legal
Please Release Me...
In order to reduce undertrials in jail, the prime minister has suggested that district-level panels headed by district judges consider their bails. Courts should presume an accused innocent till he is proved guilty
5 min |
May 16, 2022
India Legal
Is UCC A Distant Dream?
The sticking point is whether there should be a code of personal laws for all or would it infringe the freedom of religion of some. While the Code has been operational for Hindus, if it's imposed and rejected by any other community, it will be a monumental folly
8 min |
May 16, 2022
India Legal
Can Putin Be Put On Trial For War Crimes?
As Russian atrocities against Ukraine build, so do the calls to bring the perpetrators to justice amid increasing signs of what is classified as war crimes under the Geneva Conventions. The International Criminal Court is already in Ukraine to gather and verify evidence, signalling a strong push to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin and his associates to trial. What are the possibilities?
9 min |
April 25, 2022
Kalachuvadu
சமகாலத்திலேயே பாரதி தமிழை அங்கீகரித்த கரந்தைத் தமிழ்ச் சங்கம்
பாரதியை அவர் வாழ்ந்த காலத்தில் மட்டுமல்லாமல், மறைந்தும் பல்லாண்டுகளுக்குப் பின்புகூடத் தமிழ்ப் புலமை உலகம் அங்கீகரிக்கவில்லை என்னும் கருத்து பொதுவாக நிலவி வருகிறது.
1 min |
August 2021
Kalachuvadu
நட்சத்திரங்களின் காலம்
1965 இல் ஒருமுறை நானும் எனது தம்பியும் மாமல்லபுரம் சென்றிருந்த போது, கடற்கரைக் கோவில் அருகே ஆத்மி (இந்தி) படப்பிடிப்பு நடந்து கொண்டிருந்தது. கதாநாயகன் திலீப்குமார் காமிராவை எந்த இடத்தில் எந்தக் கோணத்தில் வைக்க வேண்டும், விளக்குகளை எங்கே நிற்க வைக்க வேண்டும் என்று சொல்லிக்கொண்டிருந்தார்.
1 min |
August 2021
Kalachuvadu
கல்வி மேம்பாட்டை வலியுறுத்தித் தமிழக அரசிடம் அளிக்கப்பட்ட கோரிக்கைகள்
தமிழ்நாட்டுச் சட்டமன்றத் தேர்தலில் வெற்றிபெற்றுப் புதிய அமைச்சரவை அமைத்து முதல்வர் பொறுப்பேற்றிருக்கும் மாண்புமிகு முதலமைச்சர் அவர்களின் பணி சிறக்க தலித் அறிஞர் குழுவின் வாழ்த்துகள்.
1 min |
August 2021
Kalachuvadu
நூற்றாண்டு நினைவில் குருக்கள்
இப்போது மயிலாடுதுறை தனி மாவட்டம்; இதன் பழைய பெயர் மாயவரம்.எம்.ஜி.ஆர் முதலமைச்சராக இருந்தபோது மாயவரம், மயிலாடுதுறை ஆனது.
1 min |
August 2021
Kalachuvadu
கவிதைகள்
கண்ணாடிச் சத்தம்
1 min |
August 2021
Kalachuvadu
கவிதைக்கு எதிரான கவிதை
இந்தியிலிருந்து தமிழில்: எம். கோபாலகிருஷ்ணன்
1 min |
August 2021
Kalachuvadu
ஐரோப்பிய தமிழியல் ஆராய்ச்சி அனுபவங்கள்
இன்றைய சூழலில் விரல்விட்டு எண்ணக்கூடிய அளவில் ஐரோப்பிய மொழிகளைக் கற்று ஆராய்ந்த தமிழியல் ஆய்வாளர் ஆனந்த் அமல்தாஸ்.
1 min |
August 2021
Kalachuvadu
காலச்சுவடும் நானும்
"எங்கிருந்து ஆரம்பிக்கிறது. இந்த நிழல்? பாதத்தின் விளிம்பிலிருந்து தானா அல்லது அதன் அடியிலிருந்தா?
1 min |
August 2021
Kalachuvadu
கணித்தமிழைக் கணித்தவர்
பத்மஸ்ரீ பேரா. ஆனந்தகிருஷ்ணன் இந்தியாவின் மிகப்பெரும் ஆளுமைகளுள் ஒருவர். தமிழ்நாட்டுச் சிறுநகரமான வாணியம்பாடியில் அவர் பிறந்தபோது, கல்லூரிப்படிப்பு பலருக்கும் எட்டாக்கனியாக இருந்தது.
1 min |