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A new judicial device for ‘complete justice’

India’s top court cannot be seen to be helpless when faced with issues of individual liberty

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Bulldozer injustice to ‘teach a lesson’

In today’s interpretation of the law in some States, the tempter’s provocation is overlooked and the tempted found guilty

The Hindu

The weight of the GST Council ruling

The Supreme Court judgment is a treatise on the democratic and federal imports of the GST legislations

The Hindu

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The challenge of reforming death penalty sentencing

Lower courts must rigorously comply with the Supreme Court of India’s decision in ‘Manoj’ enabling an informed sentencing inquiry

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Gyanvapi and the principle of non-retrogression

The Supreme Court of India must ensure the continuity of this doctrine of progressive realisation of rights

The Hindu

Letters to the Editor — May 19, 2022

Release and its message

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Digital snooping on sanitation workers

The smartwatches, called Human Efficiency Tracking Systems, raise questions about privacy and data protection

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Explained | Marital rape in India: The history of the legal exception

The court took seven years to hear petitions seeking to criminalise marital rape before coming up with a split verdict.

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Explained | How are Supreme Court judges appointed in India?

With the new appointments, the Supreme Court will regain its full sanctioned strength of 34 judges till Justice Vineet Saran retires on May 10.

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A new track for capital punishment jurisprudence

The Supreme Court of India’s intervention paves the way for reaffirming the fundamentals of the rarest of rare principle

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Revisiting death penalty jurisprudence

The top court may have to look at the core question in ‘Bachan Singh’ — the constitutional validity of the death penalty

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Lawbreakers, not quite citizens: ‘Bulldozer’ reportage shows how little India cares for urban poor

Predictably, Jahangirpuri has slipped off the radar. The high drama of April 20, as excavators – or bulldozers, in popular parlance – razed homes, shops, walls, gates, food carts, awnings, and temporary and permanent structures has ended, at least for the moment, as we await the verdict of the Supreme…

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Letters to the Editor — April 23, 2022

At Jahangirpuri

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Letters to the Editor — April 22, 2022

Jahangirpuri eviction

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Lok Sabha members introduce private member Bills for the benefit of the LGBTQIA community

The Supreme Court of India had decriminalised homosexuality in 2018, but same-sex couples in the country are still not allowed to marry.

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A far-reaching verdict that ends a regressive exception

In pronouncing the end of the marital rape exception, the Karnataka High Court has delivered a nuanced judgment

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This is a criminal attack on privacy

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 erodes the privacy of those convicted of crime and the ordinary citizen

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A case for a more federal judiciary

There is an imbalance now which the Supreme Court of India needs to address by empowering High Courts again

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Children need help

The Supreme Court of India’s concern for children being hit by the third COVID-19 wave in India needs to be looked into with real seriousness (Page 1, January 18). Children are most fragile and stand

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