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Sanchita Kadam
95% Pendency of Trial of UAPA Cases, 85% Cases Pending Investigation: NCRB Report
16 Sep 2021
The Crime in India 2020 report suggests that the detainees continue to be incarcerated in most cases without a charge, under the draconian law which leaves very little scope for bail
The Leaflet
Magistrate Not Competent Under UAPA to Extend Time to Complete Investigation:SC
10 Sep 2021
The top court found the high court order unsustainable in view of the law laid down in the Bikramjit Singh case and ordered the release of the four accused on default bail.
Suhit K Sen
Judiciary Must Keep Holding Untrammelled Regime to Account
31 Aug 2021
The judiciary is stepping in to curb the regime’s excesses, and the executive arms as a whole. It is cause for cautious optimism.
Dr Justice D.Y. Chandarchud
“Speaking Truth to Power: Citizens and the Law”: Full text of Dr Justice D.Y. Chandrachud’s Justice M.C. Chagla Memorial Lecture
30 Aug 2021
Delivering the Sixth Justice M.C. Chagle Memorial Lecture, organized by the Department of Law, Mumbai University in collaboration with Chief Justice M.C.
ICF Team, Justice K Chandru
“Large Scale People’s Movements Alone Prevent the Judiciary Going Astray”
11 May 2021
The socio-political movement at ground level are also responsible for greater influence in the judicial thought making process.
The Leaflet
Centre Notifies Appointment of Justice Rajesh Bindal as Acting CJ, Calcutta High Court
28 Apr 2021
Justice Bindal hails from the Punjab and Haryana High Court and was transferred to the Calcutta High Court on January 5 this year.
Aishwarya Ramkumar
A Progressive Ruling on Right to Abort, Yet Fear of Stigma Lurks
20 Jan 2021
The constraints or so-called reasonable restrictions laid down in the MTPA, are not favourable to women.
Indira Jaising
Whether Judiciary Delivers or not Depends on who is Appointed as Judge: Indira Jaising
22 Dec 2020
The issue of appointment of judges goes hand in hand with the question of who from the bar is appointed as a judge and thus what is the philosophy of the generation of lawyers forming
Sri Harsha Kandukuri
Andhra’s Gaming Law: A Setback to Liberty and Human Agency?
17 Dec 2020
In a democracy, the Government cannot impose its morality and dictate that all games (irrespective of whether skill is involved or not) played for stakes be banned.
Shailesh Gandhi
Will the Right to Information Act Become the Right to Denial of Information Act?
09 Dec 2020
One of the best transparency laws was promulgated by Parliament but is now threatened by judicial interpretations which are not in consonance with the law.