Crusaders Cut to Size?
The UP government has moved a bill to reduce the term of Lokayuktas from eight years to five. But in the age of near total surveillance, are such sinecures even…
Distant Thunder
India’s decision to fence the 1,643 km-long border with Myanmar and abolition of the Free Movement Regime stems from its concerns about the country’s civil war threatening the security of…
Malicious Parent Syndrome
The Karnataka High Court in a recent order took note of the growing trend of an estranged or divorced parent targeting the other parent and observed that the Protection of…
Seeing Red over Green
The apex court has said that the Tribunal’s recurrent engagement in unilateral decision-making, provisioning ex-post facto review hearings and routinely dismissing them has regrettably become a prevailing norm In a…
Trash to Cash
The introduction of two bills on waste management in the assembly places responsibility on individuals for the waste they generate. Imprisonment and fines are attempts to clean up God’s Own…
NewsClick case: Delhi High Court seeks response from police on plea against UAPA FIR
The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the Delhi Police on a plea lodged by NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha challenging the first information report (FIR) registered by the Delhi…
Governments should collect taxes like honey bee collects honey from a flower without disturbing its petals: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court said that ‘Governments should collect taxes like a honey bee collects honey from a flower without disturbing its petals’. A Single Bench of Justice Shekhar B…
National Green Tribunal takes suo moto cognizance of road work in Nilgiris without any environment impact assessment
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) took Suo Motu cognizance of the issue that the road widening work on many stretches in the Nilgiris is going on without any Environment Impact…