Tuesday, Sep 27, 2022
Journalism of Courage
Sonakshi Awasthi
Sonakshi Awasthi is a Sub-editor at Indian Express Delhi. Ex-lawyer, she now writes on women-related and legal issues. Follow her on Twitter.com/SonakshiAwasti
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Legal Weekly: Archaic Revenue Police System to be abolished in Uttarakhand; top judgments of the week
Legal Weekly is a compilation of landmark rulings passed by the Supreme Court and the High Courts of the country during the week. Read upon why the Bombay High Court commuted a death penalty awarded to two young men after being convicted for rape and murder of a 4-year-old.
Sat, Jan 20, 2018
Experts say lethal injection is not an alternative to hanging
Although the law commission report discussed whether the discretion of mode of execution should lie with the judge or the convict, the question of who would provide the injections to convicts remains unanswered.
Wed, Jan 17, 2018Legal Weekly: A Hindu is bound to maintain his legitimate or illegitimate children; top judgments of the week
Legal Weekly is a compilation of landmark rulings passed by the Supreme Court and the High Courts of the country during the week. Read upon how court directed Kerala state government to reserve 25 per cent seats in schools for weaker and disadvantage sections.
Sat, Jan 13, 2018
What prevents companies from appointing more women directors?
#GenderAnd Business: Gender diversity, reducing the gender pay gap and making sure women have a seat and a voice at the table cannot be an exercise in mere compliance
Wed, Jan 10, 2018Legal Weekly: Rehabilitation of 800 slum-dwellers directed by SC & more; top judgments of the week
Legal Weekly is a compilation of landmark rulings passed by the Supreme Court and the High Courts of the country during the week. Read upon how SC issued direction to rehabilitate Mumbai slum-dwellers and Uttarakhand High Court recommendation to award death penalty for rape of children below 15.
Sat, Jan 06, 2018
Police crackdown on couples: Is it illegal for young adults to sit in a public place?
Article 19 (freedom of expression), Article 20 (protection in respect of conviction of offences) and Article 21 (right to life and personal liberty) are the three provisions of the Constitution which come to rescue in case of an illegal arrest.
Wed, Jan 03, 2018
Online trolls beware, these are the laws that could be used against you
Not all laws mention the term “internet” explicitly, except provisions under IT Act, 2008, but nevertheless it can be interpreted in cases where a person is subjected to harassment on social media platforms or on email.
Tue, Jan 02, 2018Legal Weekly: Suicide is an offence, cannot be glorified; top judgments of the week
Legal Weekly is a compilation of landmark rulings passed by the Supreme Court and the High Courts of the country during the week. Read upon what the court opined about martyrdom and how another court refused a "mentally retarded" person to donate organs.
Sat, Dec 30, 2017Legal weekly: An employed wife is not cruelty to husband; top judgments of the week
Legal Weekly is a compilation of landmark rulings passed by the Supreme Court and the High Courts of the country during the week. Read upon how court gave pointers for a case falling under cruelty and why court thinks that reformative ideas are ineffective.
Sat, Dec 23, 2017
Right to privacy, instant triple talaq, age of consent: SC’s crucial orders in 2017
As the year draws to a close, we look back at some of the crucial judgments passed by courts in India and the pending cases that reached their conclusion.
Sat, Dec 23, 2017
Justice Swatanter Kumar retires: Here are some of the orders passed by NGT under him
"Even the regulatory authorities were not so effective in enforcement of environmental laws. The obvious reason could be that the environment had not degraded to the present limits and threat to public health was not of the present magnitude.”
Wed, Dec 20, 2017
Why transgender community calls the proposed bill “discriminatory”?
The definition of a transgender in the 2016 bill, set to be tabled in the winter session, found its inspiration from the Australian law. In other words, the proposed bill imbibed the part of the Australian transgender definition as a whole, focusing on the male and the female.
Wed, Dec 20, 2017
Will the Madhya Pradesh bill, awarding death penalty for rape of young girls, serve as a deterrent?
#GenderAnd Nation: After a stringent bill, there are questions whether this might lead to drop in reporting of the crime or, worse, murder of the victims
Tue, Dec 19, 2017Legal Weekly: SC directs to reserve 5% seats for the disabled & death sentence for honour killing; top judgments of the week
Legal Weekly is a compilation of the landmark rulings passed by the Supreme Court and the High Courts of the country during the week. Read upon how the apex court is aiming to improve conditions for disabled and women in Delhi.
Sat, Dec 16, 2017
What are cultural rights?
"No usage which is found to be pernicious and considered to be in derogation of the law of the land or opposed to public policy or social decency can be accepted or upheld by Courts in the country."
Fri, Dec 15, 2017
Here is how Nehru and India mourned Sardar Patel’s death in 1950
“We shall remember him as a friend and a colleague and a comrade above all, and I who have sat here on this bench side by side with him for these several years will feel rather forlorn and a certain emptiness will steal upon me when I look at this empty bench.”
Fri, Dec 15, 2017
What is an open prison?
Rajasthan Prison Rules define open jail as, "Prisons without walls, bars and locks." The jail does not confine them completely but requires them to earn their living to support their families, living with them inside the jail.
Wed, Dec 13, 2017Legal Weekly: Humanity above religion and guidelines to curb child trafficking; top judgments of the week
Legal Weekly is a compilation of landmark rulings passed by the Supreme Court and the High Courts of the country during the week. Read upon Meghalaya HC observation on humanity above religion and Gujarat HC's nod to a live-in of a inter-faith couple.
Sat, Dec 09, 2017
Law panel’s ‘piecemeal’ approach on UCC: Here’s how the Constituent Assembly discussed this
“Is it tyrannical? Nowhere in advanced Muslim countries the personal law of each minority has been recognised as so sacrosanct as to prevent the enactment of a Civil Code,” Munshi had said.
Fri, Dec 08, 2017
When BR Ambedkar defended time taken for drafting constitution
“If the Drafting Committee was drifting, it was never without mastery over the situation. It was not merely angling with the off chance of catching a fish. It was searching in known waters to find the fish it was after. To be in search of something better is not the same as drifting,” Ambedkar said.
Wed, Dec 06, 2017
NCRB 2016 Report: Delhi accounts for nearly half of the crimes committed against foreigners
Cases of assault on foreign women tourists have doubled from 2015: 30 foreign women tourists were assaulted in 2016 as compared to 15 in the previous year.
Sun, Dec 03, 2017Legal Weekly: SC dismisses plea of woman claiming to be Jayalalithaa’s daughter; top judgments of the week
Legal Weekly is a compilation of landmark rulings passed by the Supreme Court and the High Courts of the country during the week. Read upon the court's reaction to the woman claiming to be Jayalalithaa's daughter and commutation of a death sentence of a man convicted for rape and murder of niece.
Sat, Dec 02, 2017
Key bills set to be introduced in winter session of Parliament
In the upcoming parliamentary session 14 bills are scheduled to be tabled and three bills will be taken up to replace the ordinances.
Wed, Dec 13, 2017Legal Weekly: Courts orders ‘Barbie’ to be removed from song; top judgments of the week
Legal Weekly is a compilation of landmark rulings passed by the Supreme Court and the High Courts of the country during the week. Read upon the court presiding over the 'Barbie' song and its trademark issue.
Sat, Nov 25, 2017
4-year-old sexually assaulted by classmate in Delhi: The legal course
Section 82 of the IPC (Indian Penal Code, 1860) provides an absolute exclusion to a minor below seven to be held under any criminal liability. Legal experts believe the case will be investigated and closed if the boy's involvement is proved.
Sat, Nov 25, 2017