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Sunday, April 28, 2024
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Topic: Judiciary

Talk Point: Women-centric laws: Quality investigation alone can do justice to both men and women

Senior bureaucrat Aruna Sharma has lashed out at what she calls the “narrow approach in the name of women’s rights”. She believes this has...

Talk Point: Steel secretary’s attempt to vilify women is a disgrace to her gender

I do not agree with Sharma’s sweeping assertions. Firstly, she does not care to address the fact that the basic problem regarding women and their rights persists.

Justice With Judiciousness

Judiciary faces threats, some of its own making. It should debate its internal health, wisdom of judicial vigilantism from cricket to MCI to Sikh jokes and temple affairs

Experiencing sexual assault is the tax women have had to pay to live in India

For a country where violence against the girl child starts in the womb, actor Richa Chadda says she's surprised at the number of people surprised at the enormity of the #MeToo campaign.

Collegium system back under scanner after Justice Patel and Justice Shakdher’s cases

The assumption that the independence of the judiciary is entirely safe in the hands of judges is now in question again.

Courts should be about more transparency, not restricting media

The judiciary crawls back every time issues of internal reforms come up.

Global Pulse: Sharifs could lose in their bastion in 2018, watch for Trump at UNGA

PML-N's vote share has been declining in its bastion since 2013, with a parallel increase in PTI's vote share, making a defeat for the Sharifs in NA-120 in 2018 possible.

Death for Disagreement

While Gauri Lankesh's killers are brought to justice, her courage and sacrifice should also shock our violent and abusive discourse back to civility.

Delhi High Court’s acting CJ cracks the whip on subordinate judiciary

The Delhi High Court has directed the abolition of a dozen lower courts and transferred 87 judicial officers in a bid to improve judicial functioning in Delhi.

“Right to privacy is protected under Articles 21 and Part-III of the Constitution”

The SC ruling also confirms about a dozen rulings of smaller benches that had held that privacy is a fundamental right are valid.

On Camera

Your place or mine? This dating question comes with extreme risks, dirty pillows & toilets

Don’t call him to your place the first time. He could be a stalker who now has your address. Or worse. He overstays his welcome, clogs your toilet, picks his nails, and snores.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.