SC itself has held that certain features of THE Constitution can’t be amended by Parliament; it should be the same when it comes to its own functioning.
Chargesheeting rate in rape cases is high. Conviction rate has, however, gone down post-Nirbhaya incident. If stricter laws were a solution, we should have had a better situation.
The HRW report only goes to show how structures of “due process” often don’t work, especially for women at the intersections of multiple marginalisations.
Maharashtra was one of the first states to roll out a landmark scheme for helping rape survivors and victims of child abuse following the outrage over the gang-rape of a photojournalist in a Mumbai mill in 2013.
The Human Rights Watch in their report released in November 2017 examines the implementation the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, Act, 2012. I share here the findings of an eight week long court-room ethnography conducted in a fast track court (FTC) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in April and May of 2015.
Sidekicks are quintessential in Bollywood, and every few years, when a star or lead shines, a filmmaker reminds us that the person next to the hero is a key ingredient in the recipe.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
The article throws light to the crisis in top court now. It is horrifying to imagine that our Supreme Court is itself arrogating power to itself which in political terminology means “authoritarianism” in spirit. Even during emergency era In 1975 the federal ssystem i.e.High Courts stood as palladium of justice but for the Superior Court when it declared by 4: 1 majority that no fundamental rights exists.Then Justice HR Khanna was dissenting judge who was hailed by New York Times even for Standing up high.
There appears to be a tussle to assert authority and incumbant CJI requires absolute power. It may not be reassuring at all when there are seeds of disunity amongst the judges . Justice Chelemeswars judgement in momentus case rejecting Judges appointment by Collegium and his outspokenness seem to have earned wrra
The article throws light to the crisis in top court now. It is horrifying to imagine that our Supreme Court is itself arrogating power to itself which in political terminology means “authoritarianism” in spirit. Even during emergency era In 1975 the federal ssystem i.e.High Courts stood as palladium of justice but for the Superior Court when it declared by 4: 1 majority that no fundamental rights exists.Then Justice HR Khanna was dissenting judge who was hailed by New York Times even for Standing up high.
There appears to be a tussle to assert authority and incumbant CJI requires absolute power. It may not be reassuring at all when there are seeds of disunity amongst the judges . Justice Chelemeswars judgement in momentus case rejecting Judges appointment by Collegium and his outspokenness seem to have earned wrra