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Topic: Laws

2 justices objected to finalising names for Supreme Court posts via letter, says judges’ body

The SC Collegium said Monday that the meeting to be held on 30 September – the same day the letter was sent by the CJI – stood discharged.

More and more climate migrants are showing up at borders. Laws need to catch up

The World Bank projects that climate change will drive 143 million people in Latin America, Africa and South Asia alone to leave their homes by 2050.

MPs will now get tutorials on laws by experts before they vote on them

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has decided to involve domain experts to explain the provisions of proposed legislations to Members of Parliament before they vote on them

To keep up with TikTok & Bitcoin, India needs innovation in lawmaking too

Currently, laws dealing with modern technology are either ad-hoc or not truly responsive to the challenges posed by such technology.

Pursuing #MeToo cases legally faces a big hurdle – the law

Sexual Harassment at Workplace law does not allow complaints to be filed more than three months after the incident.

Uttarakhand CM promises bill on death penalty for child rapists in next assembly session

MP, Rajasthan and Haryana have already approved the provision of capital punishment for those who rape girls aged 12 or less.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.