-Deccan Herald Dabra is a typical village in rural Haryana. It has narrow lanes with open drains and small houses built of brick and mud. Children play in the dirt while men SIT around smoking. Not many outsiders viSIT this poor farming community. But outside one of the houses, two policemen stand on guard. Inside, a 16-year-old girl SITs in one of the rooms surrounded by women. She is the reason the...

-The Hindu Determining incalculable sum in calculable terms of money is a challenge: Supreme Court The Supreme Court has asked Tribunals and High Courts to award reasonable and just compensation to victims of motor accidents. However, the determination of compensation, if it is a case of grievous injury, cannot be a bonanza, the court said. “Despite many a pronouncement, it still remains a challenging SITuation [for Tribunals and appellate courts] warranting a senSITive...

-The Indian Express The Rajat Gupta case provokes a question: Could the Indian system handle such a SITuation as well? Rajat Gupta has got two years in prison for insider trading, a fraction of the term sought by the prosecution. It is a fair sentence, delivered without regard for the multiple pressures that had been brought to bear on this much-publicised case. The handling of the case — among about 60 others...

-The Times of India BANGALORE: A special Lokayukta court on Thursday ordered an investigation into the role of three former Karnataka chief ministers in the allocation of land to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (Nice) for the construction of an expressway between Bangalore and Mysore. The former CMs under the scanner are H D Deve Gowda, S M Krishna and B S Yeddyurappa. Judge N K Sudhindra Rao ordered Lokayukta police to investigate the...

-The Indian Express Rajkot: Police inspector injured in violence triggered by a road accident, security beefed up in the area. A month after three dalits were killed in police firing at Thangadh in Surendranagar district, a dalit youth was injured when police on Thursday opened fire to control a mob that went on the rampage in Sardar Chowk area of Junagadh city following an accident between a car and a Gujarat State...