-The Indian Express The scheduled hearing will decide the legality of several cases of land acquisition that took place across the country before 2009. The matter also raises significant questions on judicial discipline, and how judgments of the court are applied while deciding subsequent cases on similar issues. On Tuesday, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will begin hearing a case to clarify the interpretation of the law on...
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Where Do I Belong? -Saikat Bose
-The Indian Express For a migrant to Delhi, obtaining legal identity is a tough ask Before I moved to Delhi, a friend told me, “You are moving to the city of migrants and djinns”. All this while I believed I am the migrant, now I am not sure. I have been living in Delhi for over five years. I built a career here, made some of my best friends here and I...
More »Exorcising third-degree -Maja Daruwala
-The Indian Express Torture is an endemic characteristic of Indian policing. A commitment to eradicating it requires the police force as a whole to have zero tolerance for the practice besides a specific anti-torture law The home minister’s recent pronouncement that the days of third-degree torture are gone is extraordinarily welcome. His announcement is as much a signal to the security forces to lay off this practice as it is an acknowledgment...
More »Customers mull legal action to revoke RBI order on PMC Bank, access funds
-The Hindu Business Line Mumbai: Thousands of distraught customers of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank gathered at the bank’s branches in Mumbai for a second day on Wednesday to protest against the Reserve Bank of India’s direction to impose restrictions on withdrawal amounts. Some of them said they would initiate legal action. “I had saved up for my daughter’s marriage in December, but my money is now stuck,” said Harshit Rane, a customer....
More »Women don't have absolute right to terminate pregnancy, Modi govt tells Supreme Court -Debayan Roy
-ThePrint.in Health ministry's reply was in reference to plea that seeks to raise time period for terminating pregnancy from current cap of 20 weeks to 26 weeks New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has told the Supreme Court that a pregnant woman’s right to abort is not “absolute”, while making clear the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) (Amendment) Bill, 2019 shall make legal access “easier for vulnerable women” desiring...
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