Author: inbatv
Taking Transgender Rights Seriously: Making Authentic Lives Possible
Transgender person is defined as ‘a person who is a person who is neither wholly male or wholly female or a combination of female or male or neither male nor […]
DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES: AN OVERLOOK ON ITS DEVELOPMENT
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed[1]. Within states a constitution defines the principles upon which […]
THE UPHEAVAL WITHIN THE SUPREME COURT OVER COLLEGIUM SYSTEM
An unprecedented press conference by four senior SC judges — Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurien Joseph— with not-so-subtle political undertone, political as well as legal […]
THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IN THE APEX COURT
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has formed a seven-member team to meet all judges of the Supreme Court, barring the five senior-most judges, to discuss the present crisis in the apex court. Further, it […]
INDIA’S 100th SATELLITE LAUCNCHED: ISRO
Today, the final 28-hour countdown of the PSLV-C40 mission, the first one for 2018, kicked off at 5.29 am after it got the green signal from Isro’s Mission Readiness Review Committee […]
AN EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF KASHMIR’S INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION
An exhibition on J&K, which opened at the National Archives, seeks to highlight just how the founding president of Jan Sangh, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, warned former PM Jawaharlal Nehru and Sheikh Abdullah about the […]
NALSA: A RAY OF HOPE FOR THE MARGINALISED
National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has decided to embark upon a new mission this year to hold camps in remote areas to spread awareness and provide justice at doorstep. Supreme Court judge […]
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Sentenced to three and a half years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI): Fodder Scam
A special CBI court Saturday sentenced RJD chief Lalu Prasad to three and a half years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a second case related to the Rs 950-crore fodder scam […]
SC Gives gay community hope, Agrees to Review Section 377 ruling
The Supreme Court’s decision on Monday to review its own four-year-old verdict criminalising consensual sexual relationship in private between adults of same gender was triggered five months ago, when a 9-judge […]
IS THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT DESTROYING THE PRIVACY OF IT’S CITIZENS?
Panning the government for its “shoot the messenger” outlook on the matter, Snowden said instead of prosecuting the journalist, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) should be penalized for the alleged […]