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INDIA SEEKS TO SOOTHE PUBLIC WITH NEW TERROR LAW   NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government will rush a new law through parliament on Thursday that will allow police to hold suspects for up to ..

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Article 226 and Bail Petitions Introduction: The right of speedy trail includes the right to get bail application decided on same day because to live a life with human dignity is fundamental right of every citizen in pursuit of happiness and excellence and if due to irregularities in the system and loopholes in the enactment these rights are not taken care of then intervention is needed fro..

Men’s rights activists want domestic violence laws to be gender neutral. Armed with statistics of high suicide rates among men, their wish list includes a ministry for men’s welfare, a national commission for men and a review of the anti-dowry law, which they claim is grossly misused.     “Men are suff..

Article 49-O of Constitution gives us the Right to not vote DID YOU know that there is a provision in the Constitution of India, as per the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1969 Act, in Section 49-O that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked, and convey to the presiding election officer that he/she doesn’t want to vote for anyone! Yes, such a ..

  Obstacles to Justice and the Suffering Humanity     I.   Constitutional Mandate..

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Srilanka : India's Strategic Dilemma— Dr Jyotirmoy Das Chowdhury In its determined bid to project muscle power outside South Asian region, Indian Government has permitted her navy to deploy its force in the Red Sea off the coast of Somalia to protect Indian ships from Somalian pirates. On the other hand. Indian government is in a dilemma either to act in favour of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ee..

The who, when, why and how M.R. Madhavan The issue of conduct and accountability of judges is again making headlines. Under our current system, all subordinate judges are governed by and accountable to the respective high courts. For the higher judiciary, the only disciplinary action allowed against a judge is that of impeachment. This paper carried an op-ed describing how judges can be rem..

EVOLUTION OF THE BASIC STRUCTURE DOCTRINE: ITS IMPLICATIONS AND IMPACT ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Soli J. Sorabjee Former Attorney General for India [Lecture at Oslo University – Norway – 06th October 2008] Introductory India has a written Constitution. The framing of India’s Constitution in the Constituent Assembly was spread over a period of two years, 11 months..

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The letter written by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) to the Prime Minister seeking his intervention in initiating impeachment proceedings against asitting judge of Calcutta High Court, has triggered a debate again regarding corruption in higher judiciary and its impunity. We have seen removal of governments and Prime Ministers so many times, butremoval of High Court and Supreme Court judges has ..

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