Archives for Op Ed - Page 3
Who Shall Watch the Watchmen: Trouble in the Supreme Paradise
“Be you ever so high, the law is above you.” ~ Thomas Fuller, a 17th Century English churchman, and historian No one could have predicted what 12th January 2018 would…
Critique of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017
‘Talaq-e-biddat is no Talaq’ per Shayara Bano The Constitution bench of the Supreme Court comprising of 5 judges in the Shayara Bano v. The Union of India delivered 3…
Law, Intersectionality and the Need for Reform
Lawmaking comes to an inherent challenge. Tied to the geographic boundaries of the State it is made for, it is inherently one-size-fits-all in its verbiage, so as to be able…
Raji: An Ancient Epic – An Indian Game Like Never Seen Before.
This November, the World is going to be awed by the release of a Kickstarter from the Nodding Heads Games Studio, Pune. Nodding Heads Games is an independent games developer which…
Jagmeet Singh, India & Sins of Our Fathers.
1st of October 2017, saw Mr. Jagmeet Singh, a lawyer and the son of Indian Sikh immigrants from Punjab, became the leader of Canada's New Democratic Party winning of votes…
Jadavpur University Students Fight Back Against Misrepresentation By Mainstream Media
The right to a safe space to practice freedom of speech and expression has almost become an obsolete one in the current geopolitical scenario. Stifling unpopular opinions and clogging all…
Decoding the Triple Talaq Judgement: The Ratio, the Order and the Balancing Act
Factual Background The controversy around Triple Talaq came to court after a suo-motu writ petition was initiated by the Supreme Court in the case of Prakash v. Phulavati - a…
Marital Rape Litigation: Mens Rights NGO files Intervention Application & Center defends Marital Rape before Delhi High Court
On Monday, 28th of August, Men Rights Activist NGO, Men Welfare Trust, filed an intervention application before the Chief Justices Court in the Delhi High Court, before Acting Chief Justice of the…
Delhi HC upholds CIC’s order to Intelligence Bureau. Stops Government from victimizing Officer
This is how Government denies RTI & litigates against its own officer: Sanjiv Chaturvedi victim of whistle blowing. A story that is explained by three news items from between 2016-17. The…
Right of the Electors to Question the Elected – Sri Madabhushi Sridhar, Hon’ble Central Information Commissioner of India
A voter Vishnu Dev Bhandari asked for the progress of the works undertaken in Khatauna block of Madhubani District, Bihar, and under RTI he was asking for action taken a…