Tag: LAW

The Parliament has passed a Bill claiming to protect the rights of the transgender community, but will it succeed?

Amendments to the RTI may pose a serious threat to the integrity of Indian democracy.

48 JNU teachers have been issued notices by VC M. Jagadish Kumar for their participation in a peaceful strike that demanded his exit from the campus.

A report by the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission suggests the indispensable need for the strong enforcement of an anti-lynching law given the growing intolerance in the nation. Will the Adityanath government take acton?

Congress ruled Madhya Pradesh may soon become the first state to have law against cow vigilantism in place.

The Modi government did not do that and instead tried to dilute the entire law because of which it was never passed.

HUNGRY | The streets of Budapest are full of people protesting against its draconian labour law that pushes the labourer into a position of slavery and denies her the dignity of existence. President Viktor Orban will certainly face a challenging situation handling and ensuring people of better times.

The recent march in Delhi to protect the RTI act is an important time in the history of democratic India because if we don’t oppose the dilution of the RTI, the ordinary citizen shall be completely disempowered.

MATTER OF CONCERN Unrestricted accessibility of pornographic content leads to sexual violence that disrupts the very fabric of society. We live in a world where not only is the need for restriction over porn crucial but also fundamental for the wellbeing of society. Bharat Dogra

CULTURE Sabarimala Temple in Kerala had so far denied women between the ages of 10-50 years the right to enter into its premises. The Supreme Court’s judgement has lifted the customary ban and allowed women official access t0 the temple.