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Manipur Violence Cases Test India's Criminal Justice System

Manipur Violence Cases Test India's Criminal Justice Sy...

Over three years on, Manipur's 3,000+ violence cases remain trapped between inve...

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Fast-Track Courts for NEET Paper Leak: Can Speedy Trials Fix India's Exam Scam Crisis?

Fast-Track Courts for NEET Paper Leak: Can Speedy Trial...

The Centre has announced fast-track courts for NEET paper leak cases. Verdicto a...

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Sibal's Tenth Schedule Plea Puts Speaker's Adjudicatory Power Back Before Supreme Court

Sibal's Tenth Schedule Plea Puts Speaker's Adjudicatory...

Supreme Court agrees to hear Kapil Sibal's plea on July 27 challenging the Tenth...

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Anti-Strike Rule Gone. Fees Up. New Rules for Foreign Lawyers. What's Really Changed in the New Advocates Bill?

Anti-Strike Rule Gone. Fees Up. New Rules for Foreign L...

The 2026 Advocates (Amendment) Bill removes several controversial provisions fro...

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Can Police Lathi Charge Protesters Legally?

Can Police Lathi Charge Protesters Legally?

Can police legally lathi charge protesters? A Delhi crackdown on students has ha...

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Why Ex-Judges' Benefits Vary by State — And Why the SC's New Panel Faces an Uphill Task

Why Ex-Judges' Benefits Vary by State — And Why the SC'...

Supreme Court orders Centre to form a panel within two weeks on uniform post-ret...

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Who Decides a Hunger Striker's Medical Treatment? Wangchuk Case Explained

Who Decides a Hunger Striker's Medical Treatment? Wangc...

Delhi HC petition on Sonam Wangchuk's hospitalisation raises key legal questions...

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The Freebies Case the Supreme Court Keeps Deferring

The Freebies Case the Supreme Court Keeps Deferring

Tracing Supreme Court freebies jurisprudence from S. Subramaniam Balaji (2013) t...

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Monsoon Session 2026: Do FCRA, Vande Mataram and Higher Education Bills Signal Greater Centralisation?

Monsoon Session 2026: Do FCRA, Vande Mataram and Higher...

The Centre's legislative agenda for the Monsoon Session signals more than routin...

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Should Students Learn a Third Language in Class 9? Supreme Court Raises Questions

Should Students Learn a Third Language in Class 9? Supr...

The Supreme Court has questioned introducing a third language from Class 9 under...

International
Can the United Nations Finally Elect Its First Woman Secretary-General? Here's How the Selection Process Really Works

Can the United Nations Finally Elect Its First Woman Se...

As the race to replace António Guterres begins, five women are among seven candi...

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When the State Is Asked to Force-Feed a Protestor: Inside the Delhi HC's Wangchuk PIL

When the State Is Asked to Force-Feed a Protestor: Insi...

Does the right to life include a right to compel treatment? Verdicto unpacks the...

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Supreme Court's Cow Slaughter Stay Isn't the Story — Tamil Nadu's 'Judicial Lawmaking' Argument Is

Supreme Court's Cow Slaughter Stay Isn't the Story — Ta...

Supreme Court stayed Madras High Court's cow slaughter ban, but Tamil Nadu's rea...

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EC's New Form 6 Rule: Can a Statutory Election Form Be Altered Without a Legal Amendment?

EC's New Form 6 Rule: Can a Statutory Election Form Be ...

Can the Election Commission introduce new requirements in Form 6 without amendin...

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Ken-Betwa Project Explained: What Indian Law Says About Rehabilitation and Tribal Rights

Ken-Betwa Project Explained: What Indian Law Says About...

Ken-Betwa Project explained: Learn what Indian law says about rehabilitation, tr...

International
China's New Ethnic Unity Law: A Turning Point for Minority Rights — or Just More of the Same?

China's New Ethnic Unity Law: A Turning Point for Minor...

China's ethnic unity law asserts extraterritorial reach, letting Beijing pursue ...