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Anti-drug laws to farm laws to UAPA: Are liberals undermining the Indian state by calling everything ‘draconian’?

Abhishek Banerjee - 24 October, 2021

If you reject everything from anti-drug laws to the voting system to the conviction of terrorists by the Supreme Court, what is left? Are you advocating for anarchy?

News Reports

‘The Centre is free to take any action against Twitter if it does not comply with rules’: Delhi High Court

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2021

Delhi HC noted that Twitter has so far failed to comply with Indian IT rules and is already in contempt.

News Reports

Accused over 16 years should be tried as adults under POCSO Act: Parliamentary panel raises concern over increase in sexual crimes against children

OpIndia Staff - 16 March, 2021

Parliamentary panel ld by Congress MP Anand Sharma suggests reducing the age limit for trial under POCSO Act to 16 years.

Opinions

Indian law never defined “marriage”: Here is why govt needs to be involved in inter-faith “marriage”

Abhishek Banerjee - 26 November, 2020

A number of very different legal institutions are grouped under the loose word “marriage.” Naturally therefore, the government has to step in and make rules about how to move between these very different institutions.

News Reports

Pakistan: Imran Khan’s attempts to woo FATF face hurdles from opposition parties over fears of misuse of laws against them

OpIndia Staff - 13 September, 2020

Imran Khan govt could not pass laws aimed at removing Pakistan from FATF grey list due to non-cooperation by opposition parties

Law

Nirbhaya and the Nation get closure, but the Death Penalty debate still rages on

Stuti S. - 30 March, 2020

If the gory, gut-wrenching details of how Nirbhaya was subjected to fatal gang-rape do not ace the tests of rarest of the rare, inviting the maximum punishment of death penalty, what will?

Government and Policy

Beware: spreading rumours about the Wuhan Coronavirus spread on social media can land you in jail for 6 months

OpIndia Staff - 24 March, 2020

While not following the lockdown can land one in jail for 6 months, anybody spreading rumours about the Wuhan Coronavirus spread can also land in jail for 6 months.

Law

Nirbhaya rapist Mukesh’s lawyer trying to further defer the execution: Know the legality

Aastha Tiwari - 11 March, 2020

Nirbhaya rapist Mukesh Singh through his lawyer is now asking the court to allow him to file curative and mercy petitions till July 2021

Government and Policy

108 laws including IPC, CrPC, SC/ST Atrocities Act to be applicable in Jammu and Kashmir as Article 370 is stripped

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2019

A total of 106 laws shall henceforth be applicable to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Congress Manifesto: Declaration of disastrous legal reforms and a tale of contradictions

Siddharth Acharya - 13 April, 2019

Congress has claimed to be a centric party but how pretentious centric party claim can actually leave you in abeyance, this manifesto is a perfect example of that.

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