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The author is a Masters student of Legal Philosophy at the Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law, New York
VOICES
| 10-minute read
The court and the Sabrimala Temple: An unintimate history
One wonders if the Kerala High Court might rethink its order to prohibit women.
ART & CULTURE
| 3-minute read
How Irumbu Thirai removes the curtain that hides a dark world
The Tamil film tries to stick to a principal argument - digitalisation may not be all too safe and sound.
VARIETY
| 8-minute read
The truth behind cheating - Revisiting adultery judgments in India
By giving unbalanced, unequal positions with regard to adultery, is the court trying to actively repress the fissures emanating from marriage?
VARIETY
| 6-minute read
8 judgments that made 2017 a landmark year
Indian courts always have had a particular proclivity for drama, and the past year clearly didn't buck that trend.
VARIETY
| 5-minute read
Kerala school victimising students over a hug has exposed our education system
The court has said that the child rights commission has no authority to override the school's expulsion diktat.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
13 years after Mothers of Manipur protested naked against Indian Army, where is justice?
The immediate provocation was the brutal rape, torture, mutilation and murder of 32-year-old Thangjam Manorama by the 17th Assam Rifles.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
What India can learn from Germany legalising same-sex marriage
It's time we came out of our dark cave of criminalisation and persecution.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Two years since US legalised same-sex marriage, India as homophobic as ever
Heteronormativity is still regarded as the natural recourse of societal order.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Why is Panjab University using sedition against students protesting fee hike?
They have been charged under the law despite not having expressed dissent against the government.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read