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Bail box

Bail for the powerful, bars for the poor

The remedy does not lie in denying bail to the powerful; it lies in extending, with equal energy, the same solicitude to the ordinary undertrial.
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

Spotlight: Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan is emerging as one of the more outspoken voices on the Bench of the Supreme Court of India.
Law Library AI

The hidden cost of Ctrl+V: Trade secrets, AI and limited remedies

The settled principles of Indian trade secret law were not designed for generative AI.
Legal Jobs

11 rejections, 0 publications: What my CV taught me about law firm hiring

The fix is not to abandon publishing, but to stop treating it as a substitute for practical competence.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Legal Notes by Arvind Datar: The Sedition Trials of Lokmanya Tilak

The sedition trials that Bal Gangadhar Tilak faced and the imprisonments he endured, greatly contributed to India attaining freedom in the next three decades.
Advocate Band and Gowns

₹22,500 to wear the white band?

A reform intended to strengthen the legal profession should facilitate access to it, not make entry into the profession more unaffordable.
Police

Detention v. arrest: Beyond labels

Recently, there were several reported incidents of detention of protesting students without formal arrest across several police stations in the country.
India’s Constitutional Odyssey

[Book Review] India's constitutional odyssey: 75 years of evolution and global reach

The book brings together contributions from judges, scholars and practitioners to examine the evolution of Indian constitutionalism.
CJI Surya Kant, CJP protests

From courtroom remark to political storm

In the age of live-streaming and social media, restraint before speaking is often a better safeguard than regulation after the event.
Data Privacy and The Internet

Data colonialism and sovereignty: Re-visiting colonial logic in the digital age

Does the pursuit of digital sovereignty reproduce older structures of extraction in a new technological form?
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