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AFSPA

AFSPA's 68-year transformation: From emergency measure to permanent immunity

A recognition of what happens when emergency powers outlast the emergencies they were designed to address.
Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi

The prismatic lawyer: The continuing legacy of Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi - tribute by Prof C Raj Kumar

Those lawyers who have contributed to strengthening democratic institutions are remembered because of the influence and impact that extends beyond individual achievements.
Delhi High Court Lawyers

The State and not courts alone should ease the judiciary's burden: Reflecting on the pecuniary jurisdiction change

Despite decades of struggling with high pendency, successive governments have failed to implement any meaningful reform to address the underlying systemic issues.
Drugs

Beyond drug seizures: Why tracing proceeds of crime is critical to India’s fight against narcotics

India’s success in curbing drugs is not only dependent on the amount of drugs confiscated, but also its capacity to break down the financial infrastructure that supports the organised drug trade.
Supreme Court, Waqf Amendment Act

UMEED portal and the crisis of trust: Why only 27% of India's waqf properties got registered

When the state has registered only 1,083 deeds on its own portal - out of 8.72 lakh properties - and now demands that communities prove their properties are not government land, the asymmetry of power ...
CLAT reforms

From paper leaks to data leaks: Why CLAT must choose integrity over inertia

If CLAT itself appears arbitrary or compromised, what lesson does it give to future lawyers?
Tryst with the Constitution: Swapnil Tripathi

[Tryst with the Constitution] Student protests: A fitting case for a suo motu intervention by the Supreme Court

Precedents demonstrate that allegations of police excess have historically been regarded as matters warranting immediate judicial scrutiny.
Justice

The illusion of justice: Corruption at every level of the criminal justice process

Unless technology, transparency and accountability are integrated into every stage of the criminal process, the promise of justice will remain inaccessible to many who need it most.
Contracts

Why I stopped drafting contracts like fortresses

A contract written to win everything is very often the one that cannot survive its first real fight.
BCI, Senior Advocates

Commonwealth training models for Senior Counsel: What the BCI can actually use

India, by comparison, has no CPD or CLE requirement of any kind for practising Indian advocates, senior or otherwise.
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