Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news

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

The Supreme Court's judgment in Ujaas Energy reminds us that the Clean Slate Doctrine is directed at extinguishing claims and not necessarily every legal consequence that may flow from the facts under ...

There is sufficient talent within the system which can and ought to be tapped and used to reduce the delays which our present legal system is burdened with.

Whether the police's Section 163 order ultimately survives scrutiny will depend on the State's justification and the Court's application of proportionality.

Indian law still lacks a dedicated statutory framework allocating liability and compensation for harms caused by government algorithmic decision-making.

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

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

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

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.

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 ...