The Normalcy Of Extrajudicial Killings In India

An unofficial and brutal justice system exists parallel to the official one, and it executes many times more of the accused than the official one executes convicts, points out Aakar Patel. IMAGE:......

Sorabjee, Jethmalani, Salve: Tale Of Three Lawyers

Over the years, a noticeable unpleasantness began to develop between senior and junior, Sorabjee and Salve.Salve gave credit, for his rise in the profession, to Nani Palkhivala, and not to......

Foolish: Ex-law minister on renaming India as 'Bharat'

Senior Congress leader and former Union law minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday dubbed the idea of renaming India as 'Bharat' or 'Hindustan' as "foolish" and one with "nuisance value." Karnataka......

Manipur fake encounters: Expedite probe, issue involves life & death, says SC

The Supreme Court on Monday said that cases of alleged fake encounters in Manipur by the army, Assam Rifles and state police involved the issue of "life and death" of people and asked the Central......

Bellary: How unrestrained mining turned it to dust

Karnataka's Lokayukta Santosh Hegde's report is a sordid story on the rise of India's mining poster boy, Bellary. The protagonists of the script, the Reddy brothers, used muscle and money to......