The article was originally published in The Wire. Read here. New Delhi: Indian Premier League (IPL) founder, Lalit Modi, during his tenure as former vice-president with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was accused of bid-rigging and money laundering, along with contravention of provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) for several hundred crores. …
The article was originally published in Al Jazeera. Read here. The opposition says it is convinced the government has ‘surprise legislations’ up its sleeve as it holds a special five-day session of parliament. New Delhi, India – A “special” five-day session of India’s parliament is being held amid growing disquiet in the country over parliamentary processes being…
The original article can be read here. The Delhi High Court has said that the purpose of the Right to Information Act is to ensure transparency and questioning the motive for the details sought is not covered under the Act, The Times of India reported on Sunday. Justice Subramonium Prasad was hearing a plea filed by an RTI activist and journalist…
The original post is here. The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to file an affidavit specifying if there are any file notings or written communications between the stakeholders in the creation of Aarogya Setu app or if the same happened orally via video conferencing. While hearing a plea seeking various information about…
The article was originally published in The Wire. Read here. The committee whose recommendations ultimately culminated in the present form of the Bills has operated in complete secrecy ever since its constitution in May 2020. Sources told The Wire that two non-members – the SG and ASG – exerted influence on the committee. New Delhi: The parliamentary…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. In this second of the two-part series, we look at the challenges faced by the Indian legal system to eradicate the widespread prevalence of perjury and fabrication of evidence. Overburdened judges, a lack of incentive for lawyers, unreliable police investigations, and long delays in the disposal…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. Though perjury, or lying under oath, and fabrication of evidence remain widespread in India’s justice system, prosecutions for the two offences are rare. In the first of a two-part series, we analyse five recent court judgements that reveal how the police followed a similar modus operandi…
The article was originally published in Boom Live. Read here. The petitions seeking recognition of same-sex marriage had reached their ninth day of hearing in the Supreme Court. The case, being a matter of constitutional importance, was being live-streamed on YouTube. The petitioners had already made their arguments as to why the court should recognise the…
This article was originally published on Boomlive. MEITY blocks information requests citing national security and the requirement to maintain “strict confidentiality”. A Delhi high court case may help change practices around internet censorship in India. On March 31 this year, Kalim Ahmed, a journalist by profession, received an email from Twitter with the subject line “Twitter Notice of…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: An April 2023 Law Commission of India report that recommended retention of India’s colonial-era sedition law relies substantially on a 2018 book, which approves of a law criticised for its misuse, before the Supreme Court suspended its use in May 2022. There appears to be scant evidence of “extensive…
The article was originally published in Boom Live. Read here. Deepa*, a 40-year-old doctor from Delhi was horrified when she got a WhatsApp message of her face morphed into an obscene picture earlier this year. “It was a disconcerting experience,” she told Decode narrating her experience of receiving harassing calls and messages from a loan recovery…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: “The subject your lordships are dealing with is the creation of a socio-legal relationship of marriage which is the domain of the competent legislature.” That was the argument solicitor general Tushar Mehta made on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of Prime Minister Narendra…