Jane Kaushik was hired to teach and fired for who she is. A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan read reasonable accommodation into the right to equality, and pushed a promise made in 2014 into the ordinary workplace at last.
The Presidential Reference on Articles 200 and 201 refused to give States a deadline and refused to let Governors bury a Bill in silence. An honest opinion that lets neither side win outright.
A stray sentence from CJI Surya Kant in a competition appeal told the market that the era of treating Indian privacy as a checkbox is drawing to a close. A remark worth noting.
In Harish Rana the Supreme Court allowed life support to be withdrawn after more than a decade in a persistent vegetative state, and pushed the right to die with dignity one careful step further.
Three years at the Bar are now compulsory before the civil judge exam. Good for the bench, hard on the first generation graduate who cannot afford three lean years to get there.
An Allahabad High Court order held that grabbing a child and pulling at her clothing was not an attempt to rape. The Supreme Court reached out on its own and stayed it, calling it total insensitivity.
The Bombay High Court struck down the Fact Check Unit for making the State a judge in its own cause. The design it rejected is tempting, and it will return in other clothes.
Ali Khan Mahmudabad was arrested for a Facebook post and freed on bail with a scolding, an SIT, and a gag on the one subject where his liberty was at stake. Free speech under trial.
In Jane Kaushik the Supreme Court awarded compensation, applied the guarantee of equality to private schools, and named discrimination by omission for the quiet, deniable thing it is.
Our running commentary on the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, from Section 152 to custody in parts under Section 187.
What the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam did to the old Section 65B certificate, the hash value it never mentions, and the exhibits that walk in on a technicality.
Privacy after Puttaswamy, the Money Bill route, bulldozer justice and the other first principles our writers keep returning to.
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