Legal reform
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South Africa’s Marriage Bill recognises all types of intimate partnerships – but raises many issues
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Death sentencing needs reform, but is the Supreme Court’s focus off the mark?
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With a huge backlog of cases, the Indian judiciary should revisit the listing practices of courts
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Millions could be left unemployed unless India prepares a legal framework for closing coal mines
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Former Karnataka HC chief justice who upheld hijab ban appointed as law commission chief
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76% of Indian prisoners are awaiting trial. A separate bail law could be the start of a change
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Why the Indian government needs to make information about its own legal cases more transparent
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Prashant Bhushan moves SC for right to appeal in contempt case
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Arundhati Roy: The court can gain respect only through its judgements, not through the contempt law
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Prashant Bhushan, Arun Shourie, N Ram file plea in Supreme Court challenging contempt law
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Clearing India’s huge backlog of legal cases isn’t quite so tough – 6,000 new judges could do it
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India has no reason to retain its archaic adultery law – but will the Supreme Court strike it down?
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Sex with a minor is rape even after marriage, says Supreme Court
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‘Unauthorised Sharia courts’ banned from operating in Tamil Nadu’s mosques: Madras High Court
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Interview: Though India's rape law has been overhauled, it still lacks a sentencing policy
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Panel wants Centre to amend family law provisions on honour killings, adultery, marriageable age
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Why many states are using the 1923 Goondas Act to curb digital piracy
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The Supreme Court's ruling on contempt is boost for the press, but also rule of law
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The current clamour to be tough on juvenile crime is wrongheaded
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Muslim women and feminists speak out against the Supreme Court's sharia judgment
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The Supreme Court ruling on Sharia law is actually a fine expression of pluralism
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Delhi HC dismisses a petition about the deaths of 10,000 children in a government hospital
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Goa's Civil Code has backing of BJP, but it's not truly Uniform
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BJP's rhetoric on Uniform Code undermined by its silence on laws favouring majority