Month: October 2020

What can be done about trial by media?

Source:-newindianexpress Litigation is not always a search for truth. According to philosopher Charles Taylor, it is a “zero-sum game”, where the law only says “either A or B is right”. It does not consider the multitude of truth and complexity of events, issues or individuals. British Marxist Terry Eagleton put it in perspective: “Court rooms,

Rajasthan HC dismisses state government’s plea to extend time limit for holding polls for six civic bodies

Source:-newindianexpress JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed the state government’s application to extend time limit for holding elections for six newly created municipal corporations in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Prakash Gupta on Tuesday dismissed the application to defer the election from October 31 this year to

School fees in Odisha likely to be reduced as govt submits proposal to High Court

Source:-hindustantimes School fees in 6700-odd private schools across Odisha are all set to be reduced for the lockdown period after a joint committee comprising state government officials, school authorities and parents submitted a report in Orissa High Court recommending a reduction of school fee by 26 per cent. The recommendation of the committee came following

Congress is taking support of Arun Jaitley’s arguments against agricultural bills

Source:-pledgetimes The Congress is constantly trying to surround the Narendra Modi government at the Center on agricultural laws. For this, along with the refusal to implement it in Congress-ruled states, protests are also continuing. The Congress party is now resorting to the arguments of former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to surround the Modi government on