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Abortion for the mentally retarded – the outer limit of patient autonomy

On 17.7.2009, a Division Bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, comprising of Justice Surya Kant and Augustine George Masih decided a case ordering the termination of the pregnancy of a rape...

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To Blog; or not to blog!

The captioned question is in some way in the same league as Hamlet's existential dilemma of 'To be, or not to be; that is the question';…To suffer in the mind, 'the slings and arrows of outrageous...

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Hello, do you hear me?

This is no Adele's music! A promise is being redeemed. Watch this space for resumption of posts!Certain things are changed. The contents of this blog are not going to be non-judgmental. It is time for...

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Now is not the moment

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/k-kannan-on-uniform-civil-code-now-is-not-the-moment/article8840401.ece#comments

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A tricky debate on abortion

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-tricky-debate-on-abortion/article8934071.ece

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Organ Donation - Imperatives for preparing the whole family

Organ Donation - Two unusual casesOrgan donations come with different types of problems, We have two examples here: one, where the spouse was objecting to donation of a portion of liver by her husband...

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Indian Surrogacy bill, 2016, a perspective

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Indian Surrogacy bill, 2016, a perspective

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Frames of reference..

K. Kannan on triple talaq laws in India and in several Muslim-majority countries: Frames of reference: The thicket of legal dialogues on the validity of triple talaq conceals the result of churnings...

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Judging as a spiritual journey

Judging as a spiritual journeyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgTSJcECqQo&t=226s&ab_channel=NALSARUniversityofLaw

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Judging as a spiritual journey Q & A 2

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Judging as a spiritual journey Q & A 1

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Structural re-engineering of judicial system – a prospect

A detenu’s plea for hearing his appeal Underneath the multi-layered solutions proffered to countless ills afflicting judicial system, suggestion for setting up a National Court of appeal with regional...

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Stampede deaths at the Railway Premises

The injured victims and representatives of the deceased in Mumbai's Wellington bridge stampede in September 2017 got compensation, subject to a maximum of 8 lacs, as per the scales provided under the...

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SC/ST Atrocities judgment, a different perspective

It is not unusual that the decisions of the Supreme Court are counter-majoritarian in that they hold views against what are popular or what could pander to mass sentiments. The recent conflagration is...

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Innocent before guilty

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Where the law needs to change track: on the Railways Act

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/where-the-law-needs-to-change-track/article23805541.eceWhere the law needs to change track: on the Railways ActK. KannanMAY 08, 2018 00:02 ISTUPDATED: MAY 07, 2018...

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Minority rights, their constitutional underpinnings

Concept of minorities relatively newIn a country that believed in the precept of the whole world as a family, there was no place for differential treatment of the peoples that populated the world to be...

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Dharma and the Rule of Law

We use conjunctions between words and/or phrases to denote opposites or of things belonging to the same  genre. Day and Night ,hot and cold, Good and bad are examples of  expressions when an antonym...

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Ayodhya imbroglio, is mediation viable?

The suggestion of the Supreme Court for considering mediation for resolving the Ayodhya Mandir-Mosque dispute shall be seen as sagacious counsel to seize the opportunity to bury the hatchet between the...

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Ayodhya settlement once and for all

Settling the Ayodhya case once and for allThere must be an understanding that in the outcome, there is neither victor nor vanquishedSushil Kumar VermaSushil Kumar VermaThe Ayodhya issue is...

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Constitution Day Address at Law College, VIT University

Seventy ago on November 26, the Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly. The Preamble to the Constitution of India bears testimony to the historic occasion. However, the...

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Basic structure of the constitution, is it sufficient guarantee to preserve...

Basic structure of the Constitution, is it sufficient guarantee to preserve its ideals?Positioning judiciaryFewer institutions in the world are as strong as Indian Courts. Both in terms of performance...

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In hot pursuit of truth

IntroductionLook at a world where the assumptions are: All lawyers lie; auditors fudge accounts; civil contractors use substandard materials; corporate hospitals loot; doctors are negligent;...

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RIGHT TO PRIVACY

 First use of the expressionWarren and Brandeis wrote more than a century back that privacy is the "right to be let alone", and focused on protecting individuals. This approach was a response to then...

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