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Dropping the bigamy filter for civil servants
In a far reaching order, the Delhi High Court said that bigamy cannot cause a government servant to lose his job as ethical standards had changed since the time the…
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Honourable Privileges
The Court has ruled that legislative privilege cannot be extended to provide legal protection to criminal acts by lawmakers. Destruction of property in the name of protests should not be…
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Uncouth Dance of Democracy
Incidents of unruliness inside the Houses are not new and lead to loss of work. Is it time to constitute a permanent panel which can make suggestions to safeguard democratic…
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Express Delivery in Parliament
CJI NV Ramana lamented the “sorry state of affairs” of lawmaking and parliamentary debate. But it is not the hasty passage of a bill that’s at fault, but the rush…
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The Missing Deputy
The post of Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha has been vacant since June 2019. Article 93 of the Constitution mandates that the Lok Sabha shall, “as soon as may…