Dr NK Bahl

A Karnataka High Court ruling that raping a dead woman does not come under the ambit of rape or unnatural offences shows the need to bring necrophilia under the framework of criminal law

The entry of the law firms from abroad could hit Indian lawyers and affect their income. Should there be an ombudsman to check their  credentials and accounts and are Indian law firms needlessly worried?

The abolishment of Iran’s morality police shows the difference between legal and moral duties. While law is a set of rules whose violations are punishable, moral laws have no legislative sanctions.

The Supreme Court while rejecting the default bail application of activist Gautam Navlakha had observed embracing the international practice of putting the accused under house arrest in deserving and suitable cases as a means to decongest prisons.