Dr Swati Jindal Garg

In its objective towards a progressive society, the Supreme Court of India has once again given a verdict that will go a long way towards ensuring a better and more egalitarian society for India.

A notice issued by a Pune district court on October 20 asking women advocates not to “arrange” hair in the open court led to a social media uproar. The notice said that women arranging their hair disturbs the court

Incorporating feminist thinking into law is not easy primarily because the language of legal decision making is substantively and linguistically male. The next chief justice of India has told law students to incorporate “feminist thinking” in the way they deal with law

More than eight lakh people watched the live streaming of three Constitution Bench proceedings. The landmark decision to live stream will ensure judicial transparency and reveal the hard work of judges 

Hate speech has become a divisive issue in order to exploit social prejudices for electoral gains. The Supreme Court has come down heavily on TV channels promoting and fanning religious and sectarian hatred as a means of increasing their ratings. Will anything change?

A series of shocking judgments are proof that India still has a long way to go before it can be recognised as a gender sensitive State, or judiciary for that matter. Indian courts continue to use language and reasons in their orders that diminish the offence and trivialise the victim’s experience 

The constitutional right to freedom of religion, which is also said to include the right to convert, has been taken up time and again by the Indian courts. The problem, however, arises when a person is forced or lured to convert to another religion  

The new chief justice of India has brought in a significant new move in which the apex court has picked at least 25 key cases and submitted them to five-judge Constitution benches for fast-track hearings

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Litigants as well as the Bar need to be apprised that going paperless will benefit them in the long run. While giving some incentives will be beneficial initially, making it mandatory like in the Kerala High Court will bring it into regular practice.