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Shortly after a special CBI court acquitted all the surviving 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case last week, several journalists and academicians reminded me of an essay I had written for India Legal magazine in December 2017 which possibly has more relevance today than the time it was written

New Delhi (ILNS): Seema Kushwaha, who was once the family lawyer of the 23-year-old paramedic student who was gang-raped on a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012, by six people in Delhi, will now fight the case of the Hathras victim.

New Delhi (ILNS): The Supreme Court today, while hearing a consumer dispute in a hire purchase agreement, held that “the financier continues to remain the owner of a vehicle, covered by a hire purchase agreement, till all the hire installments are paid and the hirer exercises the option to purchase.”

If gender-based glass ceilings are to be smashed, the place to start should be the legal profession. This vital area of human endeavour needs to be exemplary because it has been nurtured and honed by all progressive and dynamic civilisations.

New Delhi (ILNS): A civil suit has been filed before a Mathura civil court to reclaim Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura. The suit has sought reclamation of the 13.37-acre land along with declarations that the previous compromise deed and court decrees will not be binding.

In the 70 years of the republic, women have made contributions in every walk of life. But the struggle for gender equality and justice continues in the legal profession despite the fundamental right to equality

Moments after the news of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death broke, SANDEEP SSINGH appeared on the scene. Who was he? INDIA LEGAL spoke with Ssingh in an exclusive interview. Excerpts:

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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India made an announcement on July 3 that it has cancelled the May 2020 Examination after taking into account the academic interest and health of the students amid COVID 19 Pandemic.

The second in a series of legal awareness programmes organised by APN News, India Legal and ICADR looks at the sorry state of migrants and how this can be prevented in future