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Umang Poddar

Why SC thinks courts humanely evaluating the accused could reduce rush to award death penalty

Currently, death penalties focus only on the crime and not the accused and their scope for reform.

Umang Poddar
· 10 hours ago
Is the SC’s new ruling a death knell for the GST regime?

The apex court has held that GST Council’s recommendations are not binding on the Centre or the states.

Umang Poddar
· May 22, 2022 · 07:30 am
From Babri to Gyanvapi, how India’s courts have helped escalate Hindutva claims on mosques

Rather than dismissing them under the Places of Worship Act, 1991, courts often allow petitions against mosques to fester, thus helping Hindutva politics.

Umang Poddar
· May 18, 2022 · 09:00 am

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