The Justice Debate
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An activist’s dilemma: What is ahimsa in the age of state-sponsored murder?
One part is unequivocally naming the true Himsa, the true violence – that of the state, that of the systemic oppression of minorities.
Sunita Viswanath
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Justice AP Shah: ‘Freedoms on unsteady ground, made to doubt whether SC able to protect our rights’
The former chief justice of Delhi High Court delivered a scathing indictment of recent Supreme Court orders.
AP Shah
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Hyderabad rape: Widespread approval for encounter killings only serves to institutionalise violence
Masculine justice – attractive to many since it seems to offer a way out of legal lethargy and police inefficiency – is a quick fix solution.
Sanjay Srivastava
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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Memoir: A journalist remembers the 1960s and how the Naxal movement was portrayed in books and films
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Congress moves Madras HC seeking Election Commission action against Modi for propagating hate speech
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Why the medieval trial by ordeal actually worked as an effective test of guilt
A guilty person will be apprehensive to undergo the test, believing he is likely to fail.
Peter T Leeson
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Pistorius sentence raises vital questions about punishment and how to administer it
Why do we punish: to exact retribution for wrongdoing, to rehabilitate offenders or to restore the community?
Bill Dixon, The Conversation