Legal Debate
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‘Love jihad’: UP’s law has many defects, cannot be sustained, says ex-SC judge Madan Lokur
He also said that the courts have undermined the idea of social justice in the last few years.
Scroll Staff
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Should Kendriya Vidyalaya students say Hindu prayers?: SC has chance to revisit previous assumptions
In 2002, the court observed that values without faith were meaningless.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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‘Hope constitutional morality dies with birth’: Attorney general criticises Supreme Court
KK Venugopal said it was incorrect to assume that the citizens would be unable to choose between rights and wrongs by themselves.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Bengaluru’s metro rail project has a dark side to it
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Teenager directed to work at cow shelter for 15 days for sharing morphed photo of Adityanath
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IPL 2022: Jos Buttler equals Virat Kohli's record of four centuries in one IPL season
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Watch: Scenes after Bihar BJP MLA Rashmi Verma and relatives got into a scuffle over picking fruits
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Why the rudraksha seed is a symbol of Nepal’s trade imbalance with China
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India doesn’t need a new law to curb lynchings, enforcing existing laws is enough, say legal experts
The Supreme Court last week asked Parliament to consider enacting a separate law to deal with mob violence.
Vijayta Lalwani
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Karnataka governor invites Yeddyurappa: Here’s why the Supreme Court needs to step in
Given the numbers that the BJP currently has, to conclude that Yeddyurappa would form a stable government is plainly unethical and irrational.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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SC’s Constitution bench to examine if jallikattu is a cultural right
It will see if states can claim protection under Article 29 (1).
Scroll Staff
Video
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Eco India, Episode 184: How to stop industries from polluting the world's air, land and water
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Watch: Scenes after Bihar BJP MLA Rashmi Verma and relatives got into a scuffle over picking fruits
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‘Why the need for one single language?’: Geetanjali Shree on Hindi as national language debate
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Watch: Children honour victims of school shooting, protest at gun rights convention
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Watch: Loyal dog treks eight kilometres for nearly two hours to be reunited with previous owner
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With triple talaq order, Supreme Court revives ‘arbitrariness’ as grounds to challenge unequal laws
In June, however, the court had in the Aadhaar-PAN case rejected the argument that linking the two numbers was an arbitrary law.
Gautam Bhatia
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The law comes before freedom of expression, says the lawyer who represents most publishers in India
An interview with Dahlia Sen Oberoi who has been fighting cases for the publishing industry for 17 years.
Kanishka Gupta
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Are India's anti-rape laws as draconian as Madhu Kishwar says they are?
A petition in the Delhi High Court has challenged the constitutional validity of the 2013 amendments to rape laws, triggering a debate among women's groups.
Aarefa Johari
The Reel
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‘Anek’ review: Political thriller muddles its way through the North East
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ review: Flights of nostalgia
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‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Field of Dreams’ actor Ray Liotta dies at 67
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Watch: Partition, art and the idea of home in short film ‘The Miniaturist Of Junagadh’
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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Jayalalithaa should be convicted in disproportionate assets case even after death: Karnataka to SC
This is the only way to recover the Rs 100-crore fine imposed on her, the state told the bench.
Scroll Staff
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Kamlesh Tiwari's arrest for anti-Prophet remark shows why India needs to revisit colonial-era laws
The Hindutva leader was held under the National Security Act, which allows detention without bail or trial.
Alok Prasanna Kumar
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Another minister, another provocative speech: When will the law serve as a deterrent?
Hate speech laws need to be re-evaluated to ensure that they are not used to regulate hurt sentiments but instead to prosecute calls to violence.
Siddharth Narrain
The Field
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Champions League: Real Madrid defeat Liverpool for 14th European title
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Uefa Champions League final: Kick-off delayed after reports of fans struggling to enter stadium
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French Open: Iga Swiatek wins 31 in a row, now the only top-10 seed left in women’s singles draw
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WT20 Challenge final as it happened: Champions Supernovas, heartbreak for Wolvaardt and Velocity
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French Open: Bopanna-Middelkoop upset Olympic champions Mektic-Pavic to enter quarter-finals