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India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist reports on the India Supreme Court’s recent expression of its disinclination to recognize virtual court hearings as a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution. He files this for JURIST from New Delhi. A recent petition filed with the Supreme Court of India by the National Federation of Societies for Fast [...]

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India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma, a final year law student at Amity Law School, reports on the Supreme Court of India’s response to a recent farmers’ protest against the government in which multiple protesters were killed. He files this for JURIST from New Delhi. Yesterday the Supreme Court of India took suo motu cognizance of [...]

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India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma, a final year law student at Amity Law School, offers his perspective on recent high-profile criticisms of India’s Public Interest Litigation (PIL) system. He files this for JURIST from New Delhi. India’s Jammu & Kashmir High Court recently dismissed with costs a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition supposedly being filed [...]

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India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist reports on a speech Saturday by Chief Justice of India N. V Ramana deploring the Indian justice system as “colonial” and calling for its “Indianisation” for the benefit of ordinary litigants. He files this for JURIST from New Delhi. The world’s largest democracy is facing multiple perils these days. One [...]

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India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma, a final year law student at Amity Law School, says that recurrent beatings of Muslims without government countermeasures may be normalizing Islamophobia in India. He files this for JURIST from New Delhi. In the last two months in India, we have seen Muslims being harassed, publicly beaten, and in certain [...]

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India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma says that while Wednesday’s recommendation of three women judges for elevation to the India Supreme Court may be a step in the right direction for the 25-member bench, it barely scratches the surface of gender inequality in the institution and the country.  He files this for JURIST from New Delhi. [...]

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India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist reports on recent steps taken in the Indian high court system to conduct physical proceedings again after a period of COVID-19 shutdown in favor of virtual appearances, stressing that reversion is critical for the survival of some young professionals and financially less well-off lawyers. He files this for JURIST from [...]

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India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma says that the Pegasus spyware scandal throws additional doubt on the independence of the Indian judiciary at the highest levels. He files this for JURIST from New Delhi. The Pegasus spyware allegations that circulated last month have shaken up the conscience of Indians. While it is important to assess the [...]

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