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Delhi’s Liquor Policy has a foul smell and you only need to read the fine print

Veeresh Malik - July 21, 2021

Delhi has been blessed with a new excise (liquor) policy for the year 2021-2022 which on the face of it claims to have as...

Delhi HC for Uniform Civil Code; asks Centre to take steps on the matter

Newsbred Staff - July 9, 2021

The Delhi high court has backed the need for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India and asked the Centre to take the necessary...

Twitter loses its immunity: Tweets by Mahua Moitra, Swati Chaturvedi are flashpoint

Newsbred Staff - July 5, 2021

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, (MeITY) Government of India has informed the Delhi High Court in an affidavit that the Safe Harbour...

Delhi High Court declines WhatsApp plea against CCI notice on privacy policy

Newsbred Staff - June 23, 2021

The Delhi High Court declined a plea by WhatsApp to put on hold a notice issued by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) seeking...

Bail to Activists: Judiciary is in danger of losing its moral authority

Ashish Shukla - June 18, 2021

I might be jumping the gun before Supreme Court takes up Delhi Police’s appeal to deny bail to three activists (Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita...

SC ‘surprised’ at Delhi HC’s view on UAPA in granting bail to activists

Newsbred Staff - June 18, 2021

The Supreme Court was “surprised” at the Delhi High Court discussing UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) at the length they did even as they...

Do You Know: Our century-old Parliament has wire meshes to prevent chunks from ceiling falling on to our MPs heads

Panchmukha - June 15, 2021

The artist Anish Kapoor’s piece in The Guardian, dated June 4, (“Modi’s bulldozing of parliament shows him as the architect of a Hindu Taliban”),...

Central Vista would save Rs 1,000 per year spent on rent by government

Newsbred Staff - June 8, 2021

Amid criticism for the redevelopment of Central Vista, a government official said the project would save Rs 1,000 crore rent per annum, which currently...

The fine on Juhi Chawla: Did it fall within jurisdiction of Delhi High Court?

Panchmukha - June 8, 2021

The Juhi Chawla case reminds us of the adage: "Hard cases make bad law". Black's Law Dictionary defines a 'hard case' as a law...

Dear Mai-Baap Sarkar: #ShowMeTheData

Veeresh Malik - June 5, 2021

(Veeresh Malik, a regular in these pages, was a co-petitioner with actress Juhi Chawla on a query on 5G radiation at the Honourable Delhi...

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