Law Hanging remains the method of execution — for now
In 2017, Senior Advocate Rishi Malhotra approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of hanging as the only method of executing a death sentence...
Nancy Mahavir Sharma
Nancy Mahavir Sharma is an LLM graduate who writes on law, policy, and judicial developments.
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Law Is this the end to illegal coaching centres?
In a residential neighbourhood of Jaipur, coaching centres have been running for years in buildings meant for homes. Students arrive in large numbers, traffic clogs...
Law How the Supreme Court decides what is essential in Hinduism
On a cool September evening in 2018, outside the Sabarimala hill shrine in Kerala, a line of policemen stood between two crowds that would not...
Law The Ayodhya verdict was not based on religion, but on evidence
Every year on 6 December, many claim that the Ayodhya Temple verdict was delivered on the basis of religion rather than facts. The assertion itself...
Law West Bengal SIR judgement may not favour Mamata
* In 2025, the Election Commission of India (ECI) conducted the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar. It made news. Those on the Left said...
Law Where the petitioners fell flat in the Bihar SIR case
* In 2025, the Election Commission of India (ECI) conducted the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar. It made news. Those on the Left said...
Society How rage bait is making you ill
I use X occasionally. On 7 February, when I opened my X account, I saw a post from an account named Faarees. In his tweet,...
Law Tracing India’s special intensive revision
* In 2025, the Election Commission of India (ECI) conducted the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar. It made news. Those on the Left said...
Law The ‘prima facie’ question
Why Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam are still in jail
Law From Ajmer to RG Kar, delay becomes the new justice
It’s been more than three decades, and over 100 school and college-going Hindu girls are still waiting for justice. In 1992, through a local newspaper,...
