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Crime, Law & Politics

Jurisprudence, or the knowledge of laws, is the principal and most perfect branch of ethics.

- Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics

Sarita Rani

Sep 13, 20235 min read

Before Crime, Criminalization

The first step in the algorithm of the criminal law process, is criminalization. And what is criminalized depends on people in power.

Definition of Crime: Extracts from the Joseph Shine Judgment

Sarita Rani

Sep 13, 20233 min read

Definition of Crime: Extracts from the Joseph Shine Judgment

Extracts from Joseph Shine vs Union of India that decriminalized Adultery and in which J Dipak Misra deals with the definition of crime

Sarita Rani

Sep 8, 20233 min read

List of Security Laws in India

A list of Internal Security and Wartime Legislation in India from the time of the British to the present.

5 Indian States Account for 49% of all Judicial Delays in 2019

Sarita Rani

Sep 10, 20222 min read

5 Indian States Account for 49% of all Judicial Delays in 2019

Kerala, UP & Bihar are the most litigious states. UP has the highest number of pending cases, followed by Maharashtra, Bihar and West Bengal

Who do they serve? Understanding the mandate of India's Intelligence Bureau

Sarita Rani

Dec 25, 20189 min read

Who do they serve? Understanding the mandate of India's Intelligence Bureau

The Intelligence Bureau is 60 years older than Independent India and steeped in the habits of Empire.

The BJP Will Sweep the 2019 Elections-Here's Why

Sarita Rani

May 31, 20174 min read

The BJP Will Sweep the 2019 Elections-Here's Why

For those looking forward to the 2019 general elections, here's a warning - it will look exactly like the U.P. assembly and Delhi MCD polls.

Sarita Rani

Feb 18, 199616 min read

On His Majesty’s Secret Service

As the CBI targets one politician after another, questions are raised about the role of the country’s premier investigating agency.

Murder Investigations

Haren Pandya, Gujarat 2003

Haren Pandya was Gujarat’s home minister in 2001 when RSS strongman Narendra Modi was dispatched there as chief minister to quell dissidence in the state’s BJP unit. Modi had never fought an election, but needed to become an elected MLA within six months to remain CM. For a sure-shot victory he asked Pandya to vacate his Ellis Bridge constituency. Pandya had been nursing Ellis bridge votes since 1985 and refused. In the clash of egos that followed, only one man remained standing, and alive.

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Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal arrested by ED

ED arrests 78-years old founder of India's one-time favorite airline - Jet Airways

Sep 5, 2023

Fugitive businessman Lalit Modi attends government lawyer Harish Salve's wedding

In a X (formerly twitter) post, journalist Maneesh Chibber pointed out that fugitive businessman Lalit Modi had attended the wedding of...

Sep 4, 2023

Hindenburg-Adani report in the news

The Hindenburg-Adani saga may end on the 15th as SEBI files its report to a court that has already cleared the company & the regulator.

The truth may not set you free, but it will keep you sane

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Haren Pandya, Gujarat 2003

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